OBIT: Ellen (McBRIDE) POWELL, 1893, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Ellen Powell,

Wife of Handford Powell, died of paralysis of the heart, at 8:30 
o'clock this morning, at the home of her husband, 214 Walnut avenue.  
Although the deceased had been ailing with a chest affliction for about 
year, her death this morning was very sudden, she having dropped dead 
in an out building after having prepared to do some washing today.  She 
was born in Pine Grove, Centre county, November 22, 1834, and was 
consequently in her fifty-ninth year.  She was married to Handford 
Powell in 1872, her maiden name having been McBride, and is survived by 
her husband and two brothers, Jackson and John McBride, and five 
sisters, Mrs. C. Cromer and Mrs. L. O'Hara of this city, Mrs. M. Maise 
of Alexandria, Huntingdon county, Mrs. M. Smith of Cambria county, and 
Mrs. Ruth Beattie of Erie.  She was a member of St. John's Catholic 
church and of Ladies' Circle No. 8, G.A.R.  The funeral will take place 
on Thursday morning at 8 o'clock.  Interment in St. John's cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Monday Evening, March 20, 1893