OBIT: Louis & Mary CHRISTY, 1910, Barnesboro, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Tyrone Daily Herald Tyrone, Pa. September 24, 1910 DEADLY TOADSTOOLS KILL MAN AND WIFE Six Children Escape Because They Disliked Pepper Ebensburg. Pa., Sept. 24. - Mr. And Mr. Louis Christy are dead at their home in Barnesboro as a result of eating toadstools, which they mistook for mushrooms. Their six small children are alive because the toadstools were cooked with cayenne pepper and the little ones refused to touch them. For the last few weeks hundreds of people in Cambria county have been going into the woods and fields for mushrooms. Christy and his wife were amateurs at gathering mushrooms, never having seen them growing until recently. Christy gathered a basket of what he thought were mushrooms and took them home. His wife prepared them for supper, using a large quantity of cayenne pepper in the sauce. When they were put on the table one of the children tasted them and complained because the pepper burned his tongue. The other five children refused to touch them at all. Christy and his wife ate heartily. Some time later they were seized with severe pains. Dr. J. C. McMillen and Dr. J. H. Wood were called and decided immediately that the supposed mushrooms were toadstools, but the man and woman failed to respond to treatment and both died. 1910 Spangler, Cambria County census - Louis Christi, 30 Mary Christi, 27 Patrick Christi, 8 Jennie Christi, 7 Angelo Christi, 6 Josephine Christi, 4 Tollie Christi, 1 11/12 Amelia Christi, 1/12