Nancy Fish
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Nancy Fish Barnum Callias D'Orengiani, Baroness was an English socialite, daughter of a successful cotton miller and the second wife of P. T. Barnum, 40 years her senior. After the death of Barnum's f
Nancy Fish Barnum in 1888
P. T. Barnum, pictured in 1885, was Fish's first husband.
General Tom Thumb
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Charles Sherwood Stratton, better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnum.
Nancy Fish
…The two subsequently became close friends; John Fish named a pair of his engines "Barnum" and "Charity" (after Barnum's wife) and threw a party for General Tom Thumb when he was exhibiting in England; Barnum dedicated a chapter of his autobiography to John Fish. Due to her father's business success, by 1871 Nancy…
Stratton at 10 years of age
The wedding couple as they appeared on February 21, 1863, cover of Harper's Weekly magazine
Tom Thumb wedding gift photo album
The Fairy Wedding group: Stratton and his bride Lavinia Warren, alongside her sister Minnie and George Washington Morrison Nutt ("Commodore Nutt"), entertainers associated with P. T. Barnum