OBIT: John ATKINSON, 1899, Mattawana, Mifflin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/mifflin/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm _______________________________________________ MR. JOHN ATKINSON, Father of Mrs. Libbie Ross, of this city, died at the home of his son, William Atkinson, in Mattawana, Pa., on Wednesday morning of this week, in his 90th year. His first wife was Miss Nancy McLaughlin, his second was Mrs. Martin, widow of Dr. Martin of Newton Hamilton, and his third was Miss Maria Sanderson, who survives him. He is also survived by four children: Wm. M. of Mattawana and Mrs. Libbie Ross of Altoona, children of the first wife, and Edward and Cora of Harrisburg, of the third wife. Altoona Mirror, Saturday, September 23, 1899, page 8