New Albany Weekly Ledger, Indiana, October 29, 1919:
LAID TO REST IN FAIRVIEW CEMETERY. Body of B. & O. Railroad Official is Brought to This City for Burial. The body of Morgan King Barnum, Superintendent of Motive Power of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad, who died suddenly in Baltimore, is expected to arrive in a special car over the Monon at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. It will be taken from the train to Fairview cemetery where a brief funeral service will be held in the chapel. The family lived in Chicago and the body of Mr. Barnum, who died Sunday night, was taken from Baltimore to that city. Mr. Barnum was 55 years old. Besides his wife who before her marriage was Miss Emily Maginness, of this city, he is survived by two sons and a daughter, Richard Barnum, of Detroit; Major Edmund Barnum, who is in the regular army and Mrs. Theodore Bearse, of Chicago. He also is survived by a brother, Brigadier General Malvern Hill Barnum, of the regular army. Both Mr. Barnum and his brother Gen. Barnum married daughters of the late Col. E. A. Maginness, of this city. Gen. Barnum will accompany the body of his brother to this city.
Morgan King Barnum, corporate mechanical engineer for the Baltimore & Ohio R. R., with headquarters at Baltimore, Maryland died suddenly on October 26. Mr. Barnum was a graduate of Syracuse University in the class of 1884, with the degree of A. B., and he later received the degree of A. M. He entered railway service the year of his graduation as special apprentice in the shops of the New York Lake Erie & Western R. R. at Susquehanna, Pa., later becoming machinist and mechanical inspector and then general foreman at Salamanca, N. Y. From January to September, 1889, he was general foreman of the Louisville & Nashville R. R. shops at New Decatur, Ala, and then for a year was assistant mechanic of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. at Argentine, Kan. In September 1890, he was appointed superintendent of shops of the Union Pacific R. R. at Cheyenne, Wyo., in June of the following year was made district foreman at North Platte, Neb., and from December, 1898, to December, 19.12, was master mechanic of the Nebraska division, with headquarters at Omaha. He left the Union Pacific R. R. to become assistant mechanical superintendent of the Southern Railroad on December 15, 1902, and in February of the following year was appointed superintendent of motive power of the Chicago Rock Island 8:. Pacific R. R. From June, 1904, to April 1, 1910, he was mechanical expert with the Chicago Burlington & Quincy R. R. and then was appointed general superintendent of motive power of the Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroads. From the Illinois Central R. R. Mr. Barnum went to the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. as corporate mechanical engineer. He leaves a widow, Emily R. M. Barnum, and three children, Mrs. T. H. Bearse, Major Edmund M. Barnum and Richard Barnum. The funeral was from his late residence, 204 Sixth Avenue, LaGrange, Ill., on Wednesday, October 29.
LAID TO REST IN FAIRVIEW CEMETERY. Body of B. & O. Railroad Official is Brought to This City for Burial. The body of Morgan King Barnum, Superintendent of Motive Power of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad, who died suddenly in Baltimore, is expected to arrive in a special car over the Monon at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. It will be taken from the train to Fairview cemetery where a brief funeral service will be held in the chapel. The family lived in Chicago and the body of Mr. Barnum, who died Sunday night, was taken from Baltimore to that city. Mr. Barnum was 55 years old. Besides his wife who before her marriage was Miss Emily Maginness, of this city, he is survived by two sons and a daughter, Richard Barnum, of Detroit; Major Edmund Barnum, who is in the regular army and Mrs. Theodore Bearse, of Chicago. He also is survived by a brother, Brigadier General Malvern Hill Barnum, of the regular army. Both Mr. Barnum and his brother Gen. Barnum married daughters of the late Col. E. A. Maginness, of this city. Gen. Barnum will accompany the body of his brother to this city.
Morgan King Barnum, corporate mechanical engineer for the Baltimore & Ohio R. R., with headquarters at Baltimore, Maryland died suddenly on October 26. Mr. Barnum was a graduate of Syracuse University in the class of 1884, with the degree of A. B., and he later received the degree of A. M. He entered railway service the year of his graduation as special apprentice in the shops of the New York Lake Erie & Western R. R. at Susquehanna, Pa., later becoming machinist and mechanical inspector and then general foreman at Salamanca, N. Y. From January to September, 1889, he was general foreman of the Louisville & Nashville R. R. shops at New Decatur, Ala, and then for a year was assistant mechanic of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. at Argentine, Kan. In September 1890, he was appointed superintendent of shops of the Union Pacific R. R. at Cheyenne, Wyo., in June of the following year was made district foreman at North Platte, Neb., and from December, 1898, to December, 19.12, was master mechanic of the Nebraska division, with headquarters at Omaha. He left the Union Pacific R. R. to become assistant mechanical superintendent of the Southern Railroad on December 15, 1902, and in February of the following year was appointed superintendent of motive power of the Chicago Rock Island 8:. Pacific R. R. From June, 1904, to April 1, 1910, he was mechanical expert with the Chicago Burlington & Quincy R. R. and then was appointed general superintendent of motive power of the Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroads. From the Illinois Central R. R. Mr. Barnum went to the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. as corporate mechanical engineer. He leaves a widow, Emily R. M. Barnum, and three children, Mrs. T. H. Bearse, Major Edmund M. Barnum and Richard Barnum. The funeral was from his late residence, 204 Sixth Avenue, LaGrange, Ill., on Wednesday, October 29.
