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Abstracted from the Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa.
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A B C D EF G H IJ K L M NO P R S TU W YZ
Adams, Moses, 8/28/1856, near Thompsontown railroad
explosion, engineer of Chester Co.
Ake, Mary Mrs., 4 14 1859, in Williamsburg w/o David Ake aged 67 yrs
Allender, John, 10/21/1857, in Williamsburg aged 80 yrs
Allison, Fletcher, 3/14/1860, in Altoona s/o John Allison aged abt 23
Aultz, Michael, 1/30/1859, in Hollidaysburg aged 60 yrs
Ayers, Martin B., 9/7/1858, in Duncansville aged 38/1/23
Baehr, Louis Prof., 6/10/1858, killed in Pittsburgh by
James McKee
Baker, Clarissa, 5/25/1859, in Altoona d/o John Baker aged 8 yrs
Barndollar, Jacob H., 12/3/1859, in Martinsburg aged 28 yrs
Barrrett, Wm., 8/1/1856, at Blair Furnace by an explosion
Barto, William Mr., 10/11/1859, in Altoona
Barto, Wm, 5/19/1857, in Hollidaysburg infant s/o Wm. Barto, , aged 9 mos.
Bates, Joseph, 4/14/1856, drank 3 pints of whiskey of South Pittsburgh,
Beard, Catherine Mrs., 11/26/1859, in Scotch Valley aged 71/6/12
Beatty, George, 5/29/1857, at Kearney’s Hotel
Beck, Wesley Ryland, 5/26/1858, in Altoona s/o Edwin A. & Matilda S. Beck
aged 1/3/25
Bell, Maggie, 4/18/1859, in Tyrone d/o James & Elizabeth Bell aged 16 mos
& 4 das
Bender, 3 Children, 12/17/1858, in a house fire in Fostoria c/o Wm. & L.
Bender
Benedict, Lloyd, 6/11/1859, in Hollidaysburg, s/o Rev. Lloyd & Helen R.
Benedict aged 7 yrs 21 das
Bennet, John, 8/29/1856, by suicide in Carlisle
Bennett, John Esq., 6/18/1860, in Greenfield Twp. aged 71 yrs
Bennett, Nelson, 8/28/1856, near Thompsontown railroad explosion, fireman
of Columbia Co.
Bernier, D. T., 10/20/1858, in Altoona Murdered ??? on the train from
Chicago to New York
Biddle, Franklin, 2/15/1860, of the croup in Taylor Twp. s/o Andrew J. &
Margaret Biddle, aged 2/0/22
Bigle, William, 2/16/1858, at Sabbath Rest
Black, Wm. Marvin, 2/15/1859, s/o Rev. R. W. & Belinda T. Black aged 11
mos & 12 das
Boyles, Samuel, 7/5/1856, struck by lightning near Williamsburg
Bradley, Frances Miss, 11/11/1858, in Duncansville
Bridenbaugh, Joseph, 12/30/1859, in Sinking Valley aged 27/0/15
Brua, Nathaniel, 4/21/1857, in Hollidaysburg, just married on 4/14/1857
Brubaker, David, 2/15/1857, in Altoona
Burchinell, Anna Marie, 9/26/1857, in Altoona w/o Thomas Burchinell, aged
49 yrs
Burger, Nathan, 1/27/1860, landslide on steam engine near Larimer’s
station
Burley, John, 1/6/1856, in Tyrone, s/o Jacob & Isabel Burley, Aged 6/8/19
Burnside, James Hon., 7/1/1859, thrown from run away buggy in Bellefonte
Bush, Son, 5/14/1860, railroad accident in Altoona s/o Joseph Bush
Caldwell, Martha Mrs., 1/14/1856, in Altoona, aged 88
yrs.
Caldwell, Matilda, 9/8/1858, fell from run away buggy in Gaysport d/o
Judge Caldwell aged 21 yrs
Campbell, Annie Mrs., 5/17/1860, in Altoona w/o Col. C. Campbell
Canan, Mollie, 8/27/1859, in Logan Twp. d/o John J. Canan
Carns, Young man, 4/11/1859, in Frankstown Twp.
