OBIT: Catharine (SPRANKLE) JONES, 1896, Gaysport, Blair County, PA

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MRS. CATHARINE JONES

Died at her home in Gaysport Saturday afternoon of apoplexy.  She was 
aged 73 years, 5 months and 23 days.  Her husband, Eli C. Jones, died 
on June 12, 1869.  Mrs. Jones was the mother of nine children, and four 
survive: Mrs. Jane Tyler, at home, Mrs. Annie E. McGraw, of Altoona, U. 
J. Jones, at home, and W. U. Jones, of Gaysport.  She is also survived 
by her brother, William J. Sprankle, of Burlington, Ia.  Mrs. Jones, as 
well as her husband, was born in Adams county, this state, and moved to 
Hollidaysburg shortly after their marriage, locating in Gaysport in 
1848.  The deceased was a devout Christian, a loving mother and a kind 
neighbor and friend.  The funeral will take place at 2:30 o'clock 
Tuesday afternoon.  The services will be conducted by Rev. C. V. 
Hartzell.  The remains will be interred beside those of her husband in 
the Lutheran cemetery at Hollidaysburg. 

Altoona Mirror, October 12, 1896, page 12