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1899 Mirror Almanac
Death Abstracts, 1898
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ADAMS, B. F., uncle of ex-Councilman Jacob Adams, died suddenly January
27, at home in Lancaster.
ADAMS, MRS. ROSE A., wife of Ignatius C., died at her home, 1518 Ninth
street, August 24, aged 33 years; complication of diseases.
ADAMS, MRS. SALLIE, wife of James, of Duncansville, died May 3, aged 52
years.
ADAMS, WALTER LAWRENCE, a well-known resident of Altoona, died at home of
his mother-in-law, Mrs. John Loudon, 2026 Broad avenue, December 16, of
heart failure, aged 49 years.
AIKENS, MRS. JANE, widow of Hugh Aikens, died suddenly at her home in
Juniata, December 16, aged 86 years.
AINSWORTH, MRS. HATTIE, wife of T. H., died at her home, 1607 Twelfth
avenue, May 29, aged 28 years; consumption.
AINSWORTH, W. A., died August 18, at the Altoona hospital, aged 45 years;
peritonitis.
AKE, MRS. RACHAEL, widow of Dr. J. H. Ake, died at her home, in
Williamsburg, December 22, aged 52 years.
AKERS, GEORGE N., son of Catherine, of Eleventh street, died June 18, at
West Penn hospital, Pittsburgh, aged 40 years.
AKERS, MRS. CATHARINE A., widow of Joseph H., died at her home, 1410
Eleventh street, October 25, aged 80 years.
ANDERSON, MARY JANE, died at the home of her brother, William Y. Anderson,
near Juniata, October 16; complication of diseases.
ANDERSON, MRS. JANE, mother of A. J. Anderson, this city, died June 21, at
her home in East Freedom.
ANSMAN, JOHN, infant of J. F. and Mary, died March 29.
ANSMAN, SARAH CATHERINE, daughter of Frank and Emma, died December 28, at
home, 2106 Eleventh avenue, of catarrhal troubles, aged 13 months and 6
days.
ANTHONY, ELIZABETH GERTRUDE, died at home of her parents, Kobath and
Marion, 1314 Sixth avenue, July 7, aged 21 years; lung trouble.
ASHBURN, EDNA, daughter of William and Mary, died at her parents' home,
413 Lexington avenue, July 18, aged 1 month; summer complaint.
ATHEY, GEORGE DEWEY, infant of Jesse and Sadie, died at home, 2121 Seventh
avenue, September 9.
ATLEE, HUGH DEHAVEN, of Tyrone, died at his home, April 24, aged 49 years;
bowel complaint.
AUTHOR, WILFORD HOBSON, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B., died August 25, at
home, 804 Seventh street, aged 1 month, 20 days; cholera infantum.
AVONGENIA, PAQUALA, Italian; died February 8, at hospital, aged 50 years;
effects of dislocated thigh.
AYERS, JACOB, died at the home of Mr. David S. Woomer, 2525 Maple avenue,
November 12, aged 79 years and 6 months.
BAIN, infant child of J. W. Bain of Juniata, found dead in bed January
6, aged 4 days.
BAKER, WILLIAM K., who was formerly employed as a drug clerk in
Hollidaysburg and Altoona, died at home in Allegheny, aged 23.
BAKER, WILLIAM, died May 1, at Gaysport, aged 70 years; pneumonia.
BANCROFT, OLIVE GERTRUDE, wife of J. C. Bancroft, this city, died at
Shamokin, August 21, aged 30 years; typhoid fever.
BANE, MRS. MARY E., wife of George R., died August 12, at home, 2312
Twelfth avenue, aged 30 years; consumption.
BARBERICH, JOSEPH, infant son of Francis and Barbara, died June 7, at
Kittanning Point; diphtheria.
BARCLAY, W. A., brother of R. G. and George, of this city, died February
6, at home of parents in Pine Grove Mills, Chester county, aged 32 years.
BARCLAY, W. H., formerly of this city, died February 8, at Reed's Gap,
Juniata county, of paralysis.
BARNES, SOLOMON, who was injured at the Blair county fair, September 16,
died at his home, 1608 Sixth avenue, September 18, from the effects. He
was well known in Grand Army Circles and bore the rank of captain. He was
65 years old.
BARONNER, GENEVIEVE M., daughter of Joseph and Catharine, died April 22 in
Hollidaysburg, aged 2 years and 5 months; pneumonia.
BARRICK, MISS MINNIE E., sister of Mrs. J. D. Hicks, died in Pittsburg,
March 16, aged 24 years.
BAXTER, THOMAS DONALD, died at the home of its parents, Thomas and
Margaret, 1507 Seventh avenue, October 13, aged 21 years; consumption.
BEACH, WILLIAM, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew Beach, died October 4, at
home in Duncansville, aged 25 years; typhoid fever.
BEAER, MRS. EMMA LOUISE, wife of William E., died June 14, at home, 430
Willow avenue, aged 37 years; consumption.
BEATTY, MRS. ANNIE, died suddenly January 27, while preparing dinner at
home, 1406 Eleventh street, aged 44 years and 21 days; heart failure.
BEAVER, JOHN, a veteran letter carrier, died September 20, at his home,
430 Willow avenue, aged 54; paralysis.
BECHHOEFER, ABRAHAM LEOPOLD, a well-known Hebrew citizen of Altoona, died
at his home, Howard avenue and Eleventh street, December 16. Mr.
Bechhoefer was born in Bavaria 76 years ago. His death was sudden and was
due to paralysis. He was a successful merchant and highly esteemed by all
who knew him.
BEEGLE, WILLIAM S., uncle of Constable Beegle, of Allegheny township, died
at the home of G. W. Helsel, of Duncansville, November 22, aged 75 years.
BEHM, NICHOLAS, died at home, 1608 Third avenue, April 1, aged 73 years;
paralysis.
BELL, CORA, daughter of James and Susan, died April 13; pneumonia.
BELL, ELLA ELIZABETH, daughter of James L. and Irene Cowan, died June 29,
at home of her parents, near Bellwood, aged 1 year, 8 months and 20 days.
BELL, ELLIS, died at his home, near Hollidaysburg, March 28, aged 52
years; dropsy.
BELL, WILLIAM M., formerly a resident of Altoona, but late of Bellwood,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nellie Charles, at Harrisburg,
August 6, aged 70 years; kidney trouble.
BENNET, BYRON H., a well-known resident of Altoona, died at the University
Hospital, Philadelphia, September 6, aged 26 years; complication of
diseases.
BENNETT, infant son of Bryan and Barbara, died January 5, of pneumonia, at
2604 Eighth avenue, aged 15 months.
BENTON, GEORGE W., died July 3, at home in East Freedom, aged 76 years;
paralysis.
