I have the following obits, if you would like a scanned copy, email me offlist and include the name and the date the obit was sent to the list. Agnes Leader, 1886 (Tyrone) Mary Gotwals Custer, 1886 (native of Montgomery Co.), widow of Christian Custer. William H. Cochran, 1899 (Tyrone) Frederick Gleichert, 1913, son of Jacob and Mary Gleichert, husband of Elizabeth Bernd. Joseph Walker, 1903 *Funeral notice. Sarah Elizabeth Thatcher, 1903, daughter of Thomas and Mary Thatcher. Michael Zacherl, 1903 John W. Ross, 1903, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Ross. Annie Garman Wesley, 1921 (Bellwood), widow of Michael Wesley. Jesse F. Stillwell, 1954 (Tyrone), son of Daniel and Mary Benton Stillwell, husband of Alma Billet. Chester L. Swope, 1954 (Six Mile Run), son of George and Catherine Graffius Swope, twice married; Cora Noel, Effie Bollinger. Jennie Mock Shaefer, 1954 (Imler native), daughter of John and Margaret Deffibaugh Swope Mock, widow of Wallace Shaefer. John Steinbauer, 1954, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Steinbauer, husband of Mary Stetter. Margaret George Swires, 1954 (Portage), daughter of Alexander and Martha Snyder George, wife of Joseph Swires. Jennie Shoenfelt, 1954 (Roaring Spring), daughter of Thomas and Isabell Musselman Shoenfelt, widow of Willard Shoenfelt. Margaret Hanna Shaw, 1954 (Loop Station), daughter of Thomas and Margaret Murphy Hanna, widow of Oliver Shaw. James Sitman, 1954 (Duncansville), son of Samuel and Viola Bowser Sitman. John W. Smith, 1954 (Fredericksburg), son of Andrew and Emma Wilkinson Smith, twice married; Mary Showalter, Elizabeth Musselman. Mary E. Leonard Trout, 1944 (Three Springs), daughter of David and Rebecca Heck Leonard, widow of William Trout. Earl D. Replogle, 1944 (Aitch, formerly of Martinsburg), son of David and Mary J. Replogle, husband of Mabel Cunningham. Vester Curfman Stapleton Williams, 1944 (Saxton), daughter of Oliver and Mary Elias Curfman, twice married; William Stapleton, Frank Williams. Nancy Putt Jones, 1938 (Saxton), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Putt, widow of William Jones. Lydia A. Bumgardner Hazzard, 1943 (Trough Creek Valley), daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Curfman Bumgardner. Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair

The Accident Record Wilbert C. Hostler, aged 37, of 123 Cherry avenue, was treated at the Altoona hospital yesterday afternoon for lacerations of the left eye sustained while at work on the steel shops. Other cases were: Walter Brown, aged 13, of Greenwood, fracture of left arm; James Atkinson, aged 28, of 214 Maple avenue, lacerations of forehead; Walter Condrin, aged 29, 1313 Seventh street, lacerations of right foot; Harry E. Simpson, aged 36, of 401 East Walton avenue; fracture of right lower jaw, sustained in fall against metal tie, and Mrs. Ruth Shaup, aged 22, of 1507 Fourth street, fracture of right foot, sustained in a fall down a flight of steps --------------------------- Aldermanic News S. A. Solt, charged with failing to pay a board bill, claimed by a Juniata man, settled the case yesterday before Alderman John C. Gorsuch. Alderman T. D. Crawford discharged Nick Bozkes yesterday on the charge of assault and battery on William Love. Love failed to identify the defendant. C. E. Zaring will be given a hearing before Alderman Isenberg of the Seventh ward this afternoon charged with false pretense. Harry Suders made the information. James Ougoulian was accorded a hearing yesterday afternoon before Alderman John C. Gorsuch on the charge of larceny by bailee brought by a local woman. He was discharged. Carl Richards will be given a hearing Wednesday on the charge of defrauding Mrs. T. C. Kough out of a board bill of $5.50. The case will up before Alderman Isenberg of the Seventh ward. ----------------------------------- Altoona Hospital Cases Ralph Meckley, aged 7, of Juniata gap, underwent an X-ray operation at the Altoona hospital this morning following an injury to the right arm sustained when he fell on the school steps. The X-ray disclosed a fracture of the arm at the elbow. Carmen Furio, aged 33, of 1721 Margaret avenue, was treated at the Altoona hospital for a fracture of the eleventh rib on the right side. The fracture was located through an X-ray. Elmer Shoenfelt of 3006 Walnut avenue, submitted to an X-ray following an injury to the left ankle. No fracture was found. Charles Harber, aged 34, of 1531 Eighteenth street, employed in the No. 2 erecting shop, sustained a possible fracture of the right foot this morning when a side rod of an engine fell on the foot. He was treated at the dispensary. George M. Norris, aged 38, of 208 Maple avenue, a car inspector, was treated for an injury suffered when a shaft fell on the worker. ----------------------------- Claim Is Disallowed A disallowance has be allowed in the compensation claim filed before Referee Jacob Snyder in the case of Mrs. Mary Romanko of Johnstown vs. the Cambria Steel company of Johnstown. Hearings were held on June 25 and a continuance on Oct. 22, the petitioner asking for compensation for the death of her husband, an employee of the Cambria company. At both hearings it was found that death was due by natural causes and not through any accident suffered from employment. ------------------------ Hunters Have Fair Luck Food Administrator S. S. Reighard and party, including attorney J. Banks Kurtz, Attorney Charles M. Kurtz and Russell Kurtz have returned home from a two day hunting trip to Mifflin and Huntingdon counties, the gunners bagging thirty-two grey squirrels. Charles H. McVey, real estate agent, W. L. Longenecker, East side grocer, and Attorney R. A. Henderson, returned home with thirty grey squirrels, bagged in Mifflin county during the first two days of season. ------------------- Soldier Dies At Camp David Victor Johnson of Houtzdale and a brother of Mrs. Edgar H. Ritter, of this city, died at Ft. Thomas, Ky., on Oct. 10 of pneumonia. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson of Houtzdale and was born there on May 16, 1895. He is survived by his parents, a sister in this city, a brother Charles in France, and four sisters and two brothers at home. The funeral will be held at the home in Houtzdale tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Ritter will attend the funeral. Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair

WW II Veterans from Hollidaysburg and surrounding rural areas Sager, Edward Neil Salyards, Elmer Elwood Salyards, James Edward Salyards, Ralph D. Salyards, Robert Edward Sandrus, Robert Elwood Sandrus, William Luther Saucerman, Fred B. Saupp, Homer David Scalise, Anna M. (McA.) Schaefer, Donald Paul Scheeline, Isiah, Jr. Schilling, Charles Francis Schilling, Eugene Arthur Seeman, A. C. Seller, Jacob, Jr. Seller, Stephan Sellers, Harold Robert Sellers, Harvey Blair Sellers, Jeane Sellers, John Lloyd Sellers, John R. Sellers, Louis Blackburn Sellers, Robert Lee Sellers, William Ralph Shade, Donald I. Shade, Francis M. Shade, Ivan C. Shade, John C. Shade, Paul H. Shade, Robert Shade, William L. Shaffer, George Shaffer, John Millward Shaffer, John W. Shaffer, Paul E. Shaffer, Paul R. Shaffer, William Earl Shapiro, Albert S. Shaw, Donald L. Shaw, Donald M. Shaw, Forrest Harvey Shaw, George F. Shaw, Oliver B. Shaw, Paul R. Shaw, Wayne Ashley Shay, Joseph F., Jr. Shingler, Paul Arthur Shinger, Edward Morris Shock, Archibald M. Shock, George H. Shoemaker, Carl Calvin Shoemaker, Edwin Cletus Shoemaker, James Lee Shoemaker, Merrill V. Shoenvelt, Jesse Lee Shoenfelt, Sylvester R. Shoff, Richards Bowes Shoop, Charles Richard Shoup, Floyd D. Shubert, George Thomas Shultz, Cloyd W. Shultz, Harold Lawrence Shultz, Robert Carl Simington, Gerald E. Simpson, Donald J. Simpson, Kenneth F. Sleek, Theodore Wilson Slep, Donald Brewer Slippey, Donald Lewis Slippey, Edward Slippey, Kenneth Alexander Slippey, William Irvin Smith, Barton Sherman Smith, Carl S. Smith, Chester L. Smith, Donald C. Smith, George Eugene Smith, George H. Smith, Harold L. Smith, Harry A. Smith, James L. Smith, James Wayne Smith, Jesse D. Smith, Joseph F. Smith, Paul H. Smith, Paul, Jr. Smith, Richard E. Smith, Robert Holmes Smith, Russell Ivan Smith, Russell W. Smith, Vernard, B. Smith, Walker Floyd Snare, Elroy Cloyd Snively, Earl J. Snively, Frank Feltwell Snively, Frank W. Snowberger, Elmer Eugene Snyder, Jesse D., Jr. Snyder, John Arthur Snyder, Kenneth J. Snyder, Luvena Marguerite Snyder, Marand M. Snyder, Russell L. Snyder, Thomas L., Jr. Sollenberger, James Harold Sorge, Charles R. Soyster, Joseph Edward Soyster, Richard K. Specht, Roy E. Spicer, Walter L. Spidel Spidel, Allen Charles Sprow, Clinton D. Stanley, Harry J. Steele, Howard Nelson Steele, Joseph Clifford Steele, Lester S., Jr. Steele, Robert Daniel Stephens, Celestine S., Jr. Stephens, Grace E. (Wolfe) Stephens, Harry B., Jr. Stephens, Martha F. Stevenson, Benjamin I. Stewart, John Hollister Stewart, Melvin C. Stewart, Milton Luther Stewart, Raymond W. Stiffler, Charles S., Jr. Stiffler, Eugene Stiffler, Logan Stiffler, Oakley Stiffler, Leo V. Stiffler, Raymond Paul Stiffler, Ruth Ellen Stirk, Archie R. Stitzel, Wakefield Stiver, Donald Melvin Stock, Donald George Stock, Ira Raymond Stolz, James G. Stoner, Joseph P. Stoudnour, Lemon Clair Strawmyer, James E. Strayer, Ivan Strayer, Robert Theodore Strickler, Anthony C. Strohmeyer, John E. Stuard, Normand D. Stuckey, Oscar Kenton Stultz, Franklin Paul Stultz, John P. Suckling, Howard K. Suckling, John R. Suckling, Paul W., Jr. Summers, Virgil F. Surrett, Alfonze Suter, James R. Suter, Kenneth Eugene Suter, Samuel L. Sutlage, Michael J. Trupp, Irvin Leroy Turnbaugh, Charles E. Tussey, Samuel D. Tussday, William H. Vahey, Irvin L. VanAllman, Robert E. Van Scoyoc, Harvey B. Vipond, Paul K. Vogel, William K. Wade, Robert Graham Wagner, Charles A. Wagner, Robert C. Walker, Robert H. Walker, Robert J. Wallace, Donald E. Wallace, Robert B. Walls, Betty L. Walls, Craig J. Walls, Harry B. Walls, Irvin D. Walls, James Lee Walls, John H. Walls, Ralph Walls, Roy C. Walls, Wayland Earl Walsh, Richard A. Walsh, Robert Gerard Walter, Elmer Theodore Walter, Harold Lee Walter, Milton C. Walters, George Eugene Walters, Clarence R. Walters, Donald Gwin Walters, Harvey R. Walters, Jacob C. Walters, Marvin F. Walters, Robert Allen Walters, Rodger Carl Walters, Victor A. Waton, George W. Walton, Louis Stockton Waltz, John Joseph Warfel, Maud H. Warner, James E. Warrick, William, Jr. Waters, Charles E. Weaver, Andrew B. Weaver, Harry E. Weaver, James P. Weaver, Vincent E. Weicht, Vernon Delmar Werts, Kenneth C. Weaver, Dilmont Wertz, Betty Lois Wertz, Ernest B. Wertz, Gerald M. Wertz, Jack B. Wertz, Ralph Eugene Wertz, Thomas Lester Wertz, Wilmer Blaine Wesley, William A. Westbrook, Glenn Westover, Jonathan L. Weyandt, Albert Weyandt, Barnard L. Weyandt, Freddie I. Weyandt, Irvin Eugene Weyandt, Melvin A. Weyandt, Ray S. Weyandt, Walter I. Weyant, Charles F. Weyant, Norman Lee Weyant, Robert I. Weyer, Enoch L. White, Donald, Jr. White, Elmer Newton White, Herman L. White, Max E. White, Walter, Jr. Whittaker, Joseph B. Whittaker, Mabel M. Whittaker, William L., Jr. Williams, Benj. Howard Williams, Clyde Thomas, Jr. Williams, Donald Williams, George W., Jr. Williams, Richard Dean Wilson, Charles H. Wilt, Earl Franklin Wilt, Homer D. Wilt, James I. Wilt, Melvin J. Wilt, Patrick E. Wilt, Paul J. Wilt, Robert C. Wilt, Robert Gerald Wilt, William H. Wilt, William N. Winecoff, Herbert A. Winecoff, William, Jr. Wingard, Ralph O. Wingard, Robert E. Wingard, William Leroy Winter, Homer D., Jr. Winters, Raphael Joseph Wise, Kenneth Wogan, Kenneth Durwood Wolfe, Charles E. Wolf, Clair L. Wolf, George A., Jr. Wolf, George W. Wolf, Gerald Pendegrast Wolf, Carl Elmer Woodcock, John, Jr. Woods, John Woods, Thomas Charles, Jr. Wright, Frederick Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair

Would someone have the address for Oak Ridge Cemetery in Altoona? My great-grandfather was buried there and his death certificate gives the undertaker's name as Otto Gilden and an address of 1331 8th Ave. Would someone know if this location is a funeral home? Thank you. Jan Stitz jstitz@stark.kent.edu

Does anyone on this list has work on the Adam Black family from Claysburg, Blair Co., PA. I am curious if anyone has a list of his children. I am interested in J. G. S. Black that was living with him in the 1850 census.

