Sarah (Binnard) Barmon, 1840-1919
Sarah4 Bynard (Mosiek3, Jakob2, Lewin1) was born 18 January 1840 in Rypin, Poland[1] and as a girl of about 10 years of age came with her parents to the United States in 1850.[2] At the age of 14, on 20 September 1854, she married Jacob Barmon in New York City.[3] Jacob, the son of Bernard and Rebecca Barmon, was born in Lipno, Poland, not far from the Rypin, home of the Binnard family.[4] Sources differ on Jacob's birthdate. On the 1860 census he is 27 (born 1833);[5] in 1880 age 42 (born 1838);[6] in 1900 age 65, born January 1835;[7] and 1910 age 77 (born 1833).[8] His death certificate in 1915 gives his age as 84 (born 1831).[9] On both the 1900 and 1910 census he reported that he came to the United States in 1850 and was a naturalized citizen.
By 1860 Jacob and Sarah were living in Buffalo where Jacob was working as a merchant tailor with a personal worth of $10,000. Living with them were Sarah's parents, her younger sister Jeanette, and two Irish maids.[10] The 1861 Buffalo city directory lists “Jacob Barman” as a clothier with businesses at 116 and 148 Main,[11] but a few years later he was manager of a clothing store owned by his brother-in-law, Abraham Binnard, at 41 Main.[12] In March 1865 Jacob was arrested on suspicion of arson. The newspaper reported that a fire started at night in the Binnard store at 41 Main. Jacob stated that he had played cards with friends in the store and then at around ten o’clock retired to a small room to sleep. He claimed he discovered the fire when he woke up about 90 minutes later. However, a patrolman reported that he saw the fire at 10:25 and found Jacob carrying merchandise out of the store. Abraham Binnard declared that the stock at the time of the fire was worth between $6,000 and $7,000, but others informed the police that the value was more in the range of $2,000. The goods were insured for $4,200, and the policy was due to expire within a few days. According to the newspaper article, “Mr. Borman [sic] states that there had been no fire in the store, and he has no idea how the fire originated. He could not only not have slept an hour and a half after retiring, but could scarcely have retired, and reclothed himself, unless very expert in the business, between 10 o’clock and the time of the discovery of the fire. How far he can explain away the discrepancies here involved is a matter which judicial inquiry alone can determine.”[13] Jacob may have been incarcerated. He is not found in the city directory for the years 1865-1867, but “Sarah Barman” is listed in those years, living and working as a hoop skirt manufacturer on Seneca north of Washington. In this occupation she was competing with her younger brother, James, who also had a hoop skirt business in Buffalo in 1867.[14] In 1868[15] and 1869[16] Jacob reappeared in the city directory, working with Joseph Binnard at Binnard & Co., manufacturers of hoop skirts at 58 Seneca. Jacob declared bankruptcy in 1868.[17] Perhaps this was the reason he and his family moved to Michigan, where his parents had settled about 1860.[18] On the 1870 census he was a clothing merchant in Detroit with $5,000 in personal estate.[19] Prospects looked good in Lapeer, a town about 60 miles north of Detroit. Jacob and his brothers Morris and William moved there, and in 1872 Jacob and Sarah bought property on North Court Street for $1,200, intending to establish themselves as merchants. The next year they sold the property to another brother, Henry, but the deal fell through when a financial panic hit the United States. Jacob’s father, Bernard, saved the situation by buying the property.[20] Jacob and Sarah returned to Detroit, where they lived for the next 14 years. Jacob worked at a number of occupations. In 1874, getting reestablished, he was a peddler.[21] He then became a dealer in hides and furs for several years before turning to the crockery business.[22] The 1880 census lists him as a dealer in “fancy willow ware.”[23] In 1884 Sarah took over the crockery business while Jacob sold notions and then clothing. [24] In 1887 the Barmons, who by this time were the parents of a large family, moved to Spokane in Washington Territory. There Jacob and his son Joseph established Barmon & Son, dealers in clothing and furnishing goods.[25] In 1889 a fire destroyed a large part of the Spokane business district.[26] In an effort to stop the spread of the flames, firefighters used dynamite to blow up some of the buildings, and Jacob was injured in one of the explosions.[27] He recovered and in his later years had a clothing store and a millinery business, which was operated by Sarah and their daughter Zah.[28] In 1901 he was a fur buyer; in 1902 and 1903 he sold real estate; and in 1910 he was manager of a harness business run by his sons Harry and Daniel.