Mrs. Eliza Linton, relict of Captain William Linton, who was stricken with paralysis two weeks ago while superintending the removal of some household goods from the Mountain House at Cresson, died at her home at the Summit at 7 o'clock Saturday night without regaining consciousness.
The deceased was born in March, 1838 in Indiana, where her father, John Myers, died many years ago. Her mother, Mrs. Agnes Coyte Myers died in 1897. Mrs. Linton's husband died at the Summit in December 1889. She had been a resident of that place for thirty years.
Funeral services were conducted at her late residence Monday afternoon and the remains taken to Indiana on Pacific Express Tuesday afternoon for interment. Mrs. Linton was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church. |