BENTON, MRS. CATHARINE, wife of John, died at home in Fairview, April 7,
aged 32 years.
BENTON, WILLIAM J., died at the Altoona hospital, September 6, of
pyonephrosis, aged 33 years. His residence was Millville.
BERKSTRESSER, G. W., father of Mrs. George Krouse of Bellwood, died at
Hollidaysburg, July 22, aged 76 years; diseases incident to old age.
BESALE, ANTON, infant son of Blendina and Bernard, died at his home, 1617
Third avenue, November 13, aged 9 months, of pneumonia.
BLACKSTONE, infant of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley, died August 8, at home in
Hollidaysburg,; cholera infantum.
BLAKE, WILBUR B., who for twenty years was alderman in the Eighth ward,
died December 22, at his home, 322 Third avenue, of diabetes, aged 55
years.
BLAMEY, CHARLES, son of Frank, died July 15, suddenly, in this city, aged
7 years; accidentally strangled to death.
BOATE, MRS. LUCINDA, widow of Owen, died suddenly at home of son, George,
1315 Fifteenth street, February 27, aged 77 years, 6 months and 7 days;
spasmodic asthma.
BOGGS, JOHN C., a well-known railroader, died at his home, 1318 Eighth
avenue, December 19, of heart failure, aged 75 years.
BOLAND, JACOB, died August 20, at his home in Gaysport, aged 38 years.
BOLLINGER, MISS SARA ANNA, sister of Mrs. H. M. Sausser, Tyrone, died May
4, aged 36 years; nervous prostration.
BOLOSCA, CENGELIEN, died February 24, aged 8 months; pneumonia.
BOMBAI, ALBERT. A French Canadian injured at Bennington, August 7, died at
hospital, August 17, aged 25 years.
BORLAND, MARY CORNELIA, daughter of Lawrence and Celia, this city, died
April 6, aged 3 years, 2 months and 12 days; scarlet fever.
BOWMAN, WILLIAM LLOYD, a popular and enterprising young man, employed in
the First National bank, died July 7, at home, 1424 Twelfth avenue, aged
29 years; heart failure.
BOYER, JOSEPH, a respected citizen of the Fourth ward, died July 11, aged
88 years.
BOYLES, JOHN C., son of George E., of Logan township, died at his home
near Greenwood cemetery, October 20, aged 24 years, 4 months.
BRADLEY, ANNIE C., daughter of F. M. and Rose J., died at the home of her
parents, 309 Tenth street, November 14, aged 6 years and 11 months, of
pneumonia.
BRANNAN, BESSIE MAY, infant of Cloyd L. and Annie, died April 5, aged 5
months and 17 days.
BRANSTETTER, WILBUR D., died February 9, at home of brother, Harry,
Warriorsmark, aged 40 years and 25 days; dyspepsia.
BRESSLER, RUTH, daughter of William and Nannie, died at her home in
Tyrone, October 13, aged 2 years; laryngitis.
BRETSCHEIDER, GUSTAV, bookkeeper of Enterprise Mining company, died at
Williamsburg, May 19, aged 50 years.
BRILEY, REV. THOMAS W., formerly pastor of St. John's church, this city,
February 12, at his home in Pittsburg; aged 40 years; catarrh of the
stomach.
BROOKS, JOHN, uncle of Health Officer Glenn, died January 21, in Chester.
BROPHY, FRANCIS, son of William F. and Maggie, of this city, died April 8,
in Pittsburg.
BROWN, ANNIE E., widow of Lockard Brown, died December 24, at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Ryan, Chestnut avenue and Eleventh
street; of cancer.
BROWN, GEORGE W., died at his home, 613 Fifth avenue, aged 66 years;
paralysis.
BROWN, JAMES, son of James and Annie, died at his parent's home, 211
Fourth avenue, November 5, aged 12 years, of typhoid fever.
BROWN, MAUD MENOTI, daughter of George and Catharine, died January 3, of
uraemia, aged 18 years, at 613 Fifth avenue.
BROWN, MRS. CLARA, sister of Patrolman John Watson, died at the Woman's
hospital, Philadelphia, May 29, aged 30 years; result of an operation.
BROWN, RAYMOND NICHOLAS, infant of George and Masournie E., died July 19,
at 3214 Oak avenue.
BRUBAKER, FLORENCE MARIE, daughter of Ellis and Gertie, died at home in
Altoona, August 24, aged 1 month.
BRUBAKER, MRS. ANNA, died March 4, at her son's (Silas') home, Canan
Station.
BRUNER, MRS. JOSEPHINE, wife of George, died in Tyrone, April 11, aged 55
years; kidney trouble.
BUCHANAN, CHARLES H., son of John and Rebecca, died January 3, at home
near Blair Furnace, aged 5 years and 8 months; of dropsy.
BUCHANAN, JAMES W., of Ninth avenue and Eighth street, died March 27, aged
58 years. Killed while crossing railroad tracks in yard.
BUCHANAN, WM. M., son of John and Rebecca, died February 9, at his home
near Juniata, aged 5 days; convulsions.
BUCK, HARRY C., was killed in the upper blacksmith shop, October 8, aged
34 years, He left a wife and three children.
BURGY, BERTHA, daughter of Jacob and Mary, died January 3 at home in
Tyrone township, aged 1 year and 10 months.
BURKART, ALBERT CHARLES, son of Gilbert B., died at 570 Fourth street,
June 12; convulsions.
BURKET, CORNELIUS SHARON, son of Chalmer, this city, died at Frankstown,
September 4, aged 8 months.
BURKET, ROY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Burket, died November 20, at his
parent's home, 909 Sixteenth street, aged 8 years, of diphtheria.
BURKHART, MRS. EVELINE, wife of G. B., this city, died April 5;
consumption.
BUTTS, MRS. ALICE M., wife of William A., died at her home, 2918 Broad
avenue, September 1, aged 31 years; inflammation of the bowels.
CAFFREY, JOHN, died at his home, 421 Fifth avenue, December 8, aged
about 75 years.
CALLAN, LAWRENCE, an aged resident of the Sixth ward, died September 23,
at his home, 2123 Ninth avenue, aged 77 years; heart failure.
CALTABAUGH, MINNIE ALICE, daughter of William and Jennie, died at home,
2108 Fifth avenue, September 11, aged 9 months; cholera infantum.
CAMPBELL, ACKEY PEARL, infant daughter of Henry and Lizzie, died April 9,
aged 2 months.