Listing of Veterans who served in WW II from Hollidaysburg and surrounding rural areas. Parks, William R., Jr. Patterson, Fred Freeman Patterson, Margaret D. Patterson, Marion D., Jr. Patterson, Paul Richard Pennington, Howard Louis Pequignot, George Joseph Perrin, Maynard V. Perry, Adie L. Perry, Ernest Perry, James Arthur Perry, Kenneth A. Perry, Robert Perry, Robert W. Peterson, Fritz A. Pheasant, Donald Melvin Pheasant, Edwin D. Pierce, Willice, Jr. Piper, Clyde E. Piper, Earl Piper, Raymond C. Piper, Samuel E. Plank, Donald E. Plank, Lester E., Jr. Platt, F. M. Plowman, Robert W. Plummer, Harold W., Jr. Polk, Richard Stanley Pope, David K. Pope, Walter C. Poremsky, Paul, Jr. Porta, Robert J. Poulson, Harold C. Prentice, David S. Pressel, Earl L. Pressler, E. R., Jr. Pressler, Fred W., Jr. Pressler, George W. Preston, Robert E. Price, Clair E. Price, Clarence E. Price, Earl Theodore Price, Wayne E. Prosser, Cortland R. Prosser, Dr. John O. Prosser, Orville R. Putt, Robert A. Quay, William H. Querry, Clyde M. Rader, Lewis Raible, George C. Raible, Guy C. Reasy, Joseph Warren Reed, Camilia (Gillette) Reed, Joseph L. Reed, Robert E. Reffner, Waldo Reffner, Walter E. Reffner, Wayne J. Reighard, William M. Reilly, George Reilly, John Michael Reilly, Paul E. Reilly, Robert H. Reiser, Anthony G., Jr. Reiser, Armand E. Reiser, Frank J. Reiser, Raymond J. Rentz, Francis J. Rentz, Robert James Replogle, D. E. Replogle, Milton H. Rhodes, Cecil E., Jr. Rhodes, Elmer rhodes, George M. Rhodes, George Fleetwood Rhodes, Harold E. Rhodes, John H. Rhodes, King T. Rhodes, Lawrence F. Rhodes, Luther A. Rhodes, Wilber Clair Rhodes, Wilfred Dean Richards, Paul Robert Riley, Leroy Riley, Richard W., Jr. Ringler, Paul Eugene Ringler, Roy J. Rinier, Landis E., Jr. Risne, Karl Kenneth Richey, Charles G. Ritz, Donald Robinson, Delmas Robinson, Donald A. Robinson, Donald Duane Robinson, Richard H. Robison, Bruce Robison, Glenn G. Robison, Jesse B. Robison, William Robert Rodkey, Fred I. Rodkey, Joseph Rodkey, Robert Rodland, Howard Raymond Roessing, Harry C. Rogers, Galen B. Rollason, Charles Raymond Rollins, Jones J., Sr. Rollins, Jones J., Jr. Rooney, John Lynam Rosenberg, Emanual Rosenberg, Harold Ross, Charles O., Jr. Rosser, John E. Rothert, Robert Francis Rudy, Ellis E. Runyeon, George Ellis Rush, Edgar Allen Russell, Paul M. Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair

Good Day to all, I am in search of information on George Wagner and Nellie Hall Wagner .........I found them in the 1910...1920 and 1930 census in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania. Nellie was the daughter of George and Sarah Hall. Would like to find a marriage date if in Blair County as well as an obit on George Wagner as well. George was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania He was born in about 1877.......... I would like to find anything and everything I can about these two......when married...children if any...........when died...where and where buried............. Would appreciate your help if at all possible. Thank you Bea beair@acsworld.com

This was in the "Citizens Voice" newspaper. I think (but am not positive) that the cemetery they are speaking of is in Luzerne county. I thought it might be of interest to everyone. People with loved ones buried in Good Shepherd Memorial Park in Plains Township are planning to put their heads together to see what their options are. "I've been trying to get people together for the past three or four years," said Charles Alfano. He goes to Good Shepherd every week to visit his parents' crypts. While there on Memorial Day, Alfano got to talking to a woman from Old Forge who told him how concerned she and her husband were about the state of the cemetery. Alfano was going to contact Ann Grudzinski, who has also been trying to get something done about the cemetery, but she contacted him first. They decided