Kates’ Notes: I had wondered about the different spellings in this article, i.e., “Elizabeth” vs “Elisabeth”. When I checked the 1880 census for the household of Joseph and Polly (Hopkins), Elisabeth Gilliland McCrum was listed as Mary E. Gilliland. Good thing I checked the census!
   Sadly, her only son Joesph died almost exactly one month before his mother passed away.

From The Daily News, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
March 23, 1938

Mrs. Elizabeth G. McCrum
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   Mrs. Elisabeth Gilliland McCrum died at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Esther McCrum, in Alexandria, this morning at 6:15 o’clock. She had been ill for five days. Death was due to complication of diseases.
   Mrs. McCrum was born in Huntingdon county on May 10, 1861 and at the time of death was aged 76 years, 10 months and 15 days. She was the daughter of Joseph and Polly Ann (Hopkins) Gilliland.
   The deceased was a member of the M. E. church at Alexandria and had been a resident at that place for the past twenty-five years.
   She is survived by 2 grandsons. Her husband, Calvin McCrum died on November 1, 1929 and a son, Joseph died on February 24, 1938.
   Friends may call at Temple’s funeral home after 2 p.m. on Thursday. Funeral services will be held in the Mooresville M.E. church on Friday at 2 p.m., conducted by the Rev. J.T.T.Cummings with interment in the Mooresville cemetery. Temple’s funeral service.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010