Obituary of

Amanda Mulvanna Fitzellen Mahana

Printed in the Morris, PA DEMOCRAT newspaper

Mrs. A.M.F. Patterson, wife of John D. Patterson, of this place (Morris Twp, PA), died at her home Wednesday evening Dec. 9, 1896 of dropsy; aged 68 years, 7 months and 20 days.  She had been in poor health for some time and had been confined to her room for the past ten months.  She was united in marriage in 1818 with John D. Patterson.  She leaves an aged husband, who has passed his 72 milestone, five sons and one daughter, viz; Catherine, wife of Rev. George H. Huffman, of Marion Center, Indiana, Co. Pa., Dr. Lon S. of Unionville, Iowa, Bradley (a merchant) of Des Moines, Iowa, Wm. of Cummings, Iowa and Chas. and Marvin, of this place, who mourn the loss of a devoted wife and a kind and loving mother.  She was also the foster mother of Amanda, wife of W. S. Throckmorton, of Rogersville, this county.  For the past 56 years she has been a faithful and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the time of her death was a member of the Ninevah M.E. Church.  She belonged to one of the oldest and most respected families of this county.  She was the daughter of Captain Bradley Mahana, who resided in Waynesburg, Pa., from 1827 to 1855 when he moved to Iowa.  While here he was distinguished for his military abilities; he was for several years captain of the Waynesburg Blues.  He was also Brigade Inspector of the 4^th PA. Brigade.  During the late war he recruited a Company in Iowa and was elected its captain and went to the front where he remained until the close of the war. 

Catherine Seals Mahana

Iowa City Daily Press

Monday May 17, 1875

In Memoriam.

The large audience in the M. E. Church yesterday in attendance upon the obsequies of Mrs. Mahana, testified to the wide spread of sorrow for the death of this mother of Israel.

She was born in Waynesburg, Greene County, PA in 1810; in 1837 married Bradley Mahana, whom she survived about eight months.

In 1836 she joined the M. E. Church and lived consistent with her profession.

In 1855 she came with her husband and family to Iowa City and in her twenty years residence here there grew around her all those tender ties of home, family, and friends, which age beautifies and death cannot sever without mourning.

She reared a family of eleven children, of whom eight--six sons and two daughters survive her.

Her life was it's own eulogy, and a sermon to which the preacher may point, an example her children may follow, and a guide of conduct for which the world is better.