OBIT: Anna Mary HARRIS, 1917, native of Blair County, PA

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Williamsburg
Miss Anna Mary Harris.

  The death of Miss Anna Mary Harris, a former highly respected and 
esteemed resident and native of Williamsburg, occurred at her late home 
at Grafton, Huntingdon county, last week, the funeral taking place 
Friday at the old stone church, in Woodcock valley.  She had attained 
her 84th year and for the past three years had been confined to her bed 
as the result of a dislocated hip joint.  She was a daughter of the 
late Colonel J. S. P. Harris and her mother, a Miss Burns, was a member 
of the old Burns family who originally owned the tract of land between 
Hollidaysburg and Altoona, near Canan's station, from whom the 
Pennsylvania railroad secured its right of way.  She was a Christian 
woman of intelligence and refinement and will be lovingly remembered by 
three generations of one-time youths as the old fashioned lady who 
conducted "Aunt Ann's Kindergarten," an institution which nurtured, 
intellectually, in their cradle days many who now adorn the higher 
walks of life.  She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth McHenry, 
of Grafton.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday morning, February 28, 1917