CAMPBELL, CORNELIUS C. , died at his home 1214 Eighth avenue, August 8,
aged 70 years; paralysis. Colonel Campbell was one of the best known
citizens in this region, having been a successful railroad contractor, and
having been connected with many public enterprises.
CANN, GEORGE, formerly of Hollidaysburg, died January 27, in Johnstown,
aged 65 years; consumption.
CARMILL, DAVID, a resident of Kittanning Pint, died at home of his
brother, Bennett, 2916 Maple avenue, July 13, aged 56 years; heart
disease.
CARNEY, MRS. ANN JANE, wife of Joseph, deceased, died December 28, at her
home, 1616 Sixteenth street, after a lingering illness, aged 64 years.
CARROLL, IRENE ELIZA, daughter of Thomas Carroll, died at her home, Sixth
and Union avenues, December 30, aged 5 years, 5 months and 12 days.
CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM, died February 9, at home, Gaysport, aged 42 years;
paralysis.
CASNER, DELILAH, wife of John, died in Duncansville, July 17, aged 57
years; complication of diseases.
CASWELL, ELENORE, daughter of Charles A. and Ada, died April 1.
CAVENDER, CHARLES, one of the oldest citizens of Altoona, died at his
home, 407 Sixth avenue, September 30, aged 77 years and 7 months.
CHAMBERS, MRS. HENRIETTA, wife of Isaac, died February 8, at her home in
Logan township, aged 78 years; apoplexy.
CHASE, WILLIAM S., who was struck by an engine in the yard, died at the
hospital, December 7, aged 67 years.
CHRISTIAN, MRS. BERTHA E., wife of Elmer G., died March 12, at home, 2918
Walnut avenue, aged 28 years, 5 months and 21 days; heart failure.
CLABAUGH, ELSIE, familiarly known as one of the "Carlisle Sisters," died
in Cleveland, O., July 8, aged 19 years. Her body was brought to Altoona
for interment.
CLABAUGH, LEVI L., one of the best known residents of the Sixth ward, died
at his home, 1708 Eighth avenue, July 27, aged 68 years; diseases incident
to old age.
CLAPPER, DAVID C., died December 29, at his home, 2511 Oak avenue, aged 55
years, 5 months and 2 days.
CLAPPER, GEORGE W., died at his home in Logan township, November 9, aged
81 years.
CLAPPER, MRS. SARAH, wife of William, died at her home, 2024 Nineteenth
street, April 11, aged 44 years; complication of diseases.
CLAYCOMB, EMMA, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Claycomb, died July 1
at home, 1403 ½ Eleventh avenue, aged 20 years; consumption.
COBLER, ADAM B., died at her home, 1910 Fourth avenue, June 9, aged 48
years; complication of diseases.
COLE, CHARLES, brother of Mrs. Lewis Beezer, died at the latter's home in
Llyswen, September 2, aged 22 years; typhoid fever.
COLLINS, THOMAS, the veteran railroad contractor, and one of the best
known men in the county, died at his home in Bellefonte, September 25,
aged 75 years; blood poisoning. In conjunction with his five brothers,
Thomas formed a co-partnership as railroad contractors. They built part of
the Pittsburg division, P. R. R.; Philadelphia and Erie, and other roads
in the states. Deceased and Thomas F. Martin built the new Kittanning
Point reservoir.
CONNEL, MRS. MARGARET E., wife of Thomas C., of Tyrone, died at home of
her daughter, Mrs. Ross Ressing, Harrisburg, September 24, aged 63 years;
inflammation of the bowels.
CONNOLLY, MISS MARY, daughter of Patrick (deceased) and Maria, died
October 15, at her home, 516 Third avenue, aged 30 years; stomach trouble.
CONRAD, GRACE AGNES, daughter of John H. and Katie M., died at home, 206
Seventeenth street, August 16, aged 8 months; cholera infantum.
CONRAD, MRS. GERTRUDE, wife of Samuel, died October 10, at her home, 2911
Maple avenue, aged 29 years.
COOPER, MRS. ANNE, an aged resident of Williamsburg, died September 15,
aged 79 years.
CORBIN, ALTO, daughter of the late S. S. Corbin, died May 6, at 712
Twenty-second street, aged 3 years; fatally burned.
CORDES, CHARLES, son of Edward and Ellen, died at home, Third avenue and
Eighth street, August 10, aged 1 year and 20 days; cholera infantum.
CORNELIUS, MRS. ALICE, wife of Thomas, died at home, 918 Green avenue, May
18, aged 42 years; consumption.
COWEN, MRS. ELIZABETH, died February 1, at home of daughter, Mrs. Sadie
Cox, 33 Cherry avenue, aged 62 years; cancer.
COX, MISS MARY BENTON, died at her home in Tyrone, September 13, aged 22
years; consumption.
CRAINE, MISS KATHRYN, daughter of A. P. and S. M., of 1423 Second avenue,
died March 18, at home, aged 20; inflammation of the stomach.
CRAINE, MRS. E. N., died at 224 Crawford avenue, April 1, aged 34 years.
CRAMER, WILLIAM S., one of Altoona's oldest residents, died December 28,
at his home, this city, aged 80 years, 4 months and 12 days.
CRAWFORD, ANNA FLECK, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Crawford, died at
home in Tyrone, aged 14 years, 7 months; consumption.
CRAWFORD, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crawford, died January 18,
in Juniata, aged 11 months.
CREIGHTON, MRS. ANNIE, died at her home in Bell's Extension, May 24, aged
71 years; cancer of the stomach.
CROUSE, MRS. ROSE, wife of H. J. of Ebensburg, sister of Mrs. William
Galloway, of this city, died January 17, aged 52 years.
CROWN, MRS. MARY KELLY, died at 1310 Thirteenth avenue, September 3, aged
68 years; rheumatism.
CUSTER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, a well-known shop clerk and highly respected
citizen of Altoona, died September 9, at his home, 1231 Twelfth avenue,
aged 69 years; paralysis.
DANGERFIELD, ALICE, wife of George, colored, died May 6, at home, 1716
Fourteenth street, aged 27 years; tuberculosis.
DARE, MRS. ALICE, died March 8, at her home in Newry, aged 90 years; old
age.
DARR, WILLIAM H., formerly of Altoona, died at Baltimore, December 15,
aged 41 years.
DAUGHERTY, ELLEN, daughter of late John Daugherty, of Hollidaysburg, died
April 12, aged 72 years.
DAUGHERTY, LIZZIE, wife of H. T., died July 16, at 2315 Eighth avenue,
aged 30 years; consumption.
DAUGHERTY, MRS. ELIZA V., wife of ex-Councilman, James H., died May 5, in
this city, aged 43; brain trouble.
