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1899 Mirror Almanac
Death Abstracts, 1898
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MADDEN, infant of Mr. and Mrs. James Madden, died
September 7, at home in Hollidaysburg, aged 2 weeks; congestion of the
lungs.
MADDEN, MAY, MRS., wife of Patrick, died March 25, aged 78 years.
MAEDER, ANNA K., daughter of E. F. and Mila, died at her parents'
residence, Juniata, September 3.
MAEDER, WALTER JOHN, son of E. F. and Mila, died March 6, at home in
Juniata, aged 5 months and 17 days; pneumonia.
MALLORY, MRS. MARY, widow, died March 4, at her home, 129 Sixth avenue,
aged 69 years; old age.
MALLOY, CATHERINE, child of John J., died March 13, at home, Altoona, aged
5 weeks; pneumonia.
MALONE, MRS. CAROLINE, wife of Orlando, died February 27, at home in
McGee's Gap.
MANGONE, PANCSOZIO, an Italian laborer, aged 27, killed at McGarvey's June
24.
MARKLEY, MRS. MARY JANE, wife of Samuel, died at home, 1519 Ninth street,
July 8, aged 64 years; complication of diseases.
MARMAN, MRS. ELIZABETH, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. B.
Myers, 436 Crawford avenue, aged 71 years.
MATEER, HELEN, daughter of A. R. and Jennie, this city, died April 3, aged
8 months.
MAUS, SARA E., daughter of J. Wesley and Selina Maus, died July 25, at
home, 15 Walnut avenue, aged 8 months.
MAYBIN, MRS. ELIZABETH, died at the almshouse, November 21. She was about
middle age.
McALLISTER, MRS. H. P., died at her home in Royer, March 3, aged 75 years;
paralysis.
McATEER, MRS. NANCY, died at home, Millville, May 31, aged 68 years;
complication of diseases.
McCAFFERTY, MRS. ELLA, died February 22, at her home, 210 Chestnut avenue,
aged 44 years, heart failure.
McCANN, THOMAS P., brother of M. J. McCann, of this city, died February 6
in Chicago, aged 37 years; consumption.
McCARTNEY, MRS. SARAH, died April 22, at county home, aged 80 years;
complication of diseases.
McCAULEY, MORDECAI, an aged resident of Antis township, died July 20, aged
78 years and 20 days.
McCAULEY, WILLIAM, died March 12, at home of Douglass McCartney, Juniata,
aged 75; old age.
McCLAIN, CLARENCE LEE, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McClain, died February
27, aged 5 months; suddenly of spasms.
McCLELLAN, DANIEL HERTZLER, son of Lloyd T. and Flora, died July 16 at
2012 Eleventh avenue, aged 6 months; cholera infantum.
McCLELLAN, MRS. MARY ANN, died February 8, at home of daughter, Mrs. Ella
Webb, 121 Seventeenth avenue, aged 80 years, 7 months and 29 days; old
age.
McCORMICK, SAMUEL KYLE, well-known citizen, died February 15, at his home,
1001 Lexington avenue, aged 68 years, 8 months and 9 days; paralysis.
McCULLOCH, ROBERT, died at his home, Twenty-ninth avenue and Clinton
street, December 30, of paralysis; aged 47 years.
McDOWELL, JOHN WALTER, son of John T. and Katie E., died May 29, in this
city, aged 7 years.
McFALLS, MRS. POLLY A., widow of Benjamin, died at home, 608 Second
street, June 11, aged 66 years; general debility.
McFARLAND, LIZZIE, daughter of S. and Etta, Grazierville, died March 20,
aged 4 years.
McGARVEY, MRS. SUSAN, wife of William of McGarvey's station, died March 6,
at her home, aged 52 years; scarlet fever.
McGOVERN, PETER, a well-known and respected citizen of the Fifth ward,
died at his home, 2307 Eleventh avenue, September 6, of stomach trouble,
aged 66 years.
McHUGH, BERTHA, daughter of Mrs. A., died October 8, at home, 917 Seventh
avenue, aged 16 years; consumption.
McINTOSH, ROSELLA, daughter of Stephen D. and Annie M., died November 20
at her home, 1714 Fourteenth avenue, aged 3 years, of acute Bright's
disease.
McKENZIE, HENRY, husband of Julia McKenzie, this city, died March 15, at
home, aged 63; old age.
McKENZIE, WILLIAM, died at his home, 1328 Twentieth avenue, of a
complication of diseases, aged 78 years.
McKINNEY, SAMUEL, well-known citizen of Tyrone, died March 4, at that
place, aged 40 years, 11 months and 21 days; dropsy.
McMULLEN, MRS. MARY, wife of ex-Councilman John F. McMullen, died February
22, at home, 2019 Eighth avenue, aged 50 years; catarrhal consumption.
McMULLIN, CAROLINE, daughter of Ed and Mary, died at home, 1200 Sixth
avenue, October 20, aged 2 years, 10 months; membraneous croup.
McTAMANY, PAUL FRANCIS, infant son of F. J. and Annie M., died November 21
at 2022 Tenth avenue, aged 3 months, of marasmus.
MEGAHAN, J. W., brother of C. A., of this city, died February 25, in
Allegheny hospital; spinal trouble.
