Cambria County PA Archives Obituaries.....Rockett, Elizabeth November 6, 1870
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The Cambria freeman. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938: November 17, 1870
In Wilmore, this county, on the 6th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Rockett, in the 58th year
of her age. The father of Mrs. Rockett was one of the first settlers of Cambria
county, having come to the Alleghenies when they were covered by trackless forests
and the abode only of beasts of prey. Her husband died many years ago, leaving her
with seven small children to make her way through the world, and right bravely did
she accomplish her labor of love. She lived to see three of her children borne to
the tomb, the youngest of whom died only a few weeks ago. The care, anxiety and deep
solicitude she manifested for her son in his last illness, and the poignant grief
which pierced her heart when he was summoned from earth forever, no doubt hastened
her own death, and led to the early union of both, we hope, in a happy eternity.
Mrs. Rockett was an earnest and devoted member of the Catholic Church, punctual and
devout in her religious duties, and true and tender in her relationships. She lived
and died a sincere Christian...

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