From the Utica Observer Dispatch, Feb. 20, 1950: Mrs. Amos S. Barnum, 91, died in her home February 20, 1950. The former Diana Borman, she was born in Perryville, NY, April 2, 1858, the daughter of the late William and Amelia Borman. When she was 10, she moved to Chittenango. She came to Utica in 1881, and had lived here since. She was married to Mr. Barnum August 19, 1883 in Utica. He died May 8, 1941.
Surviving are a son, Roy Barnum; a granddaughter Ruth Barnum, a sister Mrs. Rose Stone and several nieces and nephews.