MEGAHAN, MRS. CHARLOTTE, widow of William, died at home of her son,
William A., at 1518 Seventeenth avenue, September 11, aged 72;
complication of diseases.
MEINTEL, JOHN A., died November 4 at the home of his brother, George, 710
Third avenue, aged 49 years of Bright's disease.
MERRITS, MISS SUSAN, died at her home, 2005 Fourteenth avenue, October 12,
aged 64 years.
MERRITTS, PETER, an aged resident of Blair county, died August 13 in the
Loop, near Hollidaysburg, aged 81 years; diseases incident to old age.
MERVINE, MRS. JANE, widow, died February 27, at home, 1205 Seventh avenue,
aged 80 years, 9 months and 12 days; old age.
METZ, JOHN, prominent resident of Williamsburg, died January 24, at his
home, aged 81 years, 8 months and 8 days; cause, old age.
MICHAELS, MRS. JANE D., died October 6, at her home on Eighth street,
between Second and Third avenues, Juniata, aged 68 years; complication of
diseases.
MILLER, CARMI F., son of Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Miller, died February 20, at
Columbus, O., where he was attending medical college, aged 21 years;
pneumonia.
MILLER, GEORGE EDGAR, son of J. L. B. and Catharine, died at home in
Juniata, August 14, aged 3 months, 22 days; brain fever.
MILLER, MRS. CATHARINE, died December 19, at her home, 1901 Eighth avenue,
aged 63 years.
MILLER, MRS. MARY, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Harry Gable,
2415 Seventh avenue, September 3, aged 76 years.
MILLER, RICHARD B., father of Maybury, died at latter's home, 2606 Seventh
avenue, May 30, aged 70 years; apoplexy.
MILLER, THOMAS, died at his home, 309 Crawford avenue, September 11, aged
39 years; typhoid fever.
MINNIGH, infant son of J. H. and Carrie, died December 30 at the home of
its parents, 1205 Fourth avenue, of marasmus, aged 3 months and 2 days.
MOBUS, RUTH M., daughter of Charles and Susan, died at her parents home,
1225 Fifth avenue, August 1, aged 1 year, 1 month; cholera infantum.
MOHUN, BERRY, infant son of John and Mary, died October 13, at home, 701
Crawford avenue, aged 2 years, 5 months.
MONTGOMERY, JOHN, father of W. S. Montgomery, this city, died in Cresson,
March 12, aged 66 years.
MOORE, HELEN, daughter of Frank and Lizzie, died May 22, at home, 825
Fifth avenue, aged 4 months.
MOORE, MRS. SARA P., widow of Rev. Dr. S. M. Moore, a resident of Tyrone,
died August 9, at Ocean City where she was spending her vacation.
MOORE, THOMAS, veteran of war, died February 3, at his home, 715 Sixth
avenue, aged 57 years, 1 month and 28 days; cause, pleuro-pneumonia.
MOORE, WALDO, son of Mr. G. L. Moore, died at his home, 2522 Seventh
avenue, December 2, of inflammation of the bowels, aged 14 years. Waldo
was one of the Mirror carrier boys.
MOORE, WILLIAM P., a well-known engineer on the Pittsburg division, died
at his home, 2108 Eighth avenue, October 17, aged 53 years; complication
of diseases.
MORGAN, MRS. ANN, widow, died at son, H. C.'s home, 402 Howard avenue,
February 28, aged 79 years; old age.
MORGAN, WILLIAM L., died May 23, at home, 317 Walnut avenue, aged 63
years.
MORROW, JOHN H., an old resident of Sinking Valley, died June 23, aged 86
years, 28 days. Deceased was the last of a distinguished family; death due
to old age.
MORROW, MISS CHARLOTTE A., died March 9, at home of John H. Morrow, near
Arch Spring, aged 35 years and 16 days; consumption.
MORROW, MRS. MARGARET, wife of D. D. Morrow, died at her home, 1603
Twenty-first avenue, December 23, aged 63 years, 7 months and 23 days.
MORROW, W. W., a former resident of Hollidaysburg, died in Harrisburg,
April 5, aged 61 yeas.
MOUNTAIN, HAROLD, a teacher in the public schools in Frankstown, died at
his home in the Loop, December 28, of typhoid fever.
MOWER, INEZ ELVIN, infant of Harold and Georgiana, died May 12, aged 8
days.
MURPHY, BERNARD J., infant son of Antony F. and Susan, died September 10,
at home, 1608 Twelfth avenue, aged 5 months; congestion of the brain.
MUSSELMAN, MRS. STELLA, wife of Harry, died at her home in Newburg,
September 5 of meningitis of the brain.
MYERS, ALBERT, died January 16 at hospital from injuries received at Sixth
street, aged 15 years.
MYERS, ALMA, daughter of Mr. A. L. Myers, died October 30, at home of her
father, 118 Fourth avenue, after a lingering illness, aged 12 years.
MYERS, MRS. NANCY, wife of Henry, died suddenly January 23, at daughter's
home in Tyrone; heart trouble.
NALLY, JAMES, died July 8, at home, 716 Eighth avenue,
aged 67 years; heart failure.