[29] When they lived in Buffalo, Jacob and Sarah were members of Temple Beth El, with Jacob serving on the building committee in 1865. A newspaper article written in 1911 declared that Jacob, although now living in Spokane, was the oldest living member of the synagogue.[30] In Spokane the Barmons became members of Temple Emanu-El.[31] In September 1904 they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Of their 15 children, eight sons and seven daughters, 13 were still living and attended the gathering, along with 13 grandchildren and one great-grandson.[32] Ten years later, in October 1913, they celebrated 60 years of marriage, inviting over 100 people to the reception, along with their children and their families.[33] Jacob died 14 June 1915 at his home in Spokane. The newspaper reported, “a few minutes’ exposure Sunday is believed to have been the cause of his death, even though he was in apparently good health despite his age.”[34] Sarah died 10 February 1919 in Spokane.[35] They are buried in Fairmont Cemetery.[36] As noted above in the newspaper report of the Barmons’ fiftieth wedding anniversary, the couple had 15 children, eight boys and seven girls. An eighth daughter, Maude, born in Michigan about 1884, is not listed with the family on the 1900 census. The record of her first marriage to William Snow in 1901 lists her parents as Jacob Barmen and Sarah Barmen.[37] Children: 1. Rachel5 Barmon born about 1856, New York;[38] married Jacob Schoen;[39] died 6 May 1947, Seattle, King County, Washington[40] 2. Harry Barmon, born about 1858, New York;[41] died December 1939[42] 3. Daniel Barmon, about 1860, New York;[43] died 16 March 1937, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington[44] 4. Abraham L. Barmon, born about 1862, New York;[45] died 7 December 1933, Seattle, King County, Washington[46] 5. Phoebe Barmon, born about 1863, New York;[47] married Homer J. Shinn;[48] died 24 October 1940, Seattle, King County, Washington[49] 6. Anna Barmon, born about 1865, New York;[50] died 23 August 1897, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California[51] 7. Lillian Barmon, born about 1866, New York;[52] married George R. Lichtenstein;[53] died 18 November 1951, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington[54] 8. Zah “Zelda” Barmon, born about 1869, New York;[55] died 29 August 1929, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington[56] 9. Julius Barmon, born 26 December 1870 at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan;[57] died before 1880[58] 10. Joseph Barmon, born about 1872, Michigan;[59] died 10 September 1955[60] 11. Mitchell Barmon, born about 1837, Michigan;[61] died 22 November 1941, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington[62] 12. Florence Barmon, born about 1874, Michigan;[63] married Herman Allenberg;[64] married George Belshaw;[65] died 26 September 1923, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington[66] 13. Jane “Jennie” Barmon, born 20 February 1878, Michigan;[67] married Simon Weixel;[68] died 1964[69] 14. Morris Barmon, born about 1878, Michigan[70] 15. Isador[71] Barmon, born April 1880, Michigan; died 3 November 1958, Seattle, King County, Washington[72] 16. Maude Barmon, born about 1884, Michigan;[73] married William Snow;[74] married Maurice Michaels;[75] died 5 April 1965, San Francisco County, California[76] _________________________ [1] Gminażydowska, Rypin, Matrykuła, 1808-1865. Birth records of the Jewish community of Rypin, 1840, record number 6 for Sara Bynard. Family History Library film 715063. [2] 1910 U.S. Census, Spokane City, Conklin Precinct, Spokane County, Washington, enumeration district 175, sheet 8B, family 227, entry for Sarah Barmon, wife, in household of Jacob Barmon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); citing Family History Library microfilm 1375683. On the form Sarah reports immigrating to the U.S. in 1850. [3] “Barmons Wedded for Fifty Years,” Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), 17 September 1904, p. 7. [4] Thomas M. Klein, “The Barmon’s Lapeer Adventure: 19th-Century Merchants in Eastern Michigan,” Michigan Jewish History 42 (Fall 2002): 28. [5] 1860 U.S. census, Ward 8, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, p. 124, dwelling house 985, family 960, entry for Jacob Barmon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); citing National Archives microfilm M653, roll 747. [6] 1880 U.S. census, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, p. 4, dwelling house 24, family 25, entry for Jacob Barmon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); citing Family History Library microfilm 1254611. [7] 1900 U.S. census, Spokane Township, Cannon Precinct, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, p. 20B, dwelling 372, family 395, entry for Jacob Barmon in household of Jacob Scheuline [sic]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); citing Family History Library microfilm 1241751. [8] 1910 U.S. Census, Spokane City, Conklin