Carpenter, Abraham, 4/30/1856, railroad accident
Carson, Margaret Jane, 12/6/1859, in Altoona d/o Thomas & Lydia Ann Carson
aged 11 mo
Carson, Mary Martha, 11/15/1859, in Altoona d/o Thomas & Lydia Ann Carson
aged 2/8/0
Christian, D. James, 8/10/1858, in Logan Twp. s/o Jonathan & Mary Ann
Christian aged 1/11/27
Chritzman, Julia Miss, 4/27/1857, d/o Henry & Mary Chritzman, In
Gettysburg
Clark, James, Early Jan/1859, railroad accident
Cleaver, Kimber Esq., 10/26/1858, at Pottsville aged 44 yrs
Cohill, Mary Jane Mrs., 6/15/1860, in Hollidaysburg w/o A. A. Cohill aged
32 yrs
Cole, Mary S. Mrs., 2/21/1860, in Duncansville aged 39 yrs
Cooper, Jane Mrs. 7/21/1860, in Hollidaysburg w/o John Cooper Esq. aged 68
yrs
Coulter, David, 1/16/1860, in Altoona
Coulter, James, 11/?/ 1857
Cox, David R. Porter, 5/28/1860, aged 21/11/9
Coyle, John, 4/23/1860, of Scarlet fever in Altoona s/o John Coyle aged
2/9/0
Craine, John A. Blodget, 2/25/1860, s/o Alfred & Eliza D. Craine aged
5/11/0
Crane, Elmer Irvine, 1/15/1860, in Harrisburg, s/o Col. Irvine J. & Kate
Crane aged 1/1/10
Crownover, Shepard, 5/21/1860, railroad accident at Mill Creek station
Culvert, John, 12/9/1859, of scarlet fever in Fostoria
Cunningham, Alfred M., 9/23/1856, in Logan Twp. s/o John & n. E.
Cunningham aged 2/0/4
Cunningham, Anna E. Mrs., 10/7/1860, in Altoona w/o G. W. Cunningham aged
23/11/15
D’Armitt, Lewis, 5/21/1859, railroad accident near
Bell’s Mills station
Davidson, Wm. A., 9/3/1856, in Bellefonte, was a county commissioner
Davis, Benjamin Frank, 6/14/1856, murdered by Christian Mason Hocker in
Williamsburg
Davis, Elizabeth Mrs., 1/24/1859, in Altoona mother of John Davis aged
77/8/9
Dawson, James, 8/8/1857, railroad accident in Pittsburgh
Dean, John Isaac, 5/3/1858, in Bloomfield Perry Co., Infant s/o H. C. &
Rebecca Dean,
Decker, Sarah Ellen, 2/20/1860, in Williamsburg aged 3/6/13
DeDier, George, 8/6/1858, suicide in West Brady Twp. Chester Co.
Delany, Lizzie, 2/29/1860, of heart disease in Hollidaysburg aged 20 yrs
Devine, James, 3/31/1857, in Altoona, aged 21 yrs
Dill, George A., 9/16/1855, s/o M. T. & Susannah Dill aged 1/4/8
Dilling, Boy,6/20/1859, accident with a wagon at Fredericksburg s/o George
B. Dilling
Dimond, Dennis B., 3/20/1860, railroad accident near Baker’s Mill
Dinsmore, Matthew, 5/22/1858, in Erie stabbed by Jake Foust of
Hollidaysburg
Donahoe, Elizabeth, 5/17/1859, railroad accident near Kittanning Point
aged 55 yrs
Donaldson, William, 8/11/1860, in Hollidaysburg aged 71 yrs
Donnelly, George Mr., 5/3/1856, at Yellow Spring ate poison roots
Drenning, George, 9/7/1860, railroad accident near Thompsontown
Dutch, John, 6/12/1859, by suicide in Williamsburg aged 40 – 50 yrs
Ealey, William, 9/9/1858, shot while hunting near Airy
Dale Huntingdon Co. aged 21 yrs
Edeeblute, David, 6/19/1859, in Williamsburg s/o Wm. & Maria Edeeblute
aged 6 yrs
Elling, Henry Mr., 5//24/1856, suicide
Erhart, Michael Sr., 8/21/1859, near Tiffin, Senecca Co. Ohio, of Altoona
aged 65
Farl, John, 6/3/1857, fell trying to catch a moving
train
Fetters, Michael, 9/12/1857, killed by a falling tree in Snyder Twp.
