Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Swinburg, Lucy S., 13 Dec 1889

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from The Pittsburg Dispatch dated Saturday, December 14 1889  (page 5):

SWINBURG - Suddenly, Friday, December 13 1889, at 3 pm, Miss Lucy S
SWINBURG, age 46 years 9 months 8 days.  Funeral from the residence of
her father, Penn township, Allegheny county, Pa., on Sabbath afternoon
at 1 o'clock.  Friends of the family are respectfully invited to
attend.

from The Pittsburg Dispatch dated Monday, December 16 1889  (page 2):

DEAD BY THE ROADSIDE

The woman who was found lying dead in a ravine close by the road, in
Penn township, on Saturday about noon, was identified yesterday as
Miss Lucy L SWINBERG, aged 47 and unmarried, who lived with her father
within about a quarter of a mile of where she was found.

Deputy Coroner Berry held an inquest which resulted in a verdict of
death from epileptic convulsions.  The deceased had been subject to
these attacks for years.

NOTES:
Family name appears as SWINEBERGER in census prior to 1900.  Father is John.

Headstone at Beulah Presbyterian Church Cemetery as Lucy L SWINBURG.