Armstrong County PA Archives Obituaries.....MOTT, Mrs. [Abigail]  May 3, 1859
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  Tyrone Star, May 14, 1859 p 2 
  
  
  Murder. ----- A Mrs. Mott, of Kittaning, Pa., mysteriously disappeared on the 
  night of the 3d inst., and, the next day her body was found floating in the 
  river, about ten miles below town.  The body exhibited various marks of 
  violence, showing conclusively that her death had been caused by blows.  The 
  coroner's jury rendered a verdict in accordance with these facts.  
  Circumstances appear to point to her own son, John, as the murderer, and he has 
  since been arrested and committed for trial.   John was addicted to 
  intemperance, and, though an industrious, clever man, when sober, was a fiend 
  when intoxicated.  If found guilty, in all probability, he will be hung; yet 
  the Law sanctions the making of drunkards!

  [1850 census for Armstrong County shows a John Mott age 18 with the Josiah and
   Abigal Mott family in the borough of Kittaning. Abigal age 44.]
  
  
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