Figart, David F. Mr., 3/21/1856, in Altoona
Fleck, Henry, 3/28/1859, in Sinking Valley aged 68 yrs
Fluke, Joseph L., 8/2/1860, of consumption in Logan twp. of Williamsburg
aged 37
Francis, William Brainard, 10/22/1859, in Altoona s/o Thomas S. & Rachael
S. Francis aged 5 yrs
Furney, Elizabeth Mrs., 11/21/1859, in Juniata Twp. aged 39 yrs
Gainer, Patrick, 8/30/1856, buried by a cave in at
Hollidaysburg
Garber, Mrs.& Mother, 12/15/1857, victims of a double murder in Lancaster
w/o Conrad Garber
Gardner, David, 11/6/1856, drunken teamster fell from wagon and run over
on Tipton road to Clearfield
Gardner, Emma M., 1/29/1860, of scarlet fever at Beyer’s Mills d/o Joseph
& Jane Gardner aged 2/10/9
Gardner. Lloyd, 2/1/1860, of scarlet fever at Beyer’s Mills s/o Joseph &
Jane Gardner aged 6/4/0
Geesey, Catherine Mrs., 3/19/1859, near Frankstown aged 87 yrs
George, James, 11/2/1860, struck by a train near Latrobe
Gibbony, Ella E., 11/14/1860, in Duncansville d/o D.C. & S. M. Gibbony
aged 9 yrs
Given, Alexander Mr., 5/6/1856, of Typhoid Fever, aged 64
Glasgow, Richard, 2/16/1859, in Logan Twp. aged 80 yrs
Good, Peter Sen., 11/12/1858, near Water Street aged 77/5/0
Gorley, Eliza, 8/25/1859, in Hollidaysburg d/o John Gorley aged 19 yrs
Goughnour,Christian, 5/19/1857, run over by a train near Johnstown, of
Conemaugh
Griffith, W. R. Dr., 12/15/1859, of consumption in Altoona aged 29 yrs
Grove, John, 4/17/1859, in West Altoona aged 70 yrs
Gwin, Albert Clarke, 10/17/1857, in Logan Twp. s/o Hon. James L. & Lillie
Ann Gwin
Hackett, William Marshal, 9/1/1859, in Altoona s/o
Robert Hackett aged 1/10/0
Hammond, Wm., 5/5/1857, drowned in Cove Forge Dam, aged 13 yrs
Hampson, George, 5/21/1860, railroad accident at Mill Creek station
Hardy, Wm. A., 2/27/1856, in Porter Twp. Huntingdon Co., Aged 25/5/12
Harman, James, 9/29/1858, Railroad accident in Altoona yard
Harris Anna Mary Mrs., 4/10/1860, in Williamsburg w/o Col. J. S. P. Harris
aged abt 40 yrs
Hart, Christopher, 5/18/1857, Hollidaysburg stone quarry, aged 12 yrs
Hartsock, Samuel, 4/27/1857, in Collinsville, aged 58 yrs
Hays, John L. Sergeant, 4/3/1856, in Carlisle s/o Molly Pitcher
Hazlett, John A. Collins, 12/31/1859, of scarlet fever in Tyrone s/o James
& Mary Hazlett aged 3/1/3
Hemphill, Anne Esther, 2/8/1856, congestion of brain in Hollidaysburg d/o
Mr.& Mrs. James Hemphill 10/6/0
Herzog, Jacob, 1/17/1858, by suicide in Lancaster
Hewit, David, 7/19/1856, stabbed by Daniel J. Neff in Hollidaysburg
Hewitt, Sarah Ann, 2/22/1860, in Williamsburg aged 2 yrs
Hickey, Nicholas John, 11/3/1858, in Altoona s/o John & Martha aged 2/8/22
Hileman, Margaret, 6/28/1860, in Frankstown Twp. aged 76 yrs
Hillard, Mary Clara, 2/19/1858, d in Altoona /o Joseph & Ann Hillard aged
2/6/0
Hillard, Richard George, 1/25/1858, in Altoona s/o Joseph & Ann Hillard
aged 6 mo & 20 das
Hirst, C. J. Dr., 9/1/1859, at Galesburg, Illinois of Altoona
Hook, James, 12/13/1859, of scarlet fever at Davidsville s/o A. B. & Nancy
Hook aged 7 yrs
Hooper, Catherine Mrs., 5/24/1860, in Altoona consort of Joshua Hooper
aged 62 yrs
Houpt, Mrs. 7/19/1856, accident in Catherine Twp.
