OBIT: Kezia COX, 1880, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.
DEATH OF MRS. COX.

  On Sunday, a little after 12 o'clock, Mrs. Cox, wife of John Cox, 
Esq., and mother of William Cox, brakeman on the Branch train, departed 
this life, aged 62 years.  The deceased was a lady who in her lifetime 
was loved and respected by all for her amiable and Christian 
disposition.  She was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church for forty-nine years.  The funeral will take place at 4 o'clock 
this afternoon and proceed to the Presbyterian cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, July 13, 1880

HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

  Yesterday afternoon the remains of Mrs. Cox were conveyed to the 
Methodist Episcopal church, and in the absence of the pastor, Rev. D. 
H. Barron preached a most appropriate sermon, after which the remains 
were taken to the Presbyterian cemetery, followed by a large number of 
relatives and friends, who felt that she had entered that blessed rest 
where there is no sorrow, pain or death.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, July 14, 1880

1880 Hollidaysburg, Blair County census -
John Cox, 70 
Kezia Cox, 59