OBIT: Eleanor Mary MCGRANN, 1897, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

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Eleanor Mary McGrann, eldest daughter of Richard J. McGrann, the well known 
railroad contractor, died this morning at St. Joseph's hospital after a ten days 
illness from typhoid fever.  She was in the twenty-sixth year of her age, and 
prior to her last illness enjoyed the most vigorous health.  Her death, 
therefore, in the full flush of young womanhood comes with a painful shock not 
only to her family, by whom she was idolized, but also to that wide circle of 
friends whose lives were cheered by the brightness of her sweet disposition and 
the unsullied purity of her character.  She was born in this city and was 
educated at St. Mary's academy, completing her studies in the famous Visitation 
academy at Georgetown, D.C.  Her talents were of a high order and she was 
dowered with a mind of unusual capacity.  If, however, one who had the privilege 
of knowing her intimately might be permitted to recall her most remembered 
attributes, it was the perfect sweetness of her disposition.  Life was joyous to 
her.  Happy in her home, tenderly devoted to her church, her presence brought 
sunshine, her departure left regret.  Mere words are idle to express the beauty 
of this life that has closed with such suddenness.  Like the shell on the 
seashore whose music can only be heard by those who take it up and listen, so 
this sweet young character will be mourned most by those who knew her best.

Besides her father, she leaves surviving her three sisters, Hattie, Grace and 
Mary, and two brothers, Richard and Hugh McGrann.

The funeral will be held on Thursday morning; services at St. Mary's church at 9 
o'clock.

Lancaster Intelligencer, Monday, March 22, 1897