Barnum, William H
manufacturer, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 17, 1818, in Columbia county, Conn. His firm of Barnum, Richardson and Co. built large works in Lime Rock and East Canaan, Conn., and finally added a car wheel shop in Chicago. In 1851-52 he sat in the state legislature, and from 1868 attended every national convention of his party as a delegate. He was a member of congress in 1867-76; and Connecticut then made him United States senator. He died April 30, 1889, in Lime Rock, Conn.