DAVIS, DANIEL M., died at his home, 1604 Sixteenth street, October 4, aged
1 year; complication of diseases.
DAVIS, JOHN M., died April 18, at his home in Duncansville; consumption.
DAVIS, MARIE G., daughter of Emmet Davis, died July 3, aged 1 year,
6months and 17 days.
DAVIS, WILLIAM, died June 24, at the hospital, aged 25 years. Deceased was
injured at Duncansville, June 22, by a fall of sand.
DEAN, BERTHA, wife of Cloyd, died at home, 403 Second avenue, July 15,
aged 29 years; result of a horse kick.
DEFFLEY, JOHN, son of Michael and Julia, died February 24, at home, Bell
avenue and Ninth street, aged 10 months.
DELEPLANE, PAUL RAY, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L., died May 1 at 424 Fifth
avenue.
DELL, JOHN FAY, son of H. N. and Emma J., died July 7, at home, 820 First
avenue; aged 1 year, 11 months and 15 days; convulsions.
DELL, RUTH, infant daughter of Jacob and Minnie, died July 31, at 2325
Sixth avenue, aged 9 months; cholera infantum.
DEMAREE, D. SCOTT, died July 31, at his home, 1529 Eighth street, aged 23
years; pneumonia.
DENBARROW, MRS. SADIE, wife of H. E., died at home, 811 Sixteenth street,
June 22, aged 29 years; affection of the liver.
DENGLER, GOTTFRIED LUDWIG, son of C. F. and Pauline, died of spinal
meningitis, December 30, at his home, Sixteenth avenue, aged 1 month and
15 days.
DESMOND, MRS. ANNIE, widow of John, died of pneumonia, December 14, at the
home of her brother-in-law, James Callan, 2116 Seventh avenue, aged 53
years.
DICK, MRS. ANNIE, died at home of William Fortenbaugh, 1823 Thirteenth
avenue, May 31, aged 48 years, cancer of the stomach.
DICKEY, MRS. CAROLINE, wife of Jacob, died January 19, at home in McKee's
Gap, aged 48 years; diabetes.
DIEHL, CHARLOTTE CHRISTINA, daughter of Joseph and Annie, died at her
home, near Tyrone, December 3.
DIFFENBAUGH, MARY L., died in Tyrone, July 16, aged 27 years; consumption.
DILLEN, SANFORD, a prominent Fourth ward resident, died December 4, at his
home, 1603 Fifth avenue, of apoplexy, aged 72 years.
DILLING, CHARLES, son of H. D. and Sarah, of Martinsburg, died in a
hospital, Philadelphia, April 8, aged 22 years; typhoid pneumonia.
DILLON, MRS. CLARISSA, sister of Mrs. Jennie Acker, of this city, died
February 19, at her home, Pittsburg, aged 40 years, 1 month and 16 days;
cramps.
DOAK, MRS. P. M., wife of John, died April 20, at home, 1820 Eighth
avenue, aged 57 years; heart trouble.
DOLLINGER, JOHN W., son of Geo. and Emma, died at his home, 215 East Sixth
avenue, of convulsions, aged 4 years and 4 months.
DONALDSON, MARION, daughter of George and Cora M., this city, died March
18, aged 7 months and 12 days.
DONNELLY, MICHAEL, died at the hospital, December 16, of pneumonia, aged
34 years. He was a traveling salesman.
DOWNING, SAMUEL, a well-known butcher of the Seventh ward, died at his
home, 319 Howard avenue, September 15, aged 71 years.
DUMM, GEORGE, died March 23, at his home, 2507 Seventh avenue, aged 53
years; malaria.
DUMM, MRS. JANE F., wife of Jacob, died at her home, 2122 Fourth avenue,
December 21, aged 42 years.
DUNKLE, EDNA PEARL, died at her parent's home, 204 Third avenue, December
12, aged 5 years, 10 months and 14 days.
DURHAM, HUGH, died April 14, at home, 1509 Fourth street, aged 74 years;
heart failure.
DYSART, JOHN, son of W. B., of Bellwood, died May 19, at Newton Hamilton,
aged 11 years; smothered to death.
DYSART, RAYMOND LEE, was killed in the bridge disaster in Canada,
September 6. He was a resident of Tyrone and was 20 years old.
EBERLY, MRS. MARY, widow, mother of John, of this city, died February
26, at her home in Cambria county, aged 77 years.
EBY, BEULAH, daughter of John W. and Elsie, died April 3, aged 15 days;
marasmus.
EDGAR, MRS. MINNIE, wife of Samuel Edgar, died February 13; found dead in
bed; cause, heart failure; aged 30 years, 10 months and 3 days.
EDMISTON, WILLIAM, a resident of Altoona, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. F. B. Murray, at Hagerstown, aged 75 years.
EDMUNDSON, MRS. ELIZABETH K., wife of Louis, of Sinking Valley, died May
30, at her home, aged 62 years; stomach trouble.
EHREDT, infant child of George Ehredt, died September 29, at home, 1212
Fifth avenue.
ELFERN, SAMUEL, killed, September 12, by being run over by a Pennsylvania
Ice company wagon, aged 2 years.
EMEIGH, MRS. CATHERINE, widow of Peter, died December 19, at her home in
Duncansville, aged 88 years.
EPPERMAN, HARRY, fireman on Middle division, died February 8, at home, 807
Fifth avenue, aged 30 years, 1 month, and 28 days; hemorrhage of bowels.
ERGER, GLADYS, daughter of A. C. and Annie, died March 3 at home in
Juniata, aged 2 years, 6 months; diphtheria.
ESTEP, MISS B., daughter of Elijah Estep, died at her home in Logan
township, July 24, aged 23 years; consumption.
FADDLE, PHILIP, formerly a track foreman in this city, died January 25,
at Monsonic Home, Philadelphia; aged 79 years, 10 months and 4 days.
FARBER, WILLIAM J., a resident of Elizabeth Furnace, died August 21, aged
45 years; bronchitis.
FEE, WALTER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank, of this city, died April 5, aged
15 years; peritonitis.
FEIGHT, MRS. CHRISTINA, wife of Edward S., died at her home, Roaring
Spring, December 14, of pleuro-pneumonia.
FELTWELL, MRS. MARY, wife of Joshua, died at her home, 2306 West Chestnut
avenue, December 13, aged 70 years, of pneumonia. She was the mother of
Rev. John Feltwell.
FIRST, ADDISON PENROSE, a well-known resident of Fairview, died at his
home, 914 Twenty-second avenue, August 16, aged 30 years; typhoid
pneumonia.
FISHER, MRS. ANTON, died at her home in Duncansville, October 28, aged 50
years, of Bright's disease.
FLECK, HOWARD STONER, died May 3, at his residence, 419 Fifth avenue, aged
34 years; paralysis. Deceased was a leading Republican and patron of
secret orders.
FLECK, JOHN ANDERSON, died April 19, at his home in Sinking Valley, aged
61 years; pneumonia.
FLECK, MRS. SUSAN, died February 2, at home of son-in-law, H. C. Sprankle,
in Tyrone, aged 66 years, 10 months and 19 days; paralysis.
FLEMING, infant daughter of George and Anna R., died January 22, at 303
First avenue, aged 6 days.
FLEMING, LAWRENCE G., died at home, 306 First avenue, April 1, aged 46
years; consumption.
FOGLE, MILTON, a recluse living in Pottsgrove, died suddenly at his home,
August 17, aged 45 years; heart failure.
FOIST, HOMER, son of Jacob, died at home in Pottsgrove, June 30, aged 18
months; convulsions.
FOX, ADAM BENEDICT, died at his home in Hollidaysburg, May 1, aged 55
years; spinal trouble.
FOX, HENRY, a respected citizen of Frankstown township, died July 1, at
home in Geeseytown, aged 83 years.
FOX, MRS. RUTH, widow of William, died at home, 909 Sixth avenue, June 1,
aged 71 years; old age.
FOY, ANDREW J., died at his home in Bellwood, November 14, aged 66 years
and 9 months.
FRANCE, BARBARA, domestic employed by W. M. C. Craine, aged 24, died
September 21, from poisoning, having been given carbolic acid in mistake
by her mother.
FRANTZ, an infant son of Daniel D. and Verna Frantz, of Tyrone, died Feb.
11.
FRY, JOHN, a pioneer resident of Tyrone, died October 8, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Mary Albright, aged 85 years.
FUNK, MRS. MARY, died April 21 at her home in Logan township, aged 89
years.
FURGESON, JANE H., died November 4, at the home of F. W. Gearhart, 1010
Sixth avenue, aged 60 years, of convulsions.
GAILEY, MISS ELIZABETH, sister of William Gailey, this city, died in
Williamsburg, March 23, aged 20 years; complication of diseases.
GANSMAN, DAVID, the clothier, died January 29, at 1425 Twelfth avenue,
aged 47 years.
GARDELLI, LAWRENCE, an Italian fruit vender, died at the hospital December
13, aged 44 years.
GARDNER, CAPT. JOS. W., died at his home, 1220 Fifth avenue, December 12,
of paralysis, aged 73 years. Deceased was an old solider, having served in
both the Mexican and Civil wars.
GARDNER, MARTIN, died at home of son-in-law, 1311 Sixteenth street, June
6, aged 73 years; paralysis.
GARMAN, IRA DANIEL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen S. Garman, died November 27,
at his home, Tyrone, aged 16 years, of tuberculosis.
GARRETT, MRS. FRED, a former resident of Altoona, died at her home in
Vandegrift, July 31. Her father was Mr. Philip Young, for a number of
years, steward at the almshouse.
GARVIN, MRS. ANNA C., widow of Benjamin C., died at her home in
Williamsburg, January 19, after an illness of an hour, of heart failure.
She was one of the oldest residents of Williamsburg.
GATES, IRA, infant of Scott and Minnie, died August 3, at 35 Second
avenue; pneumonia.
GEARHART, MRS. MARY, died at her home, 130 Howard avenue, October 19, aged
64 years; pneumonia.
GESSER, HENRY, father of George M. Gesser, died at home at Lakemont, June
17, aged 63; stomach trouble.
GETTYS, J. J., a native of Lock Haven, died at hospital, March 29.
GIBBONEY, EDGAR, son of James and Annie, this city, died May 6, aged 3
months; congestion of the lungs.
GIBBONS, BENSON A., infant son of James and Adella, died February 28, at
home, 2005 Twelfth avenue, aged 5 months and 16 days; pneumonia.
GIOLER, MRS. MADGE, wife of Edward S., of Bellwood, died April 4, aged 28
years.
GLASSER, NINA BELLE, daughter of Frederick and R. Amanda Glasser, died
January 31 at 216 Fifth avenue, aged 13 months and 8 days; consumption.
GLEISWHITE, PETER, a well-known German resident of the city, died suddenly
at his home, 1508 Twelfth street, December 4, of heart disease. Deceased
was a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars.
GLUNT, JONATHAN, one of the pioneer residents of the city and an extensive
real estate owner, died at his home, 1620 Twenty-first avenue, August 7,
aged 69 years; apoplexy. Deceased was a large owner of coal lands in
Western Pennsylvania.
GONTER, SAMUEL M., died at 2608 Eighth avenue, his home, March 29, aged 74
years; old age.
GORITY, THOMAS, a well-known resident of the Fifth ward, died at the home
of his mother, 1201 Seventeenth street, September 3, aged 32 years;
typhoid fever.
GORSUCH, HARRISON, died June 23, at his home in Martinsburg, aged 78
years; result of a fall from a ladder.
GOSHEN, HUGH R., died at his home on Brush mountain, November 10, aged 70
years.
GOSHORN, MISS ELLEN, died January 21, at home, in Brush Mountain.
GRAFFIUS, CHRISTIAN, died at his home, 2001 Union avenue, December 22, of
a complication of diseases, aged 53 years.
GRAMER, MRS. LEPRADA, wife of Joseph, died at home, 404 Seventeenth
street, July 13, aged 49 years; neuralgia of the heart.
GRANJACK, GEORGE, died at the hospital, May 24, aged 40 years.
GRAY, REV. G. TARRING, former pastor of Chestnut Avenue Methodist church,
died February 18, at Coalport where he had been preaching lately.
GRAY, TEMPERANCE ANN, the mother of Mrs. D. J. Neff, died at the latter's
residence, 1512 Twelfth avenue, August 10, aged 79 years; complication of
diseases.
GREEN, infant of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Green, died August 22, at home,
Hollidaysburg; aged 6 months; cholera infantum.
GRENIER, MRS. MARY M., wife of Anthony, died at home, 2576 Fifth avenue,
March 22, aged 29 years; complication of diseases.
GRIFFIN, RUSSEL H., a prominent citizen and ex-squire of Altoona, died
December 23, at his home, 314 Sixth avenue of paralysis of the brain, aged
58 years. Deceased was a veteran of the Civil war.
GROVE, GUY O., died March 9, at home of W. T. Miller, 1307 Sixth avenue,
aged 23 years, 6 months, and 7 days; consumption.
GROVE, infant son of Wm. B., died August 24, at 14 Ninth street, aged 4
weeks.
GUNKEL, BARTHOLEMEW, died suddenly, December 19, at the home of his
son-in-law, Mr. Chas. Sutherland, 1221 Fourteenth avenue.
GUNTER, JESSE, died at home in Tyrone, April 1, aged 16 years; Potts
disease of the spine.
HACKETT, CALVIN M., a former Altoona newspaper man, died July 11, in
Philadelphia, aged 50 years.
HADDOCK, EVA ANN, widow of Jeremiah, died at her home, 817 Ninth avenue,
August 24, aged 74 years; diseases incident to old age.
HALEY, PATRICK, son of Thomas, died July 16, at 312 Walnut avenue, aged 32
years; consumption.
HALL, MRS. MARGARET E., wife of Edward S., died at her home, in Millville,
December 19, aged 49 years.
HAMILTON, WILLIAM O., brother of Mrs. W. D. Kelly, of Altoona, died
February 25, at his home in Pitcairn, aged 70 years, 1 month and 24 days;
old age.
HAMILTON, WILLIAM, one of Altoona's oldest and best known citizens, died
at home, 913 Sixth avenue, May 11, aged 75 years; heart disease.
HAMILTON, WM. O., brother of Mrs. W. D. Kelly, of this city, died February
23, at Pitcairn, aged 70 years.
HAMMEL, NAOMI E., daughter of B. W. and Anna M., died February 27, at
home, 1112 Eighteenth avenue, aged 8 months; cerebral meningitis.
HANAN, LILLIE, E., daughter of Charles H. and Hattie, died at home,
Juniata, aged 1 year and 12 days.
HAND, JOHN LEWIS, son of Michael and Catharine, died at his home in
Tyrone, May 22, aged 15 years; lockjaw.
HANLEY, PATRICK F., died at his home on Cameron avenue, Tyrone, December
20, of pneumonia.
HARDY, MRS. JENNIE E., wife of Daniel E., of Tyrone, died at her home, May
17, aged 31 years; jaundice.
HARNER, CHARLES, brother of Edwin, died in this city, April 14, aged 65
years; consumption.
HARVEY, LOLA M., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Harvey, died at home,
Logan township, August 23, aged 8 months; bowel complaint.
HAUSER, MRS. CHRISTINA, died at her home, in Hollidaysburg, December 14,
aged 85 years.
HAWK, MARY, infant of Henry and Lizzie, died January 25, at home, on
Kettle road, aged 8 months; convulsions.
HAYS, DAVID S., M. D., a prominent medical man in Western Pennsylvania,
died at his home in Hollidaysburg, July 10, aged 66 years; heart failure.
Deceased was an author of some note.
HEACOX, MARGARET D., daughter of R. B. and Jeanette, died April 29, aged
21 months, 7 days; enterocolitis.
HEFKINS, THOMAS, formerly of this city, died February 8, in Denver, Col.,
aged 77 years, 6 months; dropsy.
HEINTZLEMAN, ANDREW, father of A. T., of this city, died February 15 at
his home at Penn station; of paralysis.
HEISLER, MRS. MALINDA, died February 24, aged 69 years; old age.
HEISTER, MRS. HANNAH L., widow of David Hiester, died at her home, 413
Eleventh street, April 28, aged 69 years; complication of diseases.
HEKT, MATILDA, daughter of Martin and Julianne, died February 1, at home,
516 Twenty-fifth avenue, aged 2 years and 6 months; tumor.
HELL, BARBARA, daughter of Frederick and Katie, died February 9, at home,
in Bell's extension, aged 3 months; convulsions.
HELLER, RACHAEL E., daughter of Harry and Martha, of 35 Fifth avenue, died
August 16, aged 8 months; dysentery.
HENRY, MRS. MARY B., wife of Martin S., died December 4, at her home, in
Juniata, of a complication of diseases, aged 27 years.
HERR, CORA, daughter of John, deceased, died July 23, at home, 1813
Seventh avenue, aged 28 years; consumption.
HERR, JOHN, died January 6, at his home, 1813 Seventh avenue. Born in
Lancaster county December 7, 1810. Resided here 28 years; ill two weeks;
cause of death, old age.
HERR, MISS CORA, daughter of John, at home, 1813 Seventh avenue, July 23,
aged 28 years; consumption.
HETTINGER, infant of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hettinger, died December 27, at
its home, 112 First avenue.
HEWITT, MRS. JANE S., died June 28, at home, 1207 Thirteenth street, aged
59 years, 12 days; Bright's disease.
HICKEY, MRS. MARY, wife of Thomas, died May 3, aged 55; typhoid pneumonia.
HILEMAN, HARRY L., died suddenly at his home, 1419 Ninth street, December
16, of heart disease, aged 35 years.
HILL, WILLIAM E., son of J. L. and Mary, died August 10, at Greenwood,
aged 5 months.
HINKLE, MABEL, daughter of W. H. and Lucinda, died January 28, at home,
near Burket's Station, aged 16 days; convulsions.
HIPPENSTALL, WILLIAM, of Frankstown, died in Altoona hospital, April 21,
aged 69 years.
HITCHINGS, WILLIAM, died February 19, at his home, in Gaysport, aged 48
years, 3 months and 29 days; paralysis.
HITE, GERALD W., son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Hite, died at the home of his
parents, 1505 Fourth street, aged 9 months, August 19; cholera infantum.
HOFFMAN, JOSEPH, son of Michael and Rachael, died April 18, aged 14 years;
heart disease.
HOFMANREICHTER, MARIE, the daughter of Frank and Frances Hofmanreichter,
died July 25, at parent's home, Twentieth avenue and Twentieth street,
aged 10 months; cholera infantum.
HOLLINGER, KENNETH D., son of Fester and Harriet, died at home, 90
Washington avenue, September 1, aged 9 months and 26 days; cholera
infantum.
HOLSINGER, ELI L., died at his home, 2515 Seventh avenue, April 6, aged 63
years; pneumonia.
HOMAN, GEORGE A., private in Company H, Fifth regiment, died June 27, at
Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park; typhoid fever. His body was brought to his
late home in Hollidaysburg and there interred.
HOOK, CHARLES, son of Mrs. Annie, died January 4, of diphtheria, at 722
Eighth avenue, aged 6 years and 6 months.
HOOK, MRS. M. M., mother of Mrs. T. Poet, died April 21, at latter's home,
1507 Third avenue, aged 82 years and 5 months.
HOOPER, GEORGE E., one of the most prominent colored citizens in this part
of the state died July 15, at home, 1010 Chestnut avenue, aged 72 years;
paralysis.