NASH, MRS. BARBARA E., sister of Mrs. Samuel Woomer, of this city, died
February 13, at her home on Canoe Creek, aged 25 years, 9 months and 2
days.
NEELY, MRS. JANE, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Munzert,
1801 Eighth avenue, September 18, aged 83 years. She had lived in Altoona
for 35 years.
NEFF, GILBERT, died of heart failure on his way from his farm to
Petersburg, a few miles distant, aged 40 years.
NEICE, WILBER, son of W. J. and Laura, died February 27, at home, 1018
Chestnut avenue, aged 1 month and 7 days.
NEWTON, MRS. CARRIE, wife of George W., died at the Altoona hospital,
November 30, aged 27 years, 5 months. Cause of death: tumor.
NOEL, JOHN H., died March 14, at his home in Bellwood, aged 20 years;
consumption.
NORTHAFT, HELEN MARIE, the daughter of F. X. and Bertha, died at home, 951
Seventeenth street, September 14, aged 2 months and 16 days; marasmus.
NORTON, MRS. SARAH JANE, cousin of Mrs. H. C. Dern, of this city, died
February 12, at her home in Wayne township, Mifflin county.
O'CONNELL, MRS. BRIDGET, wife of Patrick, died January
4, at 1403 Thirteenth avenue, of jaundice; born in Ireland, in February,
1830; married by Bishop Tuigg in 1854.
O'DONNELL, CATHARINE V., daughter of John M. and Alice, died December 25,
at her home, 421 Crawford avenue, aged 9 months.
O'DOWD, CHRISTOPHER, of Tunnelhill, died April 19, at the Altoona
hospital, aged 22 years; result of injuries.
OEFFINGER, MRS. MARY, died April 12, at residence of her son, Fred, 409
Fifth street, aged 82 years.
OLEWINE, GEORGE H., a well-known resident of this city, died May 27, at
his home, 1805 Eighth avenue, aged 60 years; pneumonia.
O'NEIL, WILLIAM, Father of Thos. C. O'Neil, of the undertaking firm of
Hickey & O'Neil, died at his home, 909 Eleventh avenue, October 13, aged
81 years.
OPFERKUCH, CHRISTOPHER, a pioneer resident of Tyrone, died October 6, at
his home, aged 73 years; of paralysis.
ORLADY, MRS. CATHARINE, died July 23, at her home in Williamsburg, aged 51
years; spine trouble.
ORR, MRS. E. LIZA, sister of D. J. Orner, of this city, died January 16,
in Harrisburg.
ORR, MRS. JAMES, daughter of Robert C. and Mary A. Evans, of Tyrone, died
February 9, at home in Belleville, Mifflin county, aged 26 years, 5 months
and 8 days; dropsy.
OTTO, JOHN JR., son of ex-Councilman, John Otto, died February 8, in
Pittsburg, aged 16 years; typhoid fever.
OUNKST, JAMES, SR., died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Webb,
near Ant Hill, December 18, aged 78 years.
PAGE, HERMAN E., infant son of Charles W. and Maria E.
Page, of 2710 West Chestnut avenue, died June 5, aged 1 year, 1 month and
11 days; cerebro spinal fever.
PAGE, MILLER, member of relief corps in the war and a respected citizen,
died February 2, at home of Mrs. Margaret Trout, 711 Tenth street, aged 87
years; cancer of the face. Left many legacies to local churches, etc.
PAGE, WILLIAM H., son of E. G. and Mary, died May 22, at home of its
parents, 3100 Walnut avenue, aged 9 years; peritonitis.
PARSONS, MRS. ANNIE, wife of Henderson, died at home, 2827 West Chestnut
avenue, June 6, aged 36 years; typhoid fever.
PATRICK, JOHN, son of Patrick J. and Blanche, died June 18, at home, 508
Third avenue, aged 2 years; spinal meningitis.
PATTERSON, MRS. ANN, wife of George W., of Gaysport, mother of Frank, of
Altamonte Hotel, died February 6, at home in Gaysport, aged 70 years;
complication of diseases.
PENNINGTON, JOHN A., of Tyrone, died at his home, April 13, aged 67 years;
heart disease.
PERCHY, A. J., died at his home, 327 Howard avenue, December 5 of
pneumonia, aged 48 years. Deceased shot part of his hand off on
Thanksgiving Day, to which his death is attributed.
PFISTER, MRS. KATE, sister of Henry Hartman, of this city, died March 2,
at her home in Loretto, Cambria County.
PIERPONT, WILFORD E., son of George and Maggie, died at his parental home,
December 26, of pneumonia, aged 2 months.
PIETSCH, MRS. MARY, wife of Ernst, died August 7, at her home, 1602 Fourth
avenue, aged 57 years.
PLUMBER, FORESTER WILLIAM, son of M. Plumber, this city, died at
Frankstown, April 1, aged 7 years, 7 months and 14 days; diththeric croup.
PLUNKERT, CELIA, daughter of William and Alice, died at her home, 2615
West Chestnut avenue, aged 17 years; typhoid fever.
POORMAN, MYRA, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E., died at her home in Tyrone,
October 6; membraneous croup.