to hold the meeting for all those who have concerns about Good Shepherd at Alfano's shop, Heavenly Ham, on Kidder Street in Wilkes-Barre on June 6 at 6 p.m. "We would just like to talk to the people and see what they would like us to do," Alfano said. Grudzinski, Alfano and many others have contacted and filed complaints with various organizations and agencies, seeking advice and assistance, but with limited success. Grudzinski has been contacting people who have plots at Good Shepherd, and said she is also trying to find a lawyer who is willing to volunteer an hour of his or her time to tell the people what their rights are. "We're asking if there's any attorney out there who can help us by giving us an hour of his or her time and giving us an idea of what we can do," Grudzinski said. "We don't know where to go. We don't know what kind of legal rights we have." Grudzinski's main issue is holding Good Shepherd's current owner, Larry Deminski, accountable for extra money she feels he has taken unfairly from people, particularly senior citizens, over the years. "Like a man who put out money for a stone seven years ago who never got it," she gave as an example. Grudzinski is also worried about where the money would go when Deminski sells the cemetery, and whether the perpetual care fund would be restored. A public auction, scheduled for May 31, was postponed. Instead, the Glenn Geyer Auction Co. is taking sealed bids only for the 6.98- acre property, with a minimum price of $300,000. Alfano said he is concerned about who buys the cemetery, and whether it would be possible to develop the extra acreage. "There's no potential for anybody to buy it," Alfano said. "There's no crypts left for sale - the ones there, who's going to buy them in the condition it's in?" The mausoleum needs cleaning, but with the electricity cut off on the property, vacuuming is impossible, so people have been trying to keep it swept as best they can in an attempt to make it presentable. "My parents lived in a house they kept immaculate," Alfano said. "They don't deserve to be resting in a place like this." ©The Citizens Voice 2003

Legal Notices Executrix Notice Estate of Michael McDermitt, dec'd. Letters testamentary on the estate of Michael McDermitt, late of he city of Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment and those having legal claims against the same will present without delay in proper order for settlement to CATHARINE MCDERMITT Executrix No. 2422 West Chestnut avenue, Altoona, Pa. June 21, 1881. ------- Executors Notice. Estate of Michael Kelly, deceased. Letters testamentary on the estate of Michael Kelly, late of he city of Altoona, in the county of Blair, and State of Pennsylvania, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having legal claims against the same will present them without delay to proper order for settlement to JOHN O'TOOLE Executor No. 1013 Bridge street, Altoona, Pa. June 21, 1881 ---------------------------------- FOR SALE The lease, good will and furniture of that popular hotel at Ebensburg, known as the Mountain House, and located only one square from the Court House. Terms of sale and cause for selling can be learned by applying to JAMES KEARNEY, Real Estate Agent, No. 1102 Eighth avenue, Altoona, Pa. May, 20, 1881 -------------------------------- Other Counties Mr. John Gingerich, of Benner township, Centre county, has lost three children by scarlet fever recently. William Rathou, a Perry county glutton, recently devoured four pies and a bowl of oysters in 4 1/2 minutes. Mr. Joseph Stiffler, of Conemaugh borough, has lost two children by diphtheria and a third is critically ill. Mr. Gruver, father-in-law of Judge Grier, of Perry county, died in New Bloomfield recently after a lingering illness. Mr. Edwin Hartley, of Bedford county, raised on a quarter of an acre of land last year over 400 pounds of tobacco. Scarlet