Minnie Warren

Minnie Warren
Warren c. 1865
Born
Huldah Pierce Warren Bump

(1849-06-02)June 2, 1849
Middleborough, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJuly 23, 1878(1878-07-23) (aged 29)
Middleborough, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting placeNemasket Hill Cemetery Middleborough, Massachusetts
SpouseEdmund Newell
Warren with a fellow performer, Commodore Nutt, c. 1865
The Fairy Wedding group: Charles Stratton ("General Tom Thumb") and his bride Lavinia Warren, alongside her sister Minnie and George Washington Morrison Nutt ("Commodore Nutt"); entertainers associated with P.T. Barnum

Huldah Pierce Warren Bump (June 2, 1849 – July 23, 1878),[1] better known as Minnie Warren, was an American proportionate dwarf and an entertainer associated with P. T. Barnum. Her sister Lavinia Warren was married to General Tom Thumb. They were very well known in 1860s America and their meeting with Abraham Lincoln was covered in the press.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Kennedy, Dan (2010) [2003]. "Chapter Three: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues". Little People: A Father Reflects on His Daughter's Dwarfism -- and What It Means to Be Different (revised ed.). Retrieved September 24, 2009.
  2. ^ ""COMMODORE NUTT" DEAD.; THE HISTORY OF THE WELL-KNOWN DWARF". New York Times. May 26, 1881. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
  3. ^ Kunhardt, Philip B., Jr., Kunhardt, Philip B., III and Kunhardt, Peter W., Alfred A. (1995) P.T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-43574-3.
  4. ^ George Washington Morrison Nutt and Minnie Warren. Smithsonian Institution