OBIT: Mary PARSON, 1901, Blair County, PA

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MRS. MARY M. PARSONS.

At 8.30 o'clock Thursday evening Mrs. Mary M. Parsons died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Lowe, 2906 West Chestnut avenue.  The
cause of death was a complication of diseases.  The deceased was aged
74 years, 1 month and 28 days.  Mrs. Parsons is survived by the
following children:   W. V. Parsons, of Duncansville; Mrs. J. H. Lowe,
of this city, with whom she made her home; Mrs. Elmira C. Bretz, Mrs.
Eleanor J. Casswell, Mrs. Amelia A Fishel, all of Altoona.  She also
leaves two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Swartz, of Newville, Cumberland
county, and Isabel Senseman, of Mechanicsburg.  Funeral services were
conducted at her late home last evening, the clergyman officiating
being Revs. J. F. Anderson and E. J. Metzler.  The body will be taken
to Duncansville this morning for interment to-morrow afternoon.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, November 30, 1901, page 1

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Parson
Age: 72
Birth Date: Sep 1827
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1900: Logan, Blair, Pennsylvania
House Number: 33
Sheet Number: 10
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 184
Family Number: 184
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: Number of Living Children: 5
Mother: How Many Children: 9
Occupation: Invalid
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: No
Can Speak English: Yes
Harry Lowe 55
Mary Lowe 50
Mary Parson 72
William Hague 15