Comments on: Dear Brigham: The Propriety of Sending for One Jacob Barnum

By: Joey

Joey — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:00:28 +0000

Wonderful, Ardis, just wonderful. I’ll wait anxiously for more posts in this series. I also add my vote to those who have asked for more in the “reasons I like BY” series. Thank you for sharing your work!

By: The Other Clark

The Other Clark — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:26:22 +0000

Looking forward to this series! Also, count me as another voice in favor of continuing the original BY series.

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:17:59 +0000

Thanks for the reminder, Ardis. I really need your nagging.

If anyone is interested sixteen of Brigham’s wives produced 56 cildren. There were plenty sons.

By: Maurine Ward

Maurine Ward — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:12:31 +0000

So, have you heard back from President Uchtdorf or Glenn Beck offering suggestions for further columns? That is one way to gain “fame,” although I’m sure “not fortune.”

I’m interested to see where this series will take us, also.

By: middle-aged Mormon Man

middle-aged Mormon Man — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:13:24 +0000

I am so glad to learn that I’m not the only one who thinks that Ardis’s writing reveals the hidden truth of the universe. I thought it was just me!

By: Kent Larsen

Kent Larsen — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:48:46 +0000

The history of Siskiyou county says that it experienced a mining boom in 1851 that led to the creation of the county. Since mining towns are rather transient places, finding Jacob Barnum may be very, very difficult.

Perhaps the County Historical Society might be able to point to sources of information (http://www.siskiyoucountyhistoricalsociety.org/). If someone would be willing to pay the $20 fee for the 1/2 hour initial search, its possible Barnum is in one of the indexes they would search.

OR, if someone is in that area (extreme northern California, Oregon), many local libraries have copies of the Siskiyou Pioneer, the historical society’s journal, which is indexed

By: Tertium Squid

Tertium Squid — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:50:43 +0000

The only Barnum in Siskiyou County in 1860 is one M. C. Barnum, miner, born in New York in 1816.

…there is also a J. W. in Nevada county…

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:49:48 +0000

No threadjack, Steve — if this series is to have any value beyond snickering, it will be wondering what prompts people to send some of the letters we’ll see, as well as wondering what the modern equivalent might be.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:34:22 +0000

Ah, Jacob, you stud you!

Maybe he’s a distant cousin of P.T., and was hoping that Brigham Young was the sucker born that minute in 1801.

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:21:57 +0000

I know this is drifting from the OP a bit, but #16 & 17 have been things I’ve wondered about. There was a family in my wife’s home ward in CA who wrote the First Presidency every other week. The weeks they didn’t write the FP, they usually were on their way to Salt Lake to deliver the message in person! My wife said they always had some sort of complaint about this or that program or wanted to correct the Church on this or that doctrine. My guess is that, in addition to the typical hate and anti-Mormon stuff, the FP also gets its fair share of letters from members trying to correct them on doctrine. Anyway, I hope I’m not threadjacking this.