OBIT: Margaret MUSSELMAN, 1890, Sinking Valley, Blair County, PA

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FROM SINKING VALLEY.
Death of Mrs. Margaret Musselman.

  On Tuesday morning, the 28th inst., at 8 o'clock, Mrs. Margaret 
Musselman died at the home of Mr. George Hostler.  The subject of this 
sketch was born on the farm row owned by Mr. George Bridenbaugh about 
the year 1811, and was consequently 79 years old.  The exact age is not 
known, as no records seem to have been kept.  She spent her whole life 
in this valley.  In 1831 she married Martin Musselman, whose death 
preceded hers about thirty-five years.  She was the mother of eleven 
children, six of whom are still living - Harry and Daniel, of Altoona, 
and Abraham, of Blair Furnace; Mrs. George Hostler and Mrs. Joseph 
Webb, of this valley, and Mrs. Confer, of Frankstown.  While this old 
lady has several times been apparently near death's door, she has been 
reasonably well this summer.  For about a week she had been complaining 
but not sufficient to cause any alarm.  The day before she died she was 
out in the yard.  Her last night on earth, though, was one of great 
suffering and soon in the morning the brittle thread was severed.  From 
early life she had been a member of the Reformed church.  The funeral 
takes place on Thursday at 10 o'clock.  Rev. Hileman will conduct the 
services.  Interment in the Reformed cemetery, below Arch Spring.  This 
old lady was one of the oldest persons in the valley.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, October 30, 1890