OBIT: Mary (McCABE) BURNS, 1881, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2020. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS. Mrs. Mary Burns, widow of the late Thomas Burns and sister of Mr. Edward McCabe, of Bennington, died at 10 o'clock on Wednesday evening, aged 36 years, a victim of consumption, leaving four orphan children, three of whom will be sent to the soldiers' orphan school. Funeral at 3 o'clock to-day in the Catholic cemetery. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, December 15, 1881, page 4