PORTA, HERMAN, infant of Chas. Sr. and Mary, died August 6, at home, 2905
Sixth avenue, aged 5 months; cholera infantum.
POTT, JOHN L., an aged citizen of the city, died November 12, at the home
of his son, John M., 2125 Union avenue, aged 76 years.
POTTER, JOHN, one of the county's oldest residents, died February 5, at
home of daughter, Mrs. B. C. Updike, 2122 Seventh avenue, aged 84 years, 5
months and 28 days; old age.
POWELL, FEDORA RUTH, infant daughter of May Powell, died at 2006 Fifth
avenue, June 14.
PRICE, MRS. MARY CATHERINE, wife of E. W. Price, deceased, died at her
home, 2305 Eighth avenue, November 19, aged 25 years; abscess.
REAP, MRS. ADAM, of Carson Valley, died March 29, aged
52 years.
REED, BENJAMIN, a well-known and highly respected citizen of Duncansville,
died at his home, October 26, aged 71 years; complication of diseases.
REESEY, MRS. KATHARINE, died March 18, at home, Martinsburg, aged 72
years.
REEVES, GEORGE, a well-known Pennsylvania railroad engineer, died suddenly
August 16, in Goodman's yard, aged 54 years; apoplexy.
REIDENBAUGH, LEWIS, died February 18, at home of his son, George, 1021
Fourth avenue, aged 80 years, 10 months and 5 days; old age.
REIGH, infant daughter of Frank C. and Sadie, died February 7, at home, at
Blair Furnace, aged 5 days; convulsions.
REIGHTER, WILLIAM H., son of W. H. and Annie C., this city, died April 6,
aged 3 years; pneumonia.
RHOADES, DAVID, died at home, 2006 Seventh avenue, March 21, aged 75
years; apoplexy.
RHOADS, WILLIAM, brother of H. M. of Juniata, died February 9, at home,
Chambersburg; pneumonia.
RHODES, JAMES, son of D. F. and Amy, died at his home, 721 First avenue,
December 15, of diphtheria, aged 6 years.
RHODES, MRS. ELIZABETH, widow of Isaac, died December 29, at her
daughter's home, Mrs. J. C. Sanders, Martinsburg, aged 90 years.
RICE, PATRICK, died March 6 at his home, 504 Third avenue, aged 68 years,
5 months and 17 days; pneumonia and heart disease.
RICHWINE, MRS. NANCY, died December 20, at the home of her nephew, Mr. E.
E. Isaacs, 902 Twenty-first avenue, of pneumonia, aged 53 years.
RICKABAUGH, MRS. MARY, widow of John L., died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. James W. Miller, 1331 Fifth avenue, of paralysis, aged 77 years.
RIDDLE, MRS. SUSAN, wife of Joseph, died April 15, at home of her sister
in Hollidaysburg.
RILEY, GEORGE TAYLOR, a prominent resident of Williamsburg, died at his
home, May 23, aged 23 years; heart failure.
RILEY, J. EDWARD, died March 7, at hospital, aged 37 years; suicide.
RILEY, MRS. ELIZABETH, died January 24 at 1322 Eighth avenue, aged 83
years, 5 months and 4 days; pneumonia.
RITCHIE, MRS. MARY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fickes, 131 Fifth
avenue, died February 10, in Harrisburg, her home, aged 47 years and two
months.
RITZ, EDITH A., daughter of Mary and John, died August 12, at home, on
Thirteenth alley, aged 20 years; heart failure.
RITZ, infant son of Mrs. F. A. Ritz of Chicago, died January 23, while
mother was visiting at Elizabeth Furnace, aged 9 months; pneumonia.
ROBESON, SAMUEL, son of the late Robert and Eliza, died April 25, aged 18
years; phthisis.
ROBINSON, JOSEPH C., a private in company C, Fifth regiment, Pennsylvania
volunteers, died at Chickamauga Park, August 12, aged 21 years; typhoid
fever. Private Robinson was the only member of company C to die at camp.
ROBINSON, ROSA, daughter of Mrs. Sarah J., of Tyrone, died January 27, at
home, aged 14 years; consumption.
ROBINSON, THOMAS PATRICK, son of William and Mary, died July 31, at 1415
Twenty-first street; cholera infantum.
ROBISON, EMMET, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet, died January 8, at 2106
Fifteenth avenue, aged 2 weeks.
ROBISON, MRS. EMMA McC., died February 22, at home, Reservoir station,
aged 39 years.
RODGERS, MAY BELL, the only daughter of Howard and Maud, died at her home
, Tyrone, October 4, aged 7 years; nervous trouble.
ROMIG, CHARLES E., died suddenly at the police station, June 17, aged 31
years; alcoholism.
ROSS, HARRY FOSTER, son of Laird Ross of Bellwood, died April 2, aged 24
years; general debility.
ROURKE, MRS. ELIZA, died February 12, at her home, 1226 Fifth avenue, aged
73 years; complication of diseases.
ROUSH, MRS. MARY, widow of James, died at 1220 Fifth avenue, February 24,
aged 76 years; complication of diseases.
ROUSH, MRS. SARAH, widow of Adolphus, died November 9, at her home, 118
Twelfth avenue, aged 58 years; of cancer.
