Cambria County PA Archives Obituaries.....Carnegie, Margaret  November 10, 1886
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Latrobe Advance Wed, Nov 17, 1886
Death continued its encroachments on the Carnegie family Wednesday. Margaret
Carnegie, mother of Andrew and the late T. M. Carnegie, died about 8:45 in the
morning at Cresson. Although the demise of this respected and generous lady was
not altogether unexpected, yet the news of her death caused intense sorrow and
regret among those who knew her. She was in the seventy-seventh year of her age.
For several years past, she has been perceptibly wearing away. Her children knew
it and left nothing undone to make her declining years as serene and happy as
possible. A few days ago, however, her health seemed to entirely break down and
her condition became serious. Drs. Dennis, of New York, and Deveraux, of
Cresson, did their best, but the hand of death was not to be turned aside. When
she died, Andrew Carnegie was ill in the same house. He was unable to leave his
bed. The death of his mother and that of his brother just recently, it is
feared, will have a depressing influence upon him. The deceased lady was born at
Dunfermline, Scotland. She came to Pittsburg with her husband and family in
1837. They had not resided here long until the husband died, leaving her to
struggle on with her two young sons. She possessed the thrifty and industrious
characteristics of Scotch people and succeeded in giving to both Thomas and
Andrew a good business education. In the will of the late T. M. Carnegie she was
bequeathed $10,000 per year. Her son Andrew also gave proof of his love for her
some time ago. She was traveling from New York to Cresson on the Pennsylvania
Railroad when the train was wrecked. Walter Kirkpatrick, the conductor, attended
to Mrs. Carnegie kindly, and as a reward for the kindness, her son presented
Kirkpatrick a $1,000 Government bond. All the employes of the train were also
rewarded. 

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