Precinct, Spokane County, Washington, enumeration district 175, sheet 8B, family 227, entry for Jacob Barmon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); citing Family History Library microfilm 1375683. [9] "Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3LG-2JN : accessed 13 Oct 2012), Jacob Barmon, 14 Jun 1915.) [10] 1860 U.S. census, Ward 8, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, p. 124, dwelling house 985, family 960, entry for Jacob Barmon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); citing National Archives microfilm M653, roll 747. [11] The Commercial Advertiser Directory for the City of Buffalo, to Which is Added a Business Directory, and Advertisements of Merchants and Manufacturers of the City of Buffalo (Buffalo, New York: R. Wheeler & Co. 1861), 119. [12] ”Arrested on Suspicion of Incendiarism,” Buffalo Daily Courier, 24 March 1865, p. [3]. [13] Ibid. [14] Thomas’ Buffalo City Directory for 1865 (Buffalo, New York: C.F.S. Thomas, 1865), 137. She is listed on page 381 in the 1866 directory. James and Sarah are listed on page 44 in the 1867 directory. [15] Ibid (Thomas, Howard & Johnson, 1868), 220. [16] Buffalo City Directory, 1869 (Buffalo, New York: Warren, Johnson & Co., 1869), 230. [17] “In the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York; In Bankruptcy, No. 912—In the matter of Jacob Barmon, a Bankrupt,” Buffalo Courier, 11 May 1868, p. [4]. [18] Thomas M. Klein, “The Barmon’s Lapeer Adventure: 19th-Century Merchants in Eastern Michigan,” Michigan Jewish History 42 (Fall 2002): 28. [19] 1870 U.S. census, 3rd Ward, City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, p. 71, dwelling house 402, family 413, entry for Jacob Barmon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); citing Family History Library microfilm 552211. [20] Thomas M. Klein, “The Barmon’s Lapeer Adventure,” 29. [21] J.W. Weeks & Co.’s Annual Directory, of the Inhabitants, Business Firms, Incorporated Companies, Etc., of Detroit, for 1874-75 (Detroit, Michigan: J.W. Weeks & Co., 1874), p. 137. [22] J. W. Weeks & Co.’s Annual Directory of Detroit, for 1875-76 (Detroit, Michigan: J.W. Weeks, 1875), 146; (1876-77), 77; Detroit City Directory for 1881 (J.W. Weeks & Co., 1881), 1025. [23] 1880 U.S. census, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, p. 4, dwelling house 24, family 25, entry for Jacob Barmon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); citing Family History Library microfilm 1254611. [24] Detroit City Directory for 1884 (Detroit, Michigan: J.W. Weeks & Co., 1884), 233; J.W. Weeks & Co.’s Detroit City Directory for 1885 (R.L. Polk & Co., 1885), 25; Detroit City and Wayne County Directory for 1886 (R.L. Polk & Co., 1886), 265; Detroit City Directory for 1887 (R.L. Polk & Co., 1887), 266. [25] “Spokane, Washington Directories, 1889-93,” database online, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 October 2012), Jacob Barmon entry, 1889. [26] “Loss Fourteen Millions: the Entire Business Portion of Spokane Falls Wiped Out By Fire,” New York Herald, 6 August 1889, p. 3. [27] “Jacob Barmon, Pioneer, Dead,” Spokesman-Review, 15 June 1915, p. 10. [28] “Spokane, Washington Directories, 1889-93,” database online, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 October 2012), Jacob Barmon entry, 1892; R.L. Polk & Co.’s Spokane City Directory, 1897-8 (Spokane, Washington: R.L. Polk & Co., 1897), 140. [29] R.L. Polk & Co.’s Spokane City Directory, 1901 (Spokane, Washington: R.L. Polk & Co., 1901), p. 167; (1902), 154; (1903), 22; (1910), 185. [30] Grace Carew Sheldon, "Buffalo of the Olden Time: Old Temple Beth El," Buffalo Evening Times (Buffalo, New York), 6 January 1911 ; photocopy from a scrapbook in the Grosvenor Room, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York. [31] “Barmons Wedded for Fifty Years.” [32] Ibid. [33] “Thirteen Children to Greet Parents; Spokane Couple Will Celebrate Sixtieth Anniversary of Married Life,” Spokesman Daily Chronicle, 9 October 1913, p. [1]. [34] “Jacob Barmon, Pioneer, Dead,” Spokesman-Review, 15 June 1915, p. 10. [35] "Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3GH-8Q2 : accessed 20 Oct 2012), Sarah Barmon, 10 Feb 1919. [36] “Fairmont Cemetery, Spokane” database, Cemetery Project, Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State (http://www.jgsws.org/cemeteryproject.php : accessed 26 February 2014), entry for Jacob Barmon, burial date 16 June 1915, and Sarah Barmon, burial date 12 February 1919, Lawn-20 Lot-23G Sp-1a and 2a. [37] "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F67T-HSQ : accessed 01 May 2014), William Snow and Maude Barmon, 16 Jun 1901; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1570513. [38] 1860 U.S. census, Ward 8, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, entry for Rachel, age 4, household of Jacob Barmon. [39] “Mrs. Jacob Schoen,” Seattle Daily Times, 7 May 1947, p. 26. [40] Ibid. [41] 1860 U.S. census, Ward 8, Buffalo, Erie County, New York,, entry for Harry, age 2, household of Jacob Barmon. [42] “Fairmont Cemetery, Spokane” database, entry for Harry Barmon, burial date 14 December 1939, Lawn-20 Lot-6G WH Sp-5a. [43] Ibid, entry for Daniel Barmon, age 3/12, household of Jacob Barmon. [44] Ancestry.com. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008; Daniel G. Barmon, 16 March 1937, Spokane. [45] 1870 U.S. census, 3rd Ward, City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, entry for Averell [sic], age 8, household of Jacob Barmon. [46] Ancestry.com. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008; Abraham L. Barmon, 7 December 1933, Seattle. [47] 1870 U.S. census, 3rd Ward, City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, entry for Phebe, age 7, household of Jacob Barmon. [48] “Mrs. Homer J. Shinn,” Seattle Daily Times, 25 October 1940, p. 21. [49] Ibid. [50] 1870 U.S. census, 3rd Ward, City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, entry for Anna, age 5, household of Jacob Barmon. [51] “Died,” The San Francisco Call, 26 August 1897, p. 13. Age 27, native of Lapeer, Michigan. [52] 1870 U.S. census, 3rd Ward, City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, entry for Lillie, age 4, household of Jacob Barmon. [53] Ancestry.com. Washington, Marriage Records, 1865-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012; Lillian Barmon and George R. Lichtensteien, 26 March 1890, Spokane. [54] Ancestry.com. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008; Lillian Lichtenstein, 18 November 1951, Spokane. [55] 1870 U.S. census, 3rd Ward, City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, entry for Zelda, age 1, household of Jacob Barmon. [56] Ancestry.com. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008; Zah Barmon, 29 August 1929, Spokane. [57] "Michigan, Births and Christenings, 1775-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4GV-SBW : accessed 01 May 2014), Julius Barmon, 26 Dec 1870; citing Detroit, Lapeer, Michigan, reference ; FHL microfilm 2297926. [58] 1880 U.S. census, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, household of Jacob Barmon. Julius is not listed with the family. [59] 1880 U.S. census, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, entry for Joseph, son, age 8, household of Jacob Barmon. [60] “Deaths, Funerals,” Seattle Daily Times, 11 September 1955, p. 31. [61] 1880 U.S. census, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, entry for Mitchel, age 7, son, household of Jacob Barmon. [62] Ancestry.com. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008; Mitchell Barmon, 22 November 1941, Spokane. [63] 1880 U.S. census, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, entry for Flora [sic], age 6, daughter, household of Jacob Barmon. [64] History of the City of Spokane and Spokane Country, Washington (Spokane: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912), 2:401 [65] “Mrs. Geo. Belshaw Expires,” Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), 27 September 1923, p. 6. [66] "Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3G2-2RJ : accessed 01 May 2014), Florence Belshaw, 26 Sep 1923; citing Spokane, Spokane, Washington, reference 933, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2022220. [67] "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VP4F-WN1 : accessed 01 May 2014), Jane B Weixel, 28 Jan 1964; citing Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. [68] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database entry (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 January 2014), entry for Simon Weixel, memorial 120927410, Records of Forest Lawn Memorial Pakr, Glendale, California; created by Romper90069. [69] "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," Jane B Weixel, 28 Jan 1964. [70] 1880 U.S. census, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, entry for Moris, age 2, son, household of Jacob Barmon. [71] Ibid, entry for Isador, age 1/12, born April, son, household of Jacob Barmon. [72] Ancestry.com. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008; Isadore Barmon, 3 November 1958, Seattle, King County, Washington. [73] 1920 U.S. census, 31st Assembly District, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, enumeration district 153, sheet 3B, dwelling 52, family 101, entry for Maud Michaels, wife, household of Maurice Michaels; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); NARA microfilm T625, roll 136. [74] "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980," index, William Snow and Maude Barmon, 16 Jun 1901. [75] 1920 U.S. census, 31st Assembly District, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, entry for Maud Michaels, wife, household of Maurice Michaels. [76] Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000; Maude Michaels, 5 April 1965, San Francisco. |