fever has bereft David Kinney of Portage township, Cambria county, of four children within a few weeks. The Juniata Conference of the Lutheran Synod of Central Pennsylvania will meet in New Bloomfield on the 14th inst. A number of Clearfield sportsmen propose making an effort to have a special game law passed for their county. Mr. Charles R. Reese, of Tyrone, and Miss Emma Wighaman, of Huntingdon, united their fortunes on Tuesday last. The Lewistown Gazette informs us that Crever Cubbison had three fingers torn off by a clover huller on Friday of last week. Mrs. Susan Weaver, a much esteemed resident of Bellefonte, died recently of consumption in the 61st year of her age. Isaac Imler, an old and respected citizen of Bedford township, Bedford county, died recently after an illness of but a few days. Nineteen stalwart Republicans have already announced themselves as candidates for the office of Treasurer of Indiana county. A small Clearfield boy named Wrigley had a leg broken by a gate which the wind blew shut while he was in the act of passing out. Daniel Swartz, of Juniata township, Perry county, has lost thirty-two skeps of bees during the winter. That was all he had, too. Mr. F. H. Barker, of Ebensburg, intends devoting his energies to the patriotic work of improving the breed of Cambria county sheep. J. F. Snyder, Esq., one of Clearfield's rising attorneys, formerly of Hollidaysburg, is a victim to the eye epidemic referred to above. Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair

WW II Veterans from Hollidaysburg and surrounding rural areas. MacNeil, Kenneth Zane Madden, Francis Patrick Madden, James J. Madden, Patrick David Maher, Charles F. Malone, Eugene H. Malone, Harmon Edward Malone, Jesse L. Malone, John Ralph Malone, Joseph G. Malone, Paul Edwin Malone, Ray Elwood Malone, Robert E. Malovich, William J. Manchester, Richard C. Manning, Samuel R. Manspeaker, Dale H. Manspeaker, Robert Markel, Robert L. Marks, Francis J. Marks, James Donald Martz, Eugene W. Martz, James Richard Martz, Paul Leroy Martz, Robert C. Mathers, Cecil L. Mathias, John Lloyd Mathias, Wilbur T., Jr. Mattern, Frank E. Mattern, Jacob T. Matthews, Edward Matthews, John A. Mauk, Robert S. McAllister, Clarence McCale, Harry F. McCall, Loren Elmer McCann, Edward B. McCaulley, Bertram C. McCaulley, Daniel David McCaulley, John Allen McCaulley, Kenneth Paul McCaulley, Thomas Adie McCaulley, William C. McClain, Francis W. McClellan, Chester McClellan, James Robert McClernan, Enid McCloskey, Chester A. McCloskey, John I. McCloskey, John Kenneth McConkey, Francis Leon McConkey, Robert Paul McCormick, Francis A. McCoy, Thomas Elwood McCreary, Arthur F. McCue, Mary Margaret McDermitt, Paul David McDermitt, Richard Merril McFadden, Harriette E. McGee, George E. McGee, Harold Ellsworth McGee, James F. McGraw, Frank W. McGraw, Robert John McIntire, William McIntosh, Jack McIntosh, Joseph A. McIntyre, David William McIntyre, James Earl McIntyre, Lee McIntyre, Leroy McIntyre, Samuel McIntyre, Stanley McKillip, Robert M. McKillip, Sarah E. McKillip, William T. McLain, Harry R. McMorris, David L. McMullen, Harry K. McMurray, John W. McNally, Ray McSultyre, Robert McVey, Melvin M. McVey, Raymond E. Magahan, Eugene Mellott, Amos Clyde, Jr. Mentzer, Donald F. Mentzer, Harry Earl Mentzer, Ira Paul Mentzer, Marion Eugene Merritts, Ulys??? Elwood Merritts, Raynolds C. Metz, Harry Wilbur Metz, Lewis Franklin Metzger, Charles Eugene Metzger, Melvin Lewis Metzger, Robert W. Metzger, Bernard Metzler, Paul F. Meyers, Paul Mielnik, Bernard M. Mielnik, Edward Michael Mielnik, Frank C. Mielnik, Joseph Stephens Mielnik, Peter Paul Mielnik, Ralph Mielnik, Raymond J. Miller, Charles A. Miller, Cletus L. Miller, Elwood Tuder Miller, Dean Miller, Gale N. Miller, Harold E. Miller, Jane Miller, John Frederick Miller, John C. Miller, Joseph C. Miller, Melvin I. Miller, Ralph David Miller, Richard