OBIT: Elizabeth DOUGHERTY NELSON, 1880, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Fatality in a Family.

  Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, died of consumption, at her residence on Third 
avenue and Tenth street, about 9 o'clock last evening, aged 48 years, 5 
months and 15 days.  Mrs. Nelson had been ill for about one year.  Her 
first husband, Adam Dougherty, was killed on the railroad at Tyrone in 
1858.  Her second husband, Thomas Nelson, was killed in the yard here 
one night in 1873.  Her son, James Nelson, was killed in the lower yard 
last Spring, and now the unfortunate widow and mother follows them 
after days of great suffering to the grave.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, February 24, 1880

CITY AND COUNTRY.
Things Briefly Told.

  The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, whose death was published in 
the TRIBUNE on Tuesday morning, will take place from the Eighth avenue 
Methodist Episcopal Church this morning at 10 o'clock.  Interment at 
Fairview cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, February 26, 1880