Howey, Thomas, 4/8/1856, train wreck Birmingham Station
Huff, George, 1/19/1857, Proprietor of Whitehall Hotel aged 45/5/28
Ingram, John L. 8/1/1860, in Blair twp. of Chester Co. aged 83 yrs
Innes, H. Mrs., 11/18/1856, w/o Maj. J. C. Innes, aged about 31 yrs
Ireland, Judith Mrs., 7/14/1856, in Altoona of consumption, aged 58/10/0
Irwin, Mary Catherine Miss, 11/28/1858, aged 20 yrs
Itel, Anna Catherine Miss., 4/30/1860, in Altoona aged 20 yrs
Jackson, John Thompson, 2/15/1859, s/o William W. & Kate Jackson aged 3
yrs & 4 mos
Johnson, Ella May, 4/14/1859, in Hollidaysburg d/o Robert B. & Amelia
Johnson aged 4/2/13
Johnston, Jas. R., 6/8/1856, murdered by James Davis at the Hollidaysburg
Canal Basin aged 46
Jones, Irene, 6/2/1858, in Hollidaysburg d/o John Penn & Elizabeth T.
Jones aged 1/2/4
Kaufman, Jacob Mrs., 1/4/1858, in Altoona formerly of Lewistown aged 43
yrs
Kemberling, Matilda, 2/17/1859, in Frankstown aged 14/11/17
Kemry, Daughter, 11/24/1858, burned to death d/o Henry Kemry aged 3 yrs
Kendig, J. D. Mr., 9/20/1858, in Altoona formerly of Lancaster
Kendig, Sophia Mrs., in Altoona w/o Geo. B. Kendig aged 24 yrs
Kerr, Henry M., 6/26/1857, in Huntingdon, aged 24 yrs
Kerr, James, 12/16/1858, in Jamestown Howard Co., Iowa formerly of Altoona
Ketner, Catherine Mrs., 11/1/1859, in Frankstown Twp. aged 52/11/7
Kidd, Joseph Mr. 4/9/1859, in Duncansville aged 68 yrs
Kidd, William, 6/2/1860, in Duncansville aged 45 yrs
Kinkead, Robert, 4/18/1860, in Williamsburg aged 55 yrs
Knee, Pearson F., 4/15/1860, the foot of plane # 10 aged 7/0/28
Knight, Hudson Bryant, 5/29/1859, in Hollidaysburg s/o Rev. Lloyd & Helen
R. Knight aged 2/2/25
Knox, Wm. C., 8/14/1858, in Perrysville, Juniata Co.
Kunsman, Charles, 6/6/1859, Plane# 10 in Allegheny Twp. s/o Wm. & Beninda
Kunsman aged 2/11/7
Lancer, Jennie, 3/4/1860, died of burns in Williamsburg d/o Henry &
Mary Lancer aged 5 yrs
Lang, Rosa May, 2/1/1860, of scarlet fever near Williamsburg d/o
Washington & Martha Lang
Langham, Robert, 10/13/1859, in Woosterville, Ohio, of Greenfield Twp.
aged 20 yrs
Lantz, Jonathan, 4/5/1860, of Typhoid fever in Altoona aged 40 yrs
Leamer, Hudson Perry, 1/25/1860, in Frankstown s/o George & Margaret
Leamer aged 8 mo
Lemon, Mary P., 4/11/18959, d/o Col. R. M. & Eliza B. Lemon aged 1/0/22
Levis, Joseph S., 4/13/1859, railroad accident at Derry Station
Westmoreland Co.
