Cora passed away on March 29, 1888 during the diphtheria epidemic in Cambria County, PA. Incredibly all five children of William and Sarah died within one month in 1888 from diphtheria. They are all buried in Ebensburg, PA. [2]
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1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Ebensburg, Cambria, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1111; Family History Film: 1255111; Page: 478B; Enumeration District: 209; Image: 0249
Photographed Sources
Resolutions of the Sunday School of the Church of Christ of Ebensburg. from the Cambria Freeman dated April 13, 1888.
Resolutions of the Sunday School in regards to the death of the five Fagan Children
Obituary for Oscar and Jeremiah Fagan
Oscar Fagan Article
See Also
Close Cousins: Connected and Collateral Families[2]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cora by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cora: