Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
Place of Death: Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County
Full Name: MRS. ANNA MELISSA ALCORN
Residence: R.D. #1, Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
Personal and Statistical Particulars
Sex: Female
Color or Race: White
Marital Status: Widow
Wife of: James A. Alcorn
Date of Birth: April 25, 1864
Age: 76y 5m 25d
Occupation: Infirm
Birthplace: Derry, Pa.
Name of Father: Phillip T. Bennett
Birthplace of Father: Ligonier, Pa.
Maiden Name of Mother: Anna Cunningham
Birthplace of Mother: Bolivar, Pa.
Informant: Frank B. Alcorn, R.D. #1, Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
Burial: West Fairfield, Westmoreland County, Pa., Oct. 23, 1940
Undertaker: Ray W. Cease, Pleasant Unity, Pa.
Medical Certificate of Death:
Date of Death: October 20, 1940, 5 p.m.
Cause of Death: Broncho pneumonia (bilateral)
Contributory: Osteo Arthritis
Signature: George E. Bishop, M.D., Oct. 21, 1940, R.D. #1, Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
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Latrobe, PA: The Latrobe Bulletin, issue of Monday, 21 October 1940, p. 4, col. 5

Mrs. Anna B. Alcorn

Mrs. Anna Bennet Alcorn, 75 years, five months and 25 days old, died at 5 o'clock Sunday evening at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Frank Stouffer, of Norvelt. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J.C. Miron, of Derry; Mrs. J.V. McBurney of Hamburg, N.Y., and Mrs. Stouffer and two sons, Frank B., of Norvelt and J. Magill Alcorn, of Vandergrift. A sister, Mrs. Gary Couffield, of Warren, O.; three brothers, James Bennett of Pittsburgh; and Frank and Robert Bennett, both of Downing, Mo.; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held at the Stouffer home in Norvelt at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. Interment will be made in the West Fairfield cemetery at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
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