Irvin Miller, Richard W. Miller, Robert F. Miller, William Clair Miller, William M., Jr. Mitchell, Paul Montgomery, George A., Jr. Montgomery, Lloyd R. Moore, Elwood M. Moore, Floyd Albert Moore, Howard Melvin Moore, Kenneth Calvin Moore, Vernon D. Morgan, Daniel Douglas Morgan, David Leigh Morgan, Elmer C. Morgan, William F. Morrone, Rodger A. Moser, William Edward Moses, Donald Moses, Leo F. Moses, Leroy F. Moughemer, Alroy G. Moughemer, William J. Mountain, Gilbert N. Mountain, Harold A. Mountain, James Robert Mountain, John A. Mountain, William Elliott Moyer, Fred A. Moyer, Paul W. Moyer, Sharon Garth Moyer, William James Murphy, James Roy Murphy, Michael P. Murphy, Robert E. Murtiff, Ivan Musselman, James H. Musselman, John S. Musselman, Robert L. Mutzabaugh, Robert M. Myers, Paul E. Nale, Jonathan William Nale, Thayer D. Nale, William Calvin, Jr. Nash, Chalmer Lee Nash, Kenneth G. Neal, Bruce Neal, Robert B. Neal, Samuel Oscar Neal, Sara Nearhoof, Raymond Junior Neely, Allen Ray Neely, Calvin V. Neely, Elmer T. Neely, John B. Neely, Julius B. Neely, Rayford G. Neely, Richard H. Neff, George H. O'Neil, Gerald J. Onkst, Howard Irvin Onkst, Kenneth Osborne, Wesley R. O'Shell, Paul Francis Ott, Clarence R. Ott, Cletus P. Ott, Faster Mann Ott, Fred Donald Ott, John Emmett Ott, Wilfred E. Otto, Harry L., Jr. Otto, Paul Francis Over, Frank J. Oyler, J. Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair

To the best of my knowledge, the terms "Dagos" and "Huns" were disparaging names for Italians and Germans. My parents told me never, never to use either one. I recall an incident my husband and I were at a neighborhood party, and one man called another "a dago" which was greatly resented, and the man of Italian heritage said, "Only another Italian can use that name for another!" Just about every nationality has a slang term for its members but most are considered to be hateful and sign of great prejudice. These kinds of terms are on a scale with calling a person of African heritage the "N" word. It was also a sign of little intelligence or education. You would never find those terms used in today's newspapers! I'm 76 and have many nationalities in my heritage and there are lots of knicknames I could be called although my ancestors were all here before 1870 and most before 1800. That's what makes America great! Marge Wilcox - Brighton, MI ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry A. McGuire <Katmandu@compuserve.com> To: <PABLAIR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 8:22 AM Subject: [PABLAIR-L] HUNS and/or DAGOS > I remember my grandmother calling Italians "Dagos" and my grandfather > telling her not to use that in front of the grandkids, it wasn't polite, > and if we used it , it could start a fight.T his was in the 1950's. He > however, would ask us to run down to the corner store and get "some of that > good Dago bread" when we were having spaghetti ant meatballs. > > > > ==== PABLAIR Mailing List ==== > State maps: > http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/printmaps.html >

Listing of WW II veterans, from the Hollidaysburg and surrounding rural areas. Johns, Russel Marsh Johnson, Howard Hearst Johnson, Randolph V. Johnson, William B. Johnston, Calvin S. Johnston, George P. Johnston, James A., Jr. Johnston, Thomas E. Jones, George E., Jr. Jones, Howard U. Jones, James F. Jones, John Wellington Jones, Lloyd R., Jr. Jones, Monroe Jones, William Philip Karl, John Karl, Paul Karl, Robert Joseph Karns, Robert Ira Kaufman, Mahlon Keagy, William F. Kearney, Walter Alexander Keasey, Paul W. Kegarise, Donald A. Kegarise, Scott Kehoe, Joseph M. Keirn, Raymond P. Keller, Annetta Keller, George T. Keller, Herbert Thomas Keller, James Raymond Keller, John Alton Keller, John Calvin, Jr. Keller, Joseph G. Keller, Lester Keller, Roy Davis Kelley, Gordon C. Kelley, James Henry Kelley, James H. Kelley, Thomas