Perlina Sizer (maiden name: Barnum) was born around 1802 in Connecticut to Seth and Abigail Barnum. She married Luther Sizer around 1820, and they had at least nine children: Warren, born around 1822; Olive, born around 1825; Emma, born around 1830; Luther, born around 1832; Eber, born around 1834; Emeline, born around 1836; Jane, born around 1838; Franklin, born around 1840; and Julia Ann, born around 1842. By 1840, they were living Western, New York. Her husband worked as a farmer, and by 1850, they owned $8,000 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $9,000 of real estate and $120 of personal property, and by 1870, their wealth had grown to $13,000 of real estate and $3,000 of personal property. She died sometime before 1880.

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