OBIT: Martha HOOVER, 1899, Claysburg, Blair County, PA

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HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

  Miss Martha Hoover, aged 27 years, the daughter of John I. Hoover, a 
Claysburg farmer, and a dressmaker by occupation, was found lying dead 
on the floor of the front parlor of the Kellerman house, Gaysport, 
yesterday morning at 5 o'clock.  Miss Hoover was a hotel guest, and 
also a friend of the family of A. L. Rutherford, the landlord.  She 
retired to her room Thursday night at 11 o'clock apparently in good 
health.  During the night she arose, dressed, and went down to the 
parlor, presumably to relieve a sudden attack of illness, and there 
died before relief came.  Dr. George W. Smith was summoned.  He 
pronounced the cause of death to be apoplexy.  Miss Hoover and her 
father came to the Kellerman house last Wednesday.  She was to 
accompany her father home to-day.  Coroner T. C. McCartney held an 
inquest over the remains yesterday morning.  The testimony of four 
witnesses was heard.  Mr. Hoover testified that his daughter had been a 
sufferer from apoplexy.  The jury found that the deceased had died of 
natural causes.  In addition to her parents the deceased is survived by 
one sister, Mary, and two brothers, George and Charles.  The remains 
were taken last evening to Claysburg, where they will probably be 
interred on Sunday.

Morning Tribune, Saturday, July 1, 1899