Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 487.
 
ELVIN E. BARNUM

     a member of the firm of Barnum brothers, resides six miles southeast of
Moro, Sherman county, Oregon. He is a true Oregonian, having been born on the
"old Price place," in Sherman county, August 21, 1874. His parents were Henry
and Elmira M. (Massiker) Barnum, mentioned elsewhere in this work.
     Our subject attended the public schools in the vicinity of his birthplace
and secured a good, business education. November 28, 1897, at the residence of
the bride's parents, near Wasco, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Medler,
born near Walla Walla, Washington, February 8, 1876. Her father was Bruno F. and
her mother Jane Medler, the father being a native of Germany ; her mother of
Pennsylvania. Bruno F. Medler is an extensive farmer near Wasco.
     Mr. Barnum, politically, is a Republican, but is not at all active in the
various campaigns of his party. He is a man of sound business principles,
wide-awake, energetic and industrious.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2010 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.