OBIT:  HOUSTON, Mary A.; 1905; Munster, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 9 Jun 1905
Volume 39, Number 22


Was Married by Prince Gallitzin 

Mrs. Mary A. Houston, widow of Edward Houston, who is dead at her home in 
Pittsburg, at the age of ninety, was born in Munster, this county, her parents 
being John and Elizabeth Connery. In 1835 she married Edward Houston, the 
marriage ceremony being performed by Prince Demetrious Gallitzin.  The 
couple went to Pittsburg in 1837, making the journey over the Old Portage 
road and canal.  Her husband died in 1892.  

Mrs. Houston was the oldest living member of St. Paul's Cathedral, Pittsburg.  
She passed through the great Pittsburg fire of 1845 and the cholera plague 
there.  She is survived by two sons and one daughter, all of Pittsburg.