HOOVER, FRANCES, father of Andrew Hoover, this city, died July 25, at
residence of his daughter, Mrs. Jos. Hammond, Ebensburg, aged 93 years.
HORN, THADDEUS C., died November 19 at his home, 2421 Sixth avenue, aged
56 years. His death was sudden.
HORNING, HANNAH, wife of Martin, of Hollidaysburg, died February 27, at
home, aged 50 years; paralysis.
HOSMACHREICHTER, FRANK, died at his home, 2013 Twentieth avenue, December
19, aged 38 years.
HOSTLER, LILLIAN I., daughter of John W. and Laura E., died April 2, aged
3 days, at 33 Fifth avenue.
HOTT, MRS. JENNIE, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Wensel, of this city, died
February 28, at her home in Pittsburgh, aged 37 years; spinal meningitis.
HOUP, JOSEPH, died February 11, at home in Tyrone, aged 68 years, 6 months
and 5 days; paralysis.
HOWARD, infant son of Charles and Bertha M. Howard, aged 4 days;
convulsions.
HUDSON, VINCENT D., stage manger of Eleventh Avenue opera house, died
March 24, aged 36 years; result of injuries received while walking in
sleep.
HUGHES, CAROLINE A., daughter of Charles A. and Amelia, died April 20,
aged 6 months; spinal meningitis.
HUGHES, THOMAS, formerly of Altoona, died at Latrobe, January 10, of
pneumonia, aged 76 years.
HUMM, MICHAEL, died February 10, at hospital, aged 61 years; bone disease.
HUMMELL, MRS. ANNIE MARIE, wife of Charles, died at her home, 1204 Fifth
avenue, October 22, aged 31 years; consumption.
HUNT, JOSEPH, colored, died at the Altoona hospital, May 11, aged 40
years.
HUNT, MISS JESSIE, daughter of Martin W. and Anna A., died February 9, at
parent's home, 611 Fourth avenue, aged 21 years, 1 month and 26 days;
brain trouble.
ICKES, DAVID F., died at his home, 1123 Ninth avenue, October 23, aged
54 years; diabetes.
IMLER, CHAMBERS, a well-known huckster, died April 23, at the hospital,
aged 41 years; result of injuries received in a runaway.
IRVIN, HARVEY, son of Francis and Mary, died October 22, at home, 318
Sixth avenue, aged 7 months; acute diarrhea.
IRVIN, MISS NELLIE MAY, daughter of R. W. and Ettie, died January 11, in
East End, aged 15 years, 8 months and 17 days.
IRVIN, MRS. MARY, widow of Daniel P., died at the home of her
brother-in-law, Mrs. H. C. Allender of Williamsburg, December 26, aged 69
years of la gripe.
JACOBY, MRS. MARIA L., wife of E. B., died at her home, 901 Seventeenth
street, July 3, aged 60 years; paralysis.
JEFFERSON, WILLIAM, a colored man, died at his home on Tenth avenue, of
consumption, aged 40 years.
JOHNSON, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, died at home,
Sinking Valley, August 8, aged 4 months; cholera infantum.
JOHNSON, LEWIS, father of Mr. Henry Johnson, proprietor of the Palace shoe
store, died August 18, at the sanitarium, Roaring Spring, aged 80 years;
general debility.
JOHNSTON, MISS ROSA N., died December 18, at the home of Mr. J. H.
Alexander, Hollidaysburg, aged 22 years, 3 months and 20 days.
JONES, MRS. MARGARET, wife of Benjamin J. and mother of C. S. W. of Tyrone
Herald, died January 22 in Philipsburg, aged 73 years; Bright's disease
JONES, MRS. MARY, mother of I. C. Jones, of this city, died February 9, at
home, in Washington, Pa., aged 74 years; old age.
KANE, MRS. HANNAH, died at the home of her brother, John P. Cassidy, 47
Washington avenue, August 30, aged 58 years; catarrh of the stomach.
KANOUR, GEORGE WASHINGTON, died at his home in Tyrone, July 27, aged 49
years; consumption.
KAUFFMAN, GOLDIE MARIE, infant of F. R. and Mary, died June 6, at 22
Walnut avenue.
KAUFFMAN, MICHAEL, father of Mrs. A. T. Heintzelman, died January 2, aged
68 years, on his farm near Ore Hill; of heart trouble.
KEARNEY, JAMES, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Altoona, died
November 6, at the Roaring Spring Sanitarium, aged 75 years, of a
complication of diseases.
KEARNEY, MRS. MARGARET, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Bernard
McKee, Jr., in Tyrone, September 16, aged 71 years; blood poisoning.
KECKLER, MRS. ANNIE M., died June 28, at residence of her daughter, Mary
C. Gleikert, 2917 West Chestnut avenue; heart trouble.
KEELEY, MRS. O. J. M., wife of Rev. J. H. Keeley, died February 15, at
home in Bellwood, aged 43 years and 3 months; complication of diseases.
KEITHLEY, JOHN, died January 28, suddenly, at home of son, Samuel, 2123
Seventh avenue, aged 67 years; cause, dropsy; old soldier and prominent
man.
KELLERMAN, MRS. LEVISSA H., widow of William, died at home in Gaysport,
April 7, aged 76 years; internal hemorrhage.
KELLY, ANNA, daughter of Charles, died at home of her uncle, Edward
Kobella, 603 Second avenue, June 27, aged 5 years and 1 day; result of an
accident.
KELLY, PAUL LEROY, son of Charles A. and Jennie, died at home, 1216
Sixteenth avenue, August 9, aged 7 months, 7 days; cholera infantum.
KEOUGH, JAMES T., died June 28, at home, 2000 Sixth avenue, aged 29 years,
2 months and 20 days; heart disease.
KEPHART, LUTHER, son of Allan and M. C., died at the home of his parents,
80 Walnut avenue, September 12, aged 6 months; whooping cough.
KEPHART, MRS. ANNIE, wife of D. A., died December 18, at her home,
Duncansville, of malarial fever, aged 32 years.
KEPHART, MRS. JULIA, wife of Jonathan, died February 11, at her home, near
Canan's Station, aged 73 years, 1 month and 18 days; complication of
diseases.
KILLINGER, WILLIAM T., died at home, Hollidaysburg, May 9, aged 29 years;
consumption.
KINCH, CHRISTOPHER H., aged citizen, died February 25, at 831 Sixth
avenue, aged 80 years; old age.
KINCH, DANIEL, the well-known constable, died February 22, at his home,
1303 Eighth avenue, aged 60 years, 3 months and 16 days; death was sudden
and caused by apoplexy.
