OBIT: Margaret BROWN, 1891, Logan Township, Blair County, PA

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SUICIDE BY HANGING.
The Manner in Which Mrs. Margaret Brown Ended Her Life.

  At about twenty minutes of 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening, Mrs. Thomas 
Brown, residing on the mountain road about two and one-half miles up 
the Dry Gap, made a very unpleasant and at the same time startling 
discovery.  Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Brown, who is a widow, 
made her home with her son Thomas.  Some weeks ago she is said to have 
fallen on an icy sidewalk on Sixteenth street and received injuries to 
her head from which she never recovered.  Her injuries seem to have 
prayed [sic] upon her until she became ill, and she had been ailing 
ever since.
  On Tuesday evening her daughter-in-law missed her and while searching 
for her in the house opened the door leading into the attic and was 
horrified to find her hanging in the stairway.  It seems that she had 
tied the rope to a rafter above the passage way and then stepping form 
the floor launched herself into eternity.  At what time of the day the 
deed was committed is not positively known.  On making the discovery 
the frightened daughter-in-law gave the alarm.  Frank Miller, a farmer, 
was passing at the time and was informed of the tragedy which had 
occurred.  He called Whitman Newcomb to his assistance and the body was 
cut down by them and carried to a room on the second story of the 
building - just underneath where the suicide had occurred.
  Coroner Poet was notified and arrived at the house about midnight.  
He empanelled a jury, consisting of Frank Miller, Harry Mauk, John 
Sommers, Giles Amick, William Sommers and Lloyd Genst, who after taking 
testimony rendered a verdict in accordance to the facts.  Deceased 
leaves one son, Thomas, with whom she made her home, and two daughters 
- Mrs. Jennie Elder and Mrs. Bertha Goetz, of this place.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, February 20, 1891