OBIT: Mary (HARROLD) CRAIG, 1890, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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MRS. MARY CRAIG.

  Mrs. Mary, widow of the late Mr. Hugh Craig, after a protracted 
illness, the result of a cancerous malady, died at her home on Mulberry 
street east of Union, yesterday morning at 3 o'clock.  She was among 
the oldest and best known residents of our town, having resided in our 
midst for more than half a century.  She was an upright, Christian 
woman and raised a family of sons all of whom are worthy members of 
society and of sterling worth and character.  She was born in Ireland, 
in the town of Newry, county Louth, on the 15th day of August, 1812, 
and was therefore in the 79th year of her age.  She came to the United 
States with her parents, Neal and Agnes Harrold, in early life and 
settled near Alexandria, Huntingdon county, this state, and on January 
7, 1834, was united in marriage to Mr. Hugh Craig.  Their family 
comprised five sons and two daughters, of whom only the sons survive.  
These are: Hugh, George and John, residents of Altoona; James H., of 
Gaysport, and Thomas, who for many years has occupied a respectable 
position in the custom house of San Francisco, California.  She was 
preceded to the tomb by her husband, for fifty years one of our best 
known citizens, in 1885.  Three of her sons served in the union army 
during the rebellion.  These were Thomas, lieutenant colonel of the 
Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania volunteers; James, of the Fourteenth United 
States infantry and who was wounded at Gettysburg; and George, of the 
Twenty-second Pennsylvania cavalry.  She leaves two sisters - Mrs. 
Annie Kiefe, of Decatur, Ill., and Mrs. Jane Anderson, of East Freedom, 
Blair county.  Mrs. Craig was all her long life, ever since her 
girlhood days, a consistent member of the Roman Catholic church, and 
for many years a member of St. Mary's church at this place.  She was a 
noble-hearted woman, a devoted and faithful mother and her death is 
regretted by her large circle of friends and neighbors.  The funeral 
will take place on Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, when a mass of requiem 
will be celebrated in St. Mary's church by the pastor, Rev. Father 
Donnelly.  Interment in St. Mary's cemetery.  Peace to her ashes.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, November 3, 1890