OBIT: Eliza McINTIRE, 1876, Snyder Township, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MS Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ BURNED TO DEATH On Friday afternoon of last week, Mrs. McIntyre, mother-in-law of Peter Denny, of East Tyrone, was burned so severely that death ensued in a few hours. She and a boy were burning brush in a clearing near Bald Eagle Furnace. She was at one end of the clearing and he at the other. By some means her clothes took fire, and being badly frightened she ran and screamed for help. The boy hearing and seeing her, ran to her as rapidly as possible, and both of them succeeded in extinguishing the flames after all the clothing from her waist to her feet were consumed. She was conveyed to the residence of her son-in-law, where medical assistance was summoned, but to no avail. After suffering intensely until three o'clock the following morning she died. Her legs, body and arms were burned to a crisp, but her face was uninjured. She was about seventy years of age. A sad ending for such an extended life. Her remains were interred in the Tyrone cemetery on Sunday. - Herald The Register, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, May 31, 1876 1870 Snyder Township, Blair County census - Peter Denny, 30 Catharine Denny, 36 Elmer Denny, 9 Laura Denny, 9/12 Eliza McIntire, 57 Jas. Holderman, 20