Love, Emily Jane Miss, 8/30/1860, at Manor Hill Huntingdon Co. aged
22/6/16
Lynch, Bernard, 10/25/1859, railroad accident in Altoona
Lynch, Richard, Mid-April, 1856, drowned Waterside dam, took 3 weeks to
find body
M’Cahan, Paul, 11/19/1856, in Hollidaysburg, aged about 35 yrs
M’Clauskey, Polly Mrs., 12/13/1859, of consumption at Davidsville aged 47
yrs
M’Cord, Joshua, 7/26/1860, in Hollidaysburg aged 52/5/0
Maher, Cornelius, 8/22/1858, drunk when run over by a train near
Kittanning Point
Mahr, Patrick, 11/28/1859, accidental fall at Porter & Milliken coal mine
Mann, Joel B. Hon., 8/27/1957, in Cheltenham Valley Montgomery Co. aged 77
yrs
Martin, J. G. Prof., 9/12/1860, at Chicago formerly of Blair Co. aged
28/3/0
Martz, William, 2/28/1859, of Huntingdon, railroad accident in Altoona
Mathers, James, 9/20/1856, in Turbett Twp. Juniata Co., aged 22
Mathias, Henry, 8/9/1856, struck during a fight of East Huntingdon Twp.
Westmoreland Co,
Mathias, Infant, 6/28/1857, died of burns near Tyrone Forges d/o J. T.
Mathias,
Matthias, Henry, 3/23/1856, suicide by hanging in Taylor Twp. Fulton Co.
aged 35 yrs.
McAteer, Isabella Priscilla, 10/13/1860, in Logan Twp. d/o Samuel & Nancy
McAteer aged 3/7/0
McCabe, Peter, 6/16/1856, murdered in Cincinnati, Ohio of Pittsburgh,
McCachran, Archilbald, 6/20/1858, in Altoona aged 35 yrs 8 mos
McCahan, Harry Daniel, 6/26/1859,in Altoona twin s/o James & Catharine J.
McCahan aged 5 mo 25 das
McCahan, James Hirst, 6/27/ 1859, in Altoona twin s/o James & Catharine J.
McCahan aged 5 mo 25 das
McClain, Francis Henry, 9/2/1859, in Tyrone aged 5 mos 15 das
McClelland, Harriett, 7/9/1860, of consumption in Altoona d/o John
McClelland Esq. aged 20 yrs
McClelland, Mary F. Mrs., 10/13/1860, of consumption at Allegheny Furnace
w/o Henry T. McCelland aged 38
McCormick, James, 2/28/1859, railroad accident West of Harrisburg of
Altoona
McCormick, Jane Mrs., 3/19/1857, in Altoona, aged 56 yrs
McDonough, George, 11/11/1860, in Hollidaysburg
McDowell, Howard, 12/1/1860, near Altoona s/o William & Jane E. McDowell
aged 3/6/0
McFarland, Levina, 12/12/1859, of scarlet fever in Tyrone d/o James &
Elizabeth McFarland aged 7/2/2
McFee, Robert, 12/12/1857, by explosion west of Altoona
McGough, John, 6/14/1856, accident near Plane # 4 Old Potage Railroad, of
Cambria Co.
McGrum, Laura Amelia, 11/5/1858, in Altoona d/o Ephraim & Jane A. McGrum
aged 1/11/14
McKim, David Stringer, 8/23/1857, hung in Hollidaysburg for murder of
Samuel Norcross
McLaughlin, Ellen, 1/28/1859, in Altoona d/o Cornelius aged 5 mos
McMinn, Lawrence Newell, 10/10/1858, s/o Thomas & Hannah E. Newell aged
1/3/3
McNally, Thomas, 5/28/1857, In Hollidaysburg, murdered by his wife??
McNulty, Sarah Louisa, 8/28/1857, d/o George F. & Eliza Ann McNulty aged
1/2/0
McPharren, A. A., 3/18/1857, in Altoona
McPherson, Alexander Mr., 5/4/1856, aged 65
Miles, David Andrew, 11/26/1859, of scarlet fever in Tyrone s/o Mary A.
Miles aged 3/2/3
Miller, George, 2/8/1856, in Hollidaysburg s/o Thomas & Belinda Rees
Miller aged 8/2/5
Moore, Archie Harper, 6/3/1859, at Moore’s Mills Frankstown Twp. s/o Silas
& Elizabeth aged 11 mo 3das
Moore, Larry, 10/13/1858, railroad accident near Newport
Moore, Thomas B. Esq., 2/11/1859, in Hollidaysburg
Morgan, Martin, 6/25/1858, bitten by a snake on Brush Mt. s/o Martin
Morgan aged 3 yrs
Morgan, Mr., 9/12/1860, run over by a wagon at Tipton
Morrow, Samuel C., 1/15/1860, of the croup in Martinsburg, s/o Anthony S.
& Mary Morrow aged 5/2/15
Moses, Michael, 6/18/1860, in Greenfield Twp. aged 76 yrs
Mowry, Evan, 4/22/1859, crushed by earth fall near Claysburg
Mullen, An Irishman, 4/4/1856, accident on Old Portage railroad
Nebit, A. Mr., 8/21/1860, Truck by a train near Lewistown
Neff, Elizabeth Mrs., 5/27/1859, in Altoona
Nelson, Mrs., 12/2/1856, of Altoona w/o Thomas Nelson
Nicodemus, Susan E, Mrs., 4/24/1860, of consumption in Sharpsburg aged
27/0/26
O’Brian, Thomas, 12/1/1860, aged 50 yrs
Orr, Mary Mrs., May/1856, in Hollidaysburg
Osborne, Mr., 8/22/1860, stabbed by Mr. Meadville in Fostoria
Oursler, Ellen, Mrs., 5/7/1857 w/o Eli Oursler
Parker, James, 4/16/1858, born in Scotland aged 74
Patton, Mary Mrs., 3/28/1856, in Altoona Consort of Geo, W. Patton, aged
30/4/28
Peal, William, 1/30/1860, accidental death in Bloomfield, Perry Co.
Pelan, Frank, 7/9/1860, train wreck near Lewistown of Harrisburg
Petterson, Emma Mrs., 2/21/1860, in Williamsburg aged 16 yrs
Pope, Asbury, 10/12/1860, in Hollidaysburg s/o David & Phoepe Pope aged
3/8/0
Pope, Mary Ellen, 6/7/1860, in Hollidaysburg d/o David & Phebe Pope aged
0/10/21
Pruner, William, 8/12/1859, fell and run over by wagon near Bald Eagle
Furnace
Rees, Catherine Mrs., 9/27/1859, in Logan twp. w/o Abraham Rees aged 45
yrs
Rees, Thomas, 9/23/1860, of consumption in Williamsburg a former county
sheriff aged 40 yrs
Reeves, Archilbald, 9/26/1857, in Altoona
Renner, William, 2/4/1860, crushed to death in the Altoona Car Shop
Rhodes, Frank Martin, 4/5/1859, in Hollidaysburg s/o S. W. & Julia Ann
Rhodes aged 7 mos & 2 das
Rice, Theodore (colored), 11/25/1858, killed during a robbery in Mill Hall
Riddle, Young Man, 7/27/1856, in skuffle with Mr.--- Downs was stabbed
with his own knife
Rockafellow, Joh, 11/28/1959, suicide in Harrisburg
Rodney, S. Reilly, 10/22/1959, of heart disease in Altoona, of Harrisburg
Rodrigue, Aristide Dr., 6/11/1857, of consumption in Kansas, former
resident of Hollidaysburg
Roe, Walter C., 4/1/1860, in Altoona aged 37 yrs
Roesh, Malcolm D., 6/17/1857, run over by a train near Altoona, suspicion
of foul play
Roush, Parthenia Elizabeth, 3/28/1860, d/o Adolphus & Sallie A. Roush aged
8 wks
Runyan, Rosanna Mrs., 3/19/1857, w/o Martin Runyan, aged 44 yrs
Rush, Franklin, 4/7/1860, in Altoona s/o Rev. A. B. & Mary E. Rush aged 10
mo
Russ, Anna Mary, 4/27/1859, in Tyrone d/o Edward & Nancy J. Russ aged 4
wks 3 das
Rutter, James Leonard, 7/22/1856, in Altoona s/o Henry P. & Mary J. Rutter,
, aged 3 mos.
