Pennsylvania Families

Altoona Times, May 25, 1885, page 1
Mrs Mary A Hamilton
Mary A Hamilton, widow of the late James D Hamilton, of Johnstown, died at the residence of her son in law, David H Edwards, No. 1422 Tenth avenue, of cancerous tumor, at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. The deceased was born at Wilmore, Cambria county, in the year 1825, and at the time of her death was aged 60 years 3 months and 25 days. The remains will be taken to Johnstown on the 7.25 train tomorrow morning. Funeral services will be held at the English Lutheran Church and the interment will be in Sandyvale cemetery, Johnstown.

Dear is the spot where Christians sleep,
And sweet the strains that angels pour.
Oh! why should we in anguish weep?
They are not lost but gone before.

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Altoona Tribune, May 28, 1885, page 3
Death of Mrs Mary A Hamilton
Sunday morning, at 5 o'clock, Mrs Mary A Hamilton, widow of the late James D Hamilton of Johnstown, died in this city at the residence of her son in law, David H Edwards, No. 1422 Tenth avenue. The deceased was born at Wilmore, Cambria county, in the year 1825, and at the time of her death was aged 60 years 3 months and 25 days, and had been a kind mother and loving wife, as well as a true Christian woman. Her death was caused by a cancerous tumor.