OBIT: Elizabeth SHORT, 1879, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ Mrs. Elizabeth Short, wife of Thomas Short, died at her residence on Seventeenth street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues, yesterday afternoon. Her disease was consumption. The lady was past 49 years of age. Morning Tribune, Thursday, November 13, 1879 DIED. SHORT - In this city, November 12, Elizabeth, wife of Peter [sic] Short, aged 46 years, 5 months and 1 day. Funeral from her late residence, Seventeenth street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues, this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment in St. John's Catholic cemetery. Friends of the family invited. Morning Tribune, Thursday, November 13, 1879