OBIT: Margaret (LINGENFELTER) WILT, 1889, Blair County, PA

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A Venerable Lady Dead.

In the death of Mrs. Margaret Wilt, which occurred at the residence of
her son-in-law, Jonathan Christian, Saturday morning, Millville has
lost one of its oldest Christian ladies.  She was a consistent and
faithful member of the Presbyterian church since she was 16 years of
age.  She was an obliging neighbor, a kind mother and grandmother. She
was married in 1820 to Captain Peter Wilt.  There were three children
born to them, the only surviving one being Mrs. Jonathan Christian,
with whom she resided since the death of her husband.  She has one
brother and two sisters living.  Her brother, George Lingenfelter,
resides at Claysburg.  Her sister, Mrs. Barbara Dodson, in East
Freedom, and Mrs. Anna Cashman at Bloomfield.  All reside in this
county.  She moved with her husband to the farm now occupied by
Jonathan Christian about forty years ago, where she died, aged 91
years, 3 months and 4 days.  Mrs. Wilt was a daughter of Jacob
Lingenfelter, of Sarah Furnace.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., January 31, 1889