ROWAN, PAUL TOBIAS, a respected citizen of this city, died August 7, at
his home, 1717 Sixth avenue, aged 68 years; cancer.
RUDISILL, JACKSON, son of W. W. and Edna C., died April 20, aged 2 years,
2 months, gastric fever.
RUDISILL, NAPOLEON J., died at home, 1123 Eighth avenue, June 11, aged 82
years; diseases of old age.
RUNKLE, VERE, daughter of MR. and Mrs. John, died at home, Juniata,
September 10, aged 7 years.
RUSSEL, MRS. ANNIE, wife of John, died November 10, at her home, 2428
Seventh avenue, aged 52 years; of cancer of the stomach.
RUSSELL, JAMES, son of Mr. and Mrs. William, 1430 Third avenue; died
January 18, of dropsy, aged 28 years.
SANDERS, MRS. CATHARINE, widow, died March 2, at home,
1304 Fourth avenue, aged 69 years; heart disease.
SANSOM, MRS. ELIZA, mother of Joseph, of this city, died January 24, at
daughter's home in Indiana, aged 98 years; old age.
SCALSO, JIAEENTA, an Italian laborer, died at hospital, May 5.
SCHEEHAN, MRS. ANNIE, wife of Patrick, died January 24, aged 25 years;
consumption.
SCHELL, CONSTANTINE, died November 29, at his home, near Tyrone, of
consumption, aged 75 years.
SCHILLING, FREDERICK, proprietor of the Shilling House, died April 10,
aged 3 years; acute meningitis.
SCHOMBERG, MRS. LOUISA, wife of William, died in the University hospital,
Philadelphia, aged 58 years. Mrs. Schomberg was a resident of Altoona.
SCHROETTER, PETER, an aged German resident of Second ward, died at home,
1320 Fifth avenue, August 5, aged 74 years.
SCHROYER, CHARLES ALBERT, son of B. F. Schroyer, died July 24, at his
home, Hollidaysburg, aged 8 months; cholera infantum.
SCHUCHMAN, GEO. A., son of Geo. And Etta, died at 124 Seventh avenue,
August 12, aged 2 months and 5 days; cholera infantum.
SCHUCHMAN, GEORGE DEWEY, son of George and Etta, died at home, 124 Seventh
avenue, August 12, aged 2 months and 5 days; cholera infantum.
SEACOCK, ROSCOE, a Slav, died at the hospital, Mary 26, aged 22 years;
pneumonia.
SEEDENBERG, HENRY, father of Councilman E. B. Seedenberg, died at Clover
Creek, July 15, aged 72 years.
SEEDS, JOHN E., an aged resident of Tyrone, died November 21, at his home
in that place, aged 75 years, of a complication of diseases.
SEITZ, MRS. MERCY E., wife of John, died June 4, at home, 1808 Twelfth
avenue, aged 55 years; kidney and heart trouble.
SETTLE, infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. Settle, of Kittanning Point, died
September 24.
SEXTON, MRS. MARY, wife of Peter, died January 15, at home, in Tyrone,
aged 53 years.
SHAFER, AUGUST, father of J. N., 329 Second avenue, of this city, died
August 17, at his home, near Martinsburg, aged 75 years.
SHANNON, JAMES G., a well-known resident of this city, died April 28 at
his home, 433 Crawford avenue, aged 67 years; paralysis.
SHANTZ, MRS. CAROLINE, wife of William, died May 29, at home, 525 Seventh
avenue; aged 50 years; apoplexy.
SHARP, HARRY ELLSWORTH, adopted son of Paul Sharp, died March 28 at 950
Seventeenth street, aged 21 years; consumption.
SHEA, HARRY F., brother of Mrs. F. Coon, died at 2004 Eighth avenue, March
25, aged 30 years; pneumonia.
SHEETS, ETHEL, daughter of David and Ida, died February 26 at her home,
204 Willow avenue, aged 5 months; bowel trouble.
SHELLENBERGER, JOHN EDWARD, son of Edward R. and Ada M., died June 28, at
home, 2227 Beale avenue, aged 5 months and 13 days.
SHELLENBERGER, RUSSELL, died at his home, Lower Reese, aged 23 years;
consumption.
SHINEFELT, JOHN C., died at his home, Williamsburg, August 12, aged 68
years; general debility.
SHIRLEY, BEULAH MAY, daughter of E. L. and Ellen, died of consumption,
December 12, at her home, Chestnut avenue and Second street, aged 10 years
and 4 months.
SHOCK, ALEXANDER, an Austria laborer, died at the Altoona hospital
November 19, aged 36 years of uraemia.
SHOEMAKER, MARTIN, died March 18 at residence of nephew, aged 79 years;
heart trouble.
SHORT, JESSIE PAULINE, child of Wm. E. and Jessie, died April 2, at 511
Second avenue, aged 23 months; pneumonia.
SHULTZ, EDWARD, died March 10 at hospital, aged 24 years; injuries
received in the yard.
SHULTZ, THERESA, child of John and Grace Shultz, died at 1421 First
avenue, March 28, aged 3 months.
SIMPSON, MRS. JENNIE, died in an old house on Fourth street, opposite
Eighth avenue, aged 45 years; neglect.
SINGER, MRS. JOSEPHINE, a resident of Patton, died at the hospital,
September 29, aged 37 years; dropsy.
SININGER, MRS. ANNA, died February 6, at home of her son, Joseph Sininger,
1003 Eighteenth street, aged 78 years; paralysis.
SKYLES, MRS. ELEANOR, mother of C. W. McKillip, of this city, died January
23, in Martinsburg, her home, aged 90 years, 10 months and 1 day; old age.
SLACK, ADAM GREER, a venerable citizen of Tyrone, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Blanche Wilt, November 3, aged 75 years; dropsy.
SMITH, ANNIE E., daughter of William H. and Dora, died at the home of her
parents, 802 Second avenue, November 14, aged 3 years; scarlet fever.
SMITH, CATHARINE, wife of Louis, died July 19, at her home in Chest
Spring, aged 82 years.
SMITH, DAVID, died January 31, at home in Logan township, aged 80 years
and 3 months; paralysis.
SMITH, EDWARD L., died of complication of diseases, at his home, in
Fairview, December 23, aged 72 years.
SMITH, HUGH, old resident of Gaysport, died February 22, aged 78 years, 8
months; old age. He was an old soldier.
SMITH, JEANETTE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. I., died August 3, aged 2
years, 3 months; cholera infantum.
SMITH, JOHN W., died at home of his daughter in Pittsburg, aged 68.
SMITH, LLOYD LESLIE, son of C. W. and Mary, died March 11, at home, 112
East Second street, aged 11 months; heart trouble.
SMITH, MISS SARAH, domestic of C. S. d'Invilliers, this city, died March
20, aged 78 years; old age.
SMITH, MRS. PRISCILLA L., widow of W. B., died August 26, at the home of
her son, Dr. J. E. Smith, 400 Fourth avenue, aged 78 years; apoplexy.
SMITH, MRS. THOMAS, widow, died March 1, at home, in Hollidaysburg, aged
82 years; old age.
SMITH, MRS. VERONA, wife of Frederick, East End, died March 18, at home,
aged 24 years; complication of diseases.
SMITH, WILLIAM H., son of Mrs. Henrietta Smith, of 1823 Fourteenth avenue,
died at the city hospital, Boston, December 18, aged 24 years, of
appendicitis.
SMITH, WILLIAM O., son of Thos. And Ruth, died at home in Logan township,
January 6, aged 8 months and 7 days.
SNARE, CALVIN, father of Harry, of this city, died at Cove Forge, January
10, aged 51 years.
SNEATH, THOMAS JAMES, died at home, 910 Eleventh avenue, June 20, aged 49
years; paralysis.
SNYDER, infant of W. A. and Annie, this city, died April 26.
SNYDER, MRS. SUSAN, mother of Millard, Harry and Jennie, of this city,
died March 4, at Huntingdon, W. Va., aged 74 years.
SPARR, GEORGE, son of George and Alice, died at home, 610 Sixth avenue,
August 10, aged 25 days; cholera infantum.
SPEECE, THOMAS G., was killed on the Pittsburg division, P.R.R., October
27, aged 23 years.
SPRANKLE, MISS ELIZA, of Henrietta, died at home of John Long, March 15;
heart failure.
STALL, WILLIAM G., one of the best known contractors in this section of
the state, died November 14, of gangrene at the Altoona hospital whither
he had gone for treatment some days ago. He was aged 71 years and resided
in this city.
STATLER, MRS. ANNIE E., widow of Samuel Statler, died at her home, 1011 ½
Chestnut avenue, August 11, aged 66 years; stomach trouble.
STAYER, MRS. ELIZABETH, mother of Dr. A. S. Stayer, of this city, died
February 14, at her home in Roaring Spring, aged 72 years and 10 months;
complication of diseases.
STAYER, MRS. GEO., widow of George Stayer, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Jos. Lingafelter, 2414 Sixth avenue, October 10, aged 78
years; paralysis.
STERN, JAMES M., son of D. S. and Carrie, died at his parent's home, 1615
Seventh avenue of catarrhal bronchitis, aged 5 weeks.
STEWART, infant son of John and Alice Stewart of Frankstown township, died
July 7, aged 2 months.
STEWART, MISS BLANCHE, daughter of Prof. J. H. of Hollidaysburg, died
March 14, aged 23 years; general debility.
STEWART, WILLIAM JOHN, infant son of Richard and Annie, died September 16,
at Westmont, aged 5 months.
STOKE, MRS. LILLIE F., wife of Warren, died December 28, at her home, 2016
Broad avenue, aged 33 years, 4 months and 11 days; of membraneous croup.
STOLL, MRS. ANNA, died January 24, at home of her son-in-law, A. W.
Epright, 613 Tenth street, aged 66 years, 8 months and 14 days;
complication of diseases.
STOUFFER, JONATHAN, an aged resident of Hollidaysburg, died June 10, at
home, aged 84 years.
STREPPY, MRS. CATHARINE R., brother of John Gibboney, at home of son,
Pittsburg, aged 64.
