From the San Bernardino County Sun, December 9, 1947: Miss Emma Lydia Barnum, 70, a resident of San Bernardino for 68 years, died late Sunday (Dec. 8) night at her home at 440 Seventeenth Street. She was born December 11, 1876 at New Haven, Conn and came to San Bernardino when an infant of 2. Active in women's organizations, she was a member of the San Bernardino Women's club and the Daughter's of the American Revolution. She had belonged to the First Congregational church for many years. Miss Barnum leaves a brother, J. Harold Barnum, partner in the Barnum & Flagg stationary and printing firm; two nephews, Norton H. Barnum of San Bernardino and James K. Barnum of Fresno, and a niece, Mrs. Althea B. Martin of San Bernardino.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday from the Mark B. Shaw Memorial chapel with the Rev. Lawrence J. Weinert officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View cemetery.