New Albany Weekly Ledger, Indiana, October 29, 1919:
LAID TO REST IN FAIRVIEW CEMETERY. Body of B. & O. Railroad Official is Brought to This City for Burial. The body of Morgan King Barnum, Superintendent of Motive Power of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad, who died suddenly in Baltimore, is expected to arrive in a special car over the Monon at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. It will be taken from the train to Fairview cemetery where a brief funeral service will be held in the chapel. The family lived in Chicago and the body of Mr. Barnum, who died Sunday night, was taken from Baltimore to that city. Mr. Barnum was 55 years old. Besides his wife who before her marriage was Miss Emily Maginness, of this city, he is survived by two sons and a daughter, Richard Barnum, of Detroit; Major Edmund Barnum, who is in the regular army and Mrs. Theodore Bearse, of Chicago. He also is survived by a brother, Brigadier General Malvern Hill Barnum, of the regular army. Both Mr. Barnum and his brother Gen. Barnum married daughters of the late Col. E. A. Maginness, of this city. Gen. Barnum will accompany the body of his brother to this city.
Morgan King Barnum, corporate mechanical engineer for the Baltimore & Ohio R. R., with headquarters at Baltimore, Maryland died suddenly on October 26. Mr. Barnum was a graduate of Syracuse University in the class of 1884, with the degree of A. B., and he later received the degree of A. M. He entered railway service the year of his graduation as special apprentice in the shops of the New York Lake Erie & Western R. R. at Susquehanna, Pa., later becoming machinist and mechanical inspector and then general foreman at Salamanca, N. Y. From January to September, 1889, he was general foreman of the Louisville & Nashville R. R. shops at New Decatur, Ala, and then for a year was assistant mechanic of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. at Argentine, Kan. In September 1890, he was appointed superintendent of shops of the Union Pacific R. R. at Cheyenne, Wyo., in June of the following year was made district foreman at North Platte, Neb., and from December, 1898, to December, 19.12, was master mechanic of the Nebraska division, with headquarters at Omaha. He left the Union Pacific R. R. to become assistant mechanical superintendent of the Southern Railroad on December 15, 1902, and in February of the following year was appointed superintendent of motive power of the Chicago Rock Island 8:. Pacific R. R. From June, 1904, to April 1, 1910, he was mechanical expert with the Chicago Burlington & Quincy R. R. and then was appointed general superintendent of motive power of the Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroads. From the Illinois Central R. R. Mr. Barnum went to the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. as corporate mechanical engineer. He leaves a widow, Emily R. M. Barnum, and three children, Mrs. T. H. Bearse, Major Edmund M. Barnum and Richard Barnum. The funeral was from his late residence, 204 Sixth Avenue, LaGrange, Ill., on Wednesday, October 29.
LAID TO REST IN FAIRVIEW CEMETERY. Body of B. & O. Railroad Official is Brought to This City for Burial. The body of Morgan King Barnum, Superintendent of Motive Power of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad, who died suddenly in Baltimore, is expected to arrive in a special car over the Monon at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. It will be taken from the train to Fairview cemetery where a brief funeral service will be held in the chapel. The family lived in Chicago and the body of Mr. Barnum, who died Sunday night, was taken from Baltimore to that city. Mr. Barnum was 55 years old. Besides his wife who before her marriage was Miss Emily Maginness, of this city, he is survived by two sons and a daughter, Richard Barnum, of Detroit; Major Edmund Barnum, who is in the regular army and Mrs. Theodore Bearse, of Chicago. He also is survived by a brother, Brigadier General Malvern Hill Barnum, of the regular army. Both Mr. Barnum and his brother Gen. Barnum married daughters of the late Col. E. A. Maginness, of this city. Gen. Barnum will accompany the body of his brother to this city.
Morgan King Barnum, corporate mechanical engineer for the Baltimore & Ohio R. R., with headquarters at Baltimore, Maryland died suddenly on October 26. Mr. Barnum was a graduate of Syracuse University in the class of 1884, with the degree of A. B., and he later received the degree of A. M. He entered railway service the year of his graduation as special apprentice in the shops of the New York Lake Erie & Western R. R. at Susquehanna, Pa., later becoming machinist and mechanical inspector and then general foreman at Salamanca, N. Y. From January to September, 1889, he was general foreman of the Louisville & Nashville R. R. shops at New Decatur, Ala, and then for a year was assistant mechanic of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. at Argentine, Kan. In September 1890, he was appointed superintendent of shops of the Union Pacific R. R. at Cheyenne, Wyo., in June of the following year was made district foreman at North Platte, Neb., and from December, 1898, to December, 19.12, was master mechanic of the Nebraska division, with headquarters at Omaha. He left the Union Pacific R. R. to become assistant mechanical superintendent of the Southern Railroad on December 15, 1902, and in February of the following year was appointed superintendent of motive power of the Chicago Rock Island 8:. Pacific R. R. From June, 1904, to April 1, 1910, he was mechanical expert with the Chicago Burlington & Quincy R. R. and then was appointed general superintendent of motive power of the Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroads. From the Illinois Central R. R. Mr. Barnum went to the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. as corporate mechanical engineer. He leaves a widow, Emily R. M. Barnum, and three children, Mrs. T. H. Bearse, Major Edmund M. Barnum and Richard Barnum. The funeral was from his late residence, 204 Sixth Avenue, LaGrange, Ill., on Wednesday, October 29.
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