OBIT: Sarah Dean (CANNON) TRAUGH, 1917, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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Hollidaysburg

Mrs. O. A. Traugh.

  Mrs. S. Dean Cannon Traugh, widow of O. A. Traugh, died yesterday 
morning at 4:20 o'clock, of a complication of diseases incident to old 
age, at the residence of her son, Postmaster A. R. Traugh, on Garber 
street.  Mrs. Traugh was born at the Summit, Cambria county, on 
December 4, 1827, and was aged nearly 90 years.  Her husband, O. A. 
Traugh, one of the oldest and best known Democratic editors in the 
state, died in April, 1889, aged 80 years.  He was the founder, owner 
and editor of the Hollidaysburg Standard since the year 1839, and was 
postmaster at Hollidaysburg for a number of years.  Mrs. Traugh was a 
lifelong and consistent member of the Presbyterian church of this 
place, a zealous Christian worker and benevolent woman, who bore the 
esteem and love of the whole community.  Her maiden name was Cannon and 
she resided in Blair county all her lifetime.  She is survived by one 
son and one daughter, Postmaster A. R. Traugh, of Hollidaysburg, with 
whom she had been making her home for some time past, and Mrs. M. H. 
Cannon, of Baltimore, Md.  The funeral services will be held at the 
home of her son on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Interment will be 
made in the Presbyterian cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, February 13, 1917

1880 Hollidaysburg, Blair County census -
Orlanda A. Traugh, 59, Editor  
Sarah Traugh, 53  
Bertha Traugh, 25  
Margretta Traugh, 14  
Bess Traugh, 12