SUTTON, CATHARINE RUTH, daughter of Harry T. and Mamie, died March 7, at
home, 3 Ninth street, aged 18 months; croup.
SWANGER, JACOB, died January 14, at home, McKee's Gap, aged 73 years;
paralysis.
SWANK, GEORGE W., brother of late Jacob Swank, died February 13, at home,
Metal Franklin county, aged 75 years.
SWANK, JACOB, a respected citizen, died February 6, at his home, 1815
Sixth avenue, aged 70 years, 7 months and 27 days; paralysis.
SYMINGTON, T. M. T., prominent resident of Tyrone, died February 13, aged
80 years, 1 month and 19 days; effects of grip.
TANNEHILL, CLARENCE EDWARD, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
of Juniata, died August 20, aged 10 months; cholera infantum.
TATE, GEORGE A., infant son of George B. and Mary, died September 25, at
home, 1232 Nineteenth avenue, aged 1 year.
TAYLOR, MARY VIOLA, daughter of George E. and Mary E. Taylor, died
February 1, at home, 1318 Fourteenth avenue, aged 7 years, 11 months and
25 days; diphtheria.
TEUFEL, CHARLES, son of Joseph Teufel, 103 Crawford avenue, died in
Homeopathic hospital, Pittsburg, aged 20 years; malarial fever.
THOMAS, FUNS REUBEN, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P., died January 23, at home
in Tyrone, aged 7 years and 9 months; pneumonia.
THOMSON, MRS. ELIZABETH, wife of Peter, died at Newry, November 4.
TIERNEY, DR. JOHN LENOX, dentist, died January 26, at Clarendon Hotel,
aged 43 years, 6 months and 23 days. Had recently returned from
Montpelier, France, where he had practiced his profession.
TIGHE, PATRICK, died March 10, suddenly, at his home, 1217 Seventeenth
avenue, aged 66 years and 24 days.
TILLERY, MRS. AMANDA, a respected colored woman, wife of Harry Tillery,
died November 17, at home, 2302 Ninth avenue, of cancer of the heart.
TILSON, MRS. CAROLINE, mother of Joseph, of this city, died February 2, at
home, in Sinking Valley.
TOMLINSON, MRS. VICTORIA, a daughter of Ludwig Hartle, this city, died
July 29, in West Penn hospital, Pittsburg, aged 29; stomach trouble.
TONER, ALEXANDER C., died November 25, at his home in Tyrone. He was one
of the oldest and most respected citizens in the Central City.
TOPPER, KATIE, daughter of J. J. and Ella M., died January 3 at 1502
Nineteenth street, aged 6 years, 10 months and 2 days; of consumption.
TOUTZ, MRS. CAROLINE, died at home, Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth street,
June 23, aged 48 years; general debility.
TREASH, MRS. MARY, wife of John, died at her home in Henrietta, August 25,
aged 79 years; diseases incident to old age.
TROUT, EVA, two-year-old daughter of G. D. and Lavanda Trout, died at her
home, 2027 Fourteenth avenue, December 10, of pneumonia.
TROUT, MARY, infant daughter of Thomas and Clara, died at home, 1209 ½
Seventh street, August 9, aged 8 months; cholera infantum.
TWEED, BRUCE W., a well-known young man of Bellwood, died at Fortress
Monroe, aged 23 years; typhoid malaria.
TYLER, ELLEN RUTH, daughter of Russell and Florence, died November 19 at
the home of her parents, 3018 Sixth avenue, aged 2 weeks, of spasms.
VAN ZANDT, MRS. ANNA, wife of George, died at her home,
817 First avenue, August 28, aged 25 years; typhoid fever.
VASEY, JOHN, died at home, Gaysport, May 7, aged 37 years; pneumonia.
VAUGHN, GRACE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank, died February 25, at
home, 805 Fifteenth street, aged 13 years; rheumatism.
VAUGHN, infant son of Edward and Eva Vaughn, died May 9, at home of his
parents.
VAUGHN, THOMAS H., died at his home in Newry, October 16, aged 68 years;
heart failure.
VAUGHT, MRS. ANNIE ELIZABETH, died June 27, at home, 2025 Nineteenth
street, aged 43 years; tuberculosis.
VORNDRAN, LOUISA, daughter of Lawrence and Mary, died December 30, at her
home, 1409 First avenue, aged 5 months.
WAGNER, MARY M., daughter of Harry and Rose, died
January 29, at home, 408 Seventh avenue, aged 5 years, 10 months; spinal
meningitis.
WAITE, CASPER, a well-known farmer, died March 23, at home of his
daughter, Mrs. B. B. Shade, Canan station, aged 87 years, 11 months.
WAITE, MRS. JOSEPH L., died at her home on Washington avenue, Tyrone, July
29, aged 33 years; consumption.
WALKER, THOMAS, died July 22 at his home, Twelfth avenue and Eighteenth
street, aged 20 years; pneumonia.
WALLS, MRS. CAROLINE, died at the residence of her son, Isaac Walls, 311
Fourth street, August 31, aged 78 years; diseases incident to old age.
WALSH, FATHER THOMAS, died January 6 at home of brother, Patrick Walsh,
703 Sixth avenue; formerly pastor of Catholic church at Newry; born in
Ireland; aged 68 years.
