OBIT: Mary A. HARRIS, 1880, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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CITY AND COUNTRY
Things Briefly Told.

  Mrs. Mary A. Harris, wife of Baggage Master F. A. Harris, Tyrone, 
died Tuesday morning, aged 28 years, 8 months and 15 days.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, June 25, 1880

TYRONE TOPICS.
OBITUARY

  It is with exceeding regret that we chronicle the bereavement of our 
friend and neighbor Fred. A. Harris, Esq., in the death of his 
estimable wife, Mary A. Harris, ere she had reached her 29th birthday.  
'Tis only with feelings of sadness that we can contemplate the four 
little children, thus early in life, without the care and counsel of 
their most earnest protector - a loving mother; and our heart cannot do 
otherwise than go out in earnest and heartfelt sympathy to our dear 
friend and the father of these dear little ones in his and their 
bereavement and loneliness.  Mrs. Harris was a native of New Jersey, 
and removed from Philadelphia to this place about four years ago.  She 
has [been] a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and was ever 
faithful in the discharge of her duties as such, and died in full 
possession of the faith she had thus early in life espoused.  Through 
the seven years of her married life, her family was the subject of her 
most earnest care and solicitude, and this sudden bereavement is a 
severe blow indeed to a faithful and loving husband, who, through his 
entire married life, cannot recall an unkind word or act that ever 
passed between them, and while he has the assurance of the sympathy of 
a large circle of loving friends we know that in dispensations of this 
kind the only true source of comfort and solace is from a power that is 
not of earth, and to Him that is the giver of all gifts we earnestly 
commend this bereaved husband and these dear little ones.  To die is 
not to sleep, but 'tis only to rest; then to rise again to enjoy that 
beautiful home in eternity that has been prepared by God for His 
faithful-elect from the foundation of the world.
    'Tis the home beyond the river;
    'Tis that summer land of song.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, June 26, 1880