J., Jr. Kelly, Wilmer R. Kenawell, George Edward Kenawell, Harry C. Kennedy, Burton L. Kennedy, Delbert A. Kennedy, Dorsey R. Kennedy, Harry W. Kennedy, James Sylvester Kennedy, Perry William Kennedy, Regis Leo Kensinger, Jesse L. Kensinger, Samuel Earl Kephart, John Howard Kephart, Merrill Thomas Kerlin, John W. Kerlin, Kenneth Raymond Kerlin, William King, Sidney H. Klein, Patrick Walls Klein, Paul W. Klein, Robert Eugene Klepser, George M. Knipple, Dean Omer Knisely, Kenneth K. Knob, John, Jr. Knorr, Chester C. Knorr, Donald Edwin Knorr, Monroe Urias Knouse, Samuel Bennett Koral, John C. Krape, Richard A. Kratzer, Donald Dean Kratzer, Raymond H. Kuhn, Irvin Franklin Kunsman, Harold F. Kunsman, William J. Kuny, Charles N. Kuny, Merritts L. Kurtz, John R. Lang, Charles F. Lang, George Calvin Lang, John Calvin III Langham, Kenneth Allen Lantz, William John Lasser, Louis Isidor Lasser, Samuel Leamer, Glenn Arthur Leamer, James Leamer, Lester Calvin Leamer, Steele M. Leaper, Howard M. Lear, Carl Eugene Lear, Myrle Blair, Jr. Lear, Robert Glenn Lear, Sheldon Darwin Lear, William H. Lewis, Crawford Irvin, Jr. Liebegott, Alfred A. Liebegott, Donald E. Lightner, Daniel L. Lightner, David Lightner, Joseph Lightner, Walter J., Jr. Lindsey, Clair G. Lindsey, Irvin George Ling, Carl Ling, Paul Kermit Ling, Robert L. Lingenfelter, ???? Leeper, Howard III Logan, Harry D. Long, Albert Edward Long, Charles Long, George C. Long, Kenneth J. Long, Kenneth Long, Robert E. Long, Ross C. Long, Theodore Long, William Earl Long, David Franklin Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair

A listing of veterans that served in WW II from Hollidaysburg and surrounding rural areas: Fagans, James R. Fagans, Wilfred Eugene Fagens, Brady D. Falbo, John L. Falbo, James Charles Farber, Charles Henry Feather, Homer Scott Felker, Frederick L. Felker, Harry L. Ferguson, Thomas Martin Ferry, John Logan Fink, George Franklin Fink, Joseph R. Finn, Gerald P. Finn, John McMaster Fleck, William Flegal, Austin W. Flenner, Anna Jeanne Focht, George Mierly Foor, Donald T. Foor, William Lester Ford, Henry Edsel Ford, Robert Vincent Ford, William Arthur Fowkes, Harold Lee Fox, Frederick J. Fox, Robert Regis Fox, William R., Jr. Francis, William A. Frank, John H. Frank, Paul Lee Frank, Ralph Eugene Frank, Robert A. Free, Elliott W. Freet, Albert R. Friedenbloom, Jacob H. Fry, Mary Fry, William Furry, ??? Leroy Funk, Stanton Curtis Fyock, John H. Galbraith, John Hughes Garber, Donald E. Garber, LaRue Garber, Simon Richard Gardner, George F. Garforth, Lester Earl Garland, George W. Garland, Lawrence A. Garman, Charles Ray Garman, Francis L. Garman, George B. Garman, Lloyd C. Gartland, Chalmer L. Gates, Glenn Gearhart, Charles A. Geesey, Harold F. Geesey, John Paul Geesey, Michael E. Geesey, Robert L. Geist, John W. Geist, Samuel M. George, Patrick C. George, Steven Charles George, Vincent J. Gibboney, Harris B. Gifford, Paxson Gildea, Alroy Joseph Gildea, Richard Charles Gill, Everett Gillette, Charles C. Ginter, Mallard C. Giselman, Clifford, Glass, Charles Elias Glunt, Homer D. Godfrey, Eugene Francis Godfrey, Salem Bernard Godfrey, William Francis Gonsman, Frederick M. Gonsman, James R. Goodfellow, William F. Goshen, Malvin Edward Grace, Chalmer Graibill, Joseph Grant, Robert David Grassmyer, Harold Webster Gray, John E. Gray, Walter Marlon Greaser, Donald Ralph Green, Jacob P. Greenich, Albert Lewis Greinader, John J. Greiner, William A., Jr. Grossman, Lawrence E. Grossman, Merle J. Grove, Lewis Grove, Ronald Grove, Thomas E., Jr. Grove, Walter E. Gummo, Andrew Charles Gummo, Lloyd Edgar Hainsey, William E. Haire, Carl Lee Hale, John R. Haller, Edgar J. Haller, John J. Haller, Robert F. Haller, William M., Jr. Hallinean, Thomas F. Ham, Robert F. Hamel, Blair Landis Hamel, Kenneth Leroy Hamel, Nelson R. Hamill, Eugene G. Hamill, Robert F. Hamilton, Joseph L. Hamilton, Robert M. