OBIT: Laura MYERS, 1861, Ebensburg, Cambria County, PA

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The Alleghanian
Ebensburg, Pa.
Volume 2, Number 52
Thursday, August 15, 1861


   Died in this place on Tuesday, 13th inst., of diphtheria, Laura, 
daughter of James and Mary Myers, in the eighth year of her age.

  Gone in her childish purity, 
  Out from her golden day;
  Fading away in the light so sweet,
  Where the silver stars and the sunbeams meet,
  Paving a path for her silent feet,
  Over the silent way.

  Over her bosom tenderly,
  The pearl white hands are pressed;
  The lashes lie on her cheeks so thin,
  Where the softened blush of the rose hath been,
  Shutting the blue of her eyes within
  The pure lids closed in rest.