OBIT: Catherine J. (HAGAN) McCONNELL, 1905, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Mrs. Catherine J. McConnell Mrs. Catherine J. McConnell who died Sunday at the home of a daughter in Altoona, was a sister of Thomas Hagan and Miss Annie Hagan of near Chest Springs, Cambria County and Mrs. Bridget McCullough of Philadelphia. She was the widow of Alexander McConnell and was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, November 12, 1826, coming to this country at the age of eighteen. Three children survive her - Mrs. J. Hershberger, John A. and Thomas A. The funeral was held Wednesday from the Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Altoona. Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., Volume 39, Number 9, Friday, March 10, 1905