OBIT: Betsey MERRITS, 1879, Allegheny Township, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ BURNED TO DEATH. On Friday afternoon Betsey Merrits, a blind inmate of the Blair county almshouse, over eighty years of age, was fatally burned by coming in contact with a red hot stove in her room. Her clothing took fire, and, before assistance came, she was so dreadfully burned on the body that death came to her relief on Saturday morning. She was formerly a resident of Springfield furnace. Morning Tribune, Monday, December 29, 1879