Saul, Infant, 8/?/1857, found dead in cesspool East Ward Altoona d/o
Miss Mary B. Saul
Scott, Jessie Miss, 1/10/1856, d/o Anna Scott (who died last May), Aged 19
yrs.
Scott, Martha Miss, 12/5/1855 of Typhoid fever d/o Anna Scott (who died
last May) aged 22 yrs
Scott, Williamina Mrs., 5/23/1860, at West Point Lee Co., Iowa formerly of
Altoona
Seiberts, John A., 11/23/1857, in Altoona
Sellers, Amanda Mrs., 9/23/1856, in Altoona w/o Washington J. Sellers, ,
aged 27/10/6
Sellers, Harrie Tobias, 6/5/1860, in Hamburg Berks Co. of Altoona c/o H.
A. & M. M. Sellers
Sellers, Rachel R. Mrs., 11/18/1859, in Mifflintown Juniata Co., w/o Hon.
James M. Sellers aged 19 yrs
Sellers, Sallie Amanda, 4/1/1860, in Hamburg Berks Co. of Altoona c/o H.
A. & M.M. Sellers
Shannon, Joshua Haines, 2/14/1859, in Altoona s/o Charles C. & Phoebe Ann
Shannon aged 3/4/22
Shearer, Infant son, 3/20/1859, drowned in East Freedom s/o Levi Shearer
Shermer, Geo. W., 9/20/1858, murdered in Wyandott City, Kansas
Shinefelt, Edward, 4/15/1860, in Hollidaysburg s/o Andrew Shinefelt
Shomo, Agnes Mrs., 12/1/1860, in Hollidaysburg aged 83 yrs
Simonton, James C., 10/14/1857, in Logan Twp. aged 81/0/2
Sipes, William, 9/2/1857, drowned in Franklin Forge Dam aged 13 yrs
Sleg, Jacob Russell, 3/24/1859, in Altoona s/o Randolph & Margaret Sleg
aged 1/0/22
Sloss A. Mr., 11/27/1860, railroad accident near Kittanning Point, of
Pittsburgh
Sneeringer, Mary K., 11/18/1859, in Tyrone d/o Pius & Eliza A. Sneeringer
aged 5/7/23
Spangler, Margaret Mrs., 10/24/1856, w/o Rev. Joseph N. Spangler, aged
25/6/3
Springer, Eve Mrs., 6/18/1857, in Altoona aged 62 yrs
Stahl, Daughter, 12/13/1859, of scarlet fever in Fostoria d/o Levi Stahl
Stark, William D. Dr., 72/28158, in Lock Haven formerly of Altoona aged 26
Steele, Calvin Mr., 6/20/1856, drowned at Patterson Juniata Co.
Stephens, Peter, 9/23/1860, of Palsy in Frankstown formerly of Huntingdon
aged 57 yrs
Stewart, Alexander, 8/6/1858, in Logan Twp. aged 54/7/6
Stewart, Samuel G., 6/17/1857, aged 40
Stiffler, Mary Mrs., 3/1/1860, on Brush Mt. w/o Jonathan Stiffler aged
58/6/3
Stoke, Rebecca Jane, 12/30/1859 of scarlet fever in Tyrone d/o Wm. &
Margaret Stoke aged 3/3/0
Stover, Michael, 1/2/1860, in Duncansville aged 72/9/27
Straighthoof, Jacob, 3/1/1859, in Tyrone City aged 68 yrs
Sullivan, John Mr.,5/4/1856, of consumption in Huntingdon, aged 28
Sweeny, Michael, 6/24/1856, accident on Portage Railroad
Taylor, Infant, 9/2/1858, in Altoona d/o Andrew & Mary C. Taylor aged 2
mos
Taylor, Robert Oliver, 6/23/1859, in Altoona aged 23/9/0
Templeton, Mary Ann Miss, 5/12/1856, in Sinking Valley, aged 22/3/12
Thomas, Gabriel D. Dr., 10/26/1858, in Altoona aged 43 yrs
Trees, Samuel Sr., 10/25/1859, at Maria Forges aged 67 yrs 11 mo
Triece, Mr., 9/15/1859, suicide near Springfield Furnace aged 54 yrs
Trout, John, 3/13/1860, inflammation of the brain in Williamsburg s/o
Alexander & Margaret Trout aged 11 mo
Trout, Thornton, 11/20/1860, in Altoona aged 31 yrs
Unknown, Man, 6/9/1859, drowned in ore hole near Hollidaysburg buried
on bank of Brush Run
Wagner, John, 10/13/1858, railroad accident near Newport
Wagner, Susanna, 2/6/1856, in Altoona w/o Anthony Wagner aged 24 yrs.
Walker, John, 3/27/1860, at Davenport, Iowa formerly of this county
Walker, Mr., 3/9/1858, froze to death in Greenfield Twp.
Wallace, Eleanor Mrs.,11/23/1860, in Sinking Valley aged 70 yrs
Walls, Nellie Litzenberg, 8/17/1859, d/o James B. & Lucinda Walls aged 11
mo 1das
Warfel, Harriet Mrs., 4/4/1857, in Altoona, aged 32/4/38
Waring, Paschall Wieland, 3/4/1860, of scarlet fever in Tyrone City s/o
Robert & Lucy S. Waring aged 1/9/16
Waters, E. P. Mrs. 2/22/1859, in Northumberland aged 35/4/0
Watson, John, 5/8/1858, Huntingdon Dam
Watson, Nannie B. Miss, 5/14/1860, in Davenport Scott Co., Iowa formerly
of Blair Co. aged 24
Weaver, James Benner, 6/14/1859, in Williamsburg s/o Albert & Clara Weaver
aged 7 mo 28 das
Weaver, John B., 6/11/1859, in Williamsburg aged 61 yrs
Weaver, Male Infant, 12/17/1856, burnt clothing at Blair St. Hollidaysburg
s/o William Weaver,
Weaver, Mr., 8/12/1857, accident at Portage Iron Works in Duncansville
Webb, Robert, 5/21/1857, murdered in St.Louis, formerly of Lewistown
Welsh, Son, 9/2/1859, drowned in a well in East Altoona s/o John Welsh
aged 2 yrs
Westbrook, Hester St. Clair, 1/29/1860, of scarlet fever in Williamsburg,
c/o/ John & Margery aged 0/8/15
Westbrook, James Buchanan, 2/1/1860, of scarlet fever in Williamsburg c/o
John & Margery aged 2/1/0
Westley, William, 6/5/1860, in Pleasant Valley s/o John Westley aged 6 yrs
Willett, James, 7/16/1858, railroad accident at Conemaugh Station formerly
of Pittsburgh
Williams, Emalissa, 3/24/1860, in Logan Twp. d/o T. E. & Mary Williams
aged 7/3/25
Williams, James P., 4/16/1856, train accident was passenger near
Philadelphia, of New Brunswick NJ,
Williams, Mary Mrs., 1/30/1859, in Logan Twp. w/o Thomas Williams aged
about 70 yrs
Wilmer, Sarah Elizabeth, 1/21/1856, in Altoona, d/o W. B. & Elizabeth
Wilmer, aged 3 mos.
Wire, Daughter, 5/12/1860, death from a fall in Altoona, d/o Mrs. Wire
aged 5 yrs
Wolfe, Solomon, 8/17/1858, struck by lighting near Canoe Creek
Yohn, William, 8/11/1859, at Eldorado Station aged 75/4/14
Young, Rebecca Ann, 3/10/1857, consort of Levi Young, In Altoona, aged
22/10/0
Zeth, Sophia Mrs., in Claysburg w/o Maj. Jacob Zeth aged 47/8/16
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