WALTERS, MRS. EVA, died at her home in this city, August 30, after an
illness of one day, aged 70 years; paralysis.
WASHLEY, STEPHEN, a Slav, aged 23 years, died at hospital from result of
accident on railroad.
WASSON, MRS. SARAH C., wife of Alfred M. of Tyrone, died February 19, at
her home in Tyrone, aged 28 years, 5 months and 29 days; apoplexy.
WATSON, JAMES, an aged resident of Altoona, died July 9, at home of his
son, John, this city, aged 78 years; paralysis.
WEAMER, GEORGE, died at home on Dry Gap road, July 3, lung trouble.
WEAVER, infant of William and Annie, died July 4, aged 17 days;
convulsions.
WEAVER, MISS CAROLINE, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah, died at
home, 323 Willow avenue, June 14, aged 18 years; peritonitis.
WEBB, CHARLES, son of Miles and Mary, died at his home, about two mile
above Duncansville, November 29 of meningitis.
WEIDEL, DANIEL G., died of a complication of diseases December 21, at his
home, 1406 Sixth avenue, aged 69 years.
WEISEL, MRS. AMELIA, widow of Joseph, died October 2, at her home, 1810
Eleventh avenue, aged 71 years; general debility.
WERTZ, ALBERT, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L., died September 22, at home in
Juniata, aged 21 months; spasms.
WERTZ, HESTER, infant daughter of Andrew and Annie, died at home of
parents, 2918 Oak avenue, October 29, of membraneous croup.
WERTZ, MRS. ANNIE V., wife of William C. Wertz, died February 3, aged 23
years; congestion of lungs.
WERTZ, WILLIAM HENRY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wertz, of Juniata, died
May 11, aged 20 years; struck by flying stone from a quarry on Juniata
Hill.
WESTOVER, MRS. ELIZABETH, died February 3, at home of her brother in
Frankstown, aged 70 years.
WHEALAN, MICHAEL, respected citizen, died February 11, at home of
son-in-law, M. J. Hesser, 1101 Fifth avenue, aged 74 years; heart disease.
WHITE, BENJAMIN, constable of the Seventh ward, died November 2, at the
home of his son, Joseph, at 412 Howard avenue, aged 57 years of dropsy.
WIGAMAN, MISS EMMA S., daughter of Mrs. Mary A., died March 10 at her
mother's home in Tyrone, aged 23 years, 5 months and 16 days.
WIGAND, LUCY, daughter of Bonaparte and Margaret, died at home in Juniata,
July 18, aged 12 years; typhoid fever.
WILKINSON, CLAYTON, son of Wm. C. and Clara of Wisconsin, died at the home
of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Taylor, 2014 Broad avenue,
December 20, aged 7 years.
WILLMORE, JOHN J., a well-known carriage manufacturer of Tyrone, died at
home, May 8, aged 61 years; la grippe.
WILSON, EARL MILTON, son of John M. and Mary Wilson, died November 30, of
congestion of the lungs, aged 3 months and 15 days.
WILSON, HELEN MARIE, daughter of H. E. and Mary, died August 9, at home,
1213 Sixteenth avenue, aged 11 months, 15 days; cholera infantum.
WILSON, WILLIAM B., son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel, died May 21, at 608 First
avenue, aged 16 years; electrocuted accidentally.
WINDER, MARY E., wife of Henry, died at home in Bellwood, July 11, aged 40
years.
WOLF, FLORENCE, daughter of Baltzell and Magdalena, died at home, in
Pottsgrove, June 30; convulsions; aged 17 months.
WOLF, GEORGE H., died June 30, at home of his son, Isaac, in Logan
township, aged 86 years.
WOLF, MRS. PETER, died suddenly October 1, at her home in Allegheny
Furnace, aged 63 years.
WOLF, PAUL, daughter of John G. and Kate, died September 5, at home in
Altoona; cholera infantum.
WOODS, HARRY, a well-known young man of town, died in a New York hospital,
May 16, aged 34 years; consumption.
WOOMER, BENJAMIN F., son of F. W. and Jennie, died at home in Juniata,
August 3, aged 3 months, 12 days; cholera infantum.
WRIGHT, LYNN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank, died at 30 Walnut avenue, of
membranous croup, aged 5 years.
YINGLING, SAMUEL, of this city, died February 5, at the sanitarium in Roaring Spring, aged 29 years; consumption.
YOUNG, IRENE, daughter of M. A. and A. M. Young, died
December 7, at her home, Hollidaysburg, aged 2 years.
YOUNG, JOHN, died in this city, April 12, aged 86 years; complication of
diseases.
YOUNG, MARGARET, only child of Levi B. and Mary, died at her home, 1216
Sixth avenue, December 12, aged 13 years, 6 months of appendicitis.
YOUNG, MRS. MARY A., died at her home, 309 Eleventh street, December 5, of
inflammation of the bowels, aged 46 years.
ZANKER, MRS. BARBARA, widow of Joseph, died at her home in
Hollidaysburg, September 11, aged 76.
ZUCK, MRS. LOUISA, widow of John, died at her home in Martinsburg, October
23, aged 67 years; paralysis.
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