KINES, MRS. F. C., sister of Mrs. Charles Greer, of this city, died March
2, at home in Indiana, aged 58 years.
KIRKUP, MRS. ROBERT, died at her home in Hollidaysburg, August 25, aged 58
years; complication of diseases.
KLEPSER, MARY, wife of Jeremiah of Martinsville, died at the residence of
her niece, Mrs. Joseph Soyster, 1808 Sixth avenue, May 20; stomach
trouble.
KLESIUS, ANNA T., infant daughter of George A., died March 9, aged 3
months; inanition.
KLESIUS, GEORGE, son of Councilman George A. and Annie, died February 25,
at home, 315 Fourteenth street, aged 16 months; scarlet fever.
KLESIUS, MRS. ANNIE, wife of Councilman George A., died March 3, at her
home, 315 Fourteenth street, aged 28 years, 8 months and 6 days;
pneumonia.
KOENIG, MRS. PLUTINA, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Andrew
Hirschbill, 118 Third avenue, December 26, of cancer; aged 61 years.
KOOFER, JOHN, an aged resident of Juniata Valley, died July 28, at home,
aged 87 years.
KOOKEN, JENNIE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George, died March 4, at her home
near Arch Springs, aged 11 years, 11 months and 24 days; dropsy.
KOUGH, MRS. SARAH A., wife of John S., died February 10, at home in
Fairview, aged 70 years, 11 months and 29 days; paralysis.
KRATZER, JAMES, died at his home in Hollidaysburg, November 18, aged 28
years of lockjaw.
KUHN, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kuhn, died January 15, at 1107
Second avenue.
LACIWETE, MIKE, Hungarian, hurt at Lilly by premature explosion in
January, died February 11, at hospital.
LAFFERTY, MRS. AMANDA M., widow of Joseph and mother of Undertaker J. P.
Lafferty, died suddenly at home of her daughter, Mrs. George Wray, October
28, aged 82 years; heart trouble.
LAFFERTY, STELLA, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George, 67 Fifth avenue, aged
11 years; peritonitis.
LAMADE, HENRY, died February 16, at Newark, N. J., aged 67 years. He was
an uncle of L. G. Lamade of the Volksfuehrer.
LANE, ALFRED, formerly of this city, died February 3, at home in Wall,
aged 52 years.
LANE, MISS HATTIE MAY, daughter of Rev. M. O. and Julia, died February 24,
at home, 1106 Fifth avenue, aged 27 years, 9 months, and 5 days;
sohlerosis of spine.
LANE, MRS. LENA, widow of John Lane, died in Hollidaysburg, May 2, aged 63
years; cancer.
LANTZER, MRS. ANNA H., wife of Frank, died February 19, at her home in
Williamsburg; consumption.
LARNED, WILLIAM D., a well-known resident of Logantown, died at home of
his son, James, at 21 Howard avenue, on June 30, aged 84 years.
LASHER, MARY MAGDALENE, daughter of J. W. and wife, died June 10, aged 5
months; cholera morbus.
LEADER, MARION JANET, infant daughter of H. H. and Millie A. Leader, died
July 27, at home, 704 Lexington avenue, aged 8 months; pneumonia.
LEAR, CHESTER E., son of W. G. and Ellen, died February 8 at home on
Washington avenue, aged 1 year; bronchitis.
LEAR, MRS. HANNAH S., mother of Mrs. W. H. Durborrow, of this city, died
in Philadelphia, January 5, aged 80 years.
LEBIG, CHARLES R., the infant son of George, died December 23, at his
home, 3100 Oak avenue, aged 11 months.
LEWIS, an infant of colored parents, living at Ninth avenue and Fifth
street, September 24.
LEWIS, MARTIN, an old and respected citizen of Altoona, died at 1211
Seventh street, June 1, aged 67 years; heart failure.
LEWIS, MRS. REBECCA, widow of Martin, died at the home of her son-in-law,
Patrolman James Rupert, 1211 Seventh street, September 15, aged 64 years;
complication of diseases.
LEYPOLD, MRS. KATIE, wife of George, died at her home, 1608 Twelfth
avenue, September 11, aged 31 years; complication of diseases.
LIAS, MRS. REBECCA, wife of W. H., died at home of daughter, Mrs. E. M.
Claubaugh, 507 Sixth avenue, May 20.
LINDEMAN, WILLIAM C., died April 9, at his home 1304 Fifteenth street,
aged 68 years.
LINGENFELTER, MRS. ELLEN, widow of Andrew, died May 4, at her home near
Burket Station, aged 73 years; complication of diseases.
LINGENFELTER, MRS. MARY ANN, died at her home, 523 Third avenue, March 17,
aged 50 years; consumption.
LIST, JOHN, Cresson and Clearfield conductor, died January 21, at the home
of his brother-in-law, William Kelly, 1200 Seventeenth avenue, aged 38
years and 7 months.
LITTLE, PEARL WINIFRED, a daughter of William and Lizzie, died at home,
Fourth avenue, September 12, aged 2 years, 3 months; convulsions.
LOGAN, MRS. RACHEL, died January 22, at home, in Sinking Valley, aged 77
years.
LONG, ELIJAH, an old soldier, died February 2, at his home, 808
Twenty-first street, aged 63 years, 8 months and 10 days; hemorrhages of
lungs.
LONG, MRS. MARY, of Henrietta, died March 10, at home; pneumonia.
LOTZ, MRS. CATHARINE, died at the residence of Lemuel Elway, June 12, aged
84 years; death resulted from an accident.
LOUDEN, JOHN, died in a Philadelphia hospital, November 17, aged 75 years.
Mr. Louden was one of the very best known men in town, having been
intimately connected with most of the early enterprises of the city.
LOVELL, MRS. MARY, wife of William H., died March 8, at her home, 1507
Eleventh street, aged 71 years.
LOWER, REV. SAMUEL, one of the best known citizens and business men of
this city and a local preacher in the Methodist church, died at his home,
1502 Eighth avenue, September 1, aged 71 years; cirrhosis.
LOWTHER, THOMAS, SR., one of the oldest residents of Altoona, died at
home, 2306 Beale Avenue, June 4, aged 85 years; of old age.
LUTZ, MRS. JENNIE, daughter of John and Leah Kauffman, died September 16,
at her parents home, Logan township, aged 24 years, 7 months.
LUTZ, WILLIAM, killed at McGarvey's Station, February 11, aged 23 years.
LYON, ADOLPH, formerly treasurer of the Eleventh Avenue opera house, died
in Philadelphia, December 23, aged 45 years.
LYSINGER, AMBER, daughter of D. A. and Sarah, died at home, 1919 Ninth
avenue, September 13, aged 14 months.
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