OBIT: Lydia WILLIAMS, 1888, Blair County, PA

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MRS. LYDIA WILLIAMS.
Sudden Death of an Aged Resident of the County Capital.

Our Hollidaysburg correspondent writes:  This community was profoundly
shocked on receipt of intelligence of the sudden and unexpected death
of Mrs. Lydia Williams, one of the oldest, best known and most
respected ladies in Hollidaysburg, which occurred within a few minutes
of 6 o'clock Thursday evening.  Her death is sincerely regretted by
all who knew her.  It was one of the most sudden which has occurred
here for several years.  Up to the moment when she was found lying
unconscious upon the boardwalk in her garden she had enjoyed the very
best of health, and was in cheerful spirits but a moment before.  She
had gone to feed the chickens and was returning to the house when
suddenly she fell over and was lying upon her back when discovered by
her daughter Miss Emily, who ran quickly to her assistance.  She was
still living, but insensible.  Miss Emily called loudly for help and
Mr. David Lindsay, a near neighbor, came to her assistance.  She was
tenderly lifted and carried into the house and placed upon a lounge
and Dr. Hays, also a near neighbor, was at her side within a few
minutes.  Her unnatural breathing gave evidence of approaching
dissolution.  A hyperdemic [sic] injection of whisky was administered,
but the dread messenger, death, was at hand, and the spirit of this
good and greatly esteemed lady passed away within a little while into
the realms of the blessed.  Death resulted from cerebral hemorrhage,
caused by the brittle condition of the blood vessels, incident to old
age.  Deceased was 72 or 73 years of age.  When discovered blood was
in her mouth and her face had a flushed appearance.

As before stated, Mrs. Williams was one of the oldest and best known
ladies in this community.  Her home has been in Hollidaysburg for
almost, if not altogether, a half a century.  The writer has known her
since his childhood days.  She was always known as a good, upright and
useful woman.  She was a pure Christian woman, who in her younger days
took an active and leading part in church work and all charitable
objects in which women were engaged.  From her young womanhood she was
an active and consistent member of the Presbyterian church, and for
many years she was a leading member of the church choir.  She will be
greatly missed in this community.

Her husband, Mr. Lewis Williams, who for many years filled creditably
the office of register and recorder, preceded her to the tomb more
than twenty years ago.  The family which she reared with so much care
is composed of four daughters, all of whom are living.  These are Miss
Anna F. Williams; Mrs. Mary J., the wife Major William Williams, of
Hollidaysburg; Miss Emily, who was the constant companion of her
mother, and Mrs. Ella, the wife of Captain James F. Mickel, of
Bedford, with all of whom we deeply sympathize in this hour of sad
bereavement.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, July 5, 1888, page 5