From the Scranton Republican, Scranton, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1919: At 10:30 o’clock this morning, death touched Mrs. Henrietta Barnum Brownell, wife of the late Joseph A. Brownell, at her home on No. 40 Church Street. The deceased was seventy-seven years of age and a very devout member of the Trinity Church. Surviving are her one daughter, Miss Mary Brownell of Church Street; one son, Richard J. Brownell of Jersey City, N.J., one grandson, G. B. Brownell of Jersey City and one nephew, E. Richard Barnum of Scranton.
The funeral will be held Monday morning at ten from the home and will be private. Interment will be made in the family plot in Maplewood Cemetery.