OBIT: Hester GREEN, 1886, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Died of Her Injuries. At five minutes before 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Hester Green, the aged colored woman who was so badly burned Monday last at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. T. B. Shorter, 1103 Sixteenth street, died of her injuries. She was over 90 years of age and was born on the eastern shore of Maryland. Until she was 28 years old she was a slave and lived on the estate of a Mr. Wells, below Harrisburg. She afterward lived on Duncan's island, a short distance above that city and was there when the Pennsylvania canal was built. Afterward, about the year 1844, she removed to Bellefonte and there resided until three years ago, when she came to this city and made her home with her daughter at whose house the accident took place. She had been blind the past four years. Mrs. Green was married in 1830 and five children survive her death. These are Mary A., wife of T. B. Shorter, and Mrs. Savra Worley, of Altoona; Mrs. Julia Fry, of Harrisburg; and Charles and William Green, of Bellefonte. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., January 21, 1886