OBIT: Mary McELHENY, 1886, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Death of Mrs. Mary McElheny. Mrs. Mary McElheny died at 2.30 Friday morning, at the residence of Mr. J. G. Hirst, her son-in-law, No. 716 Lexington avenue, aged 81 years, 9 months and 17 days. The deceased was born December 7, 1804, at Perryville, Allegheny county, Pa., and for years was a resident of that place, where she was married. For the past twenty years Mrs. McElheny made her home with her daughter - Mrs. Hirst. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church, of this city, for twenty years and had been since childhood a member of a church of that denomination. Her surviving children are: Victor K. and John A. McElheny, of Pittsburh, and Mrs. J. G. Hirst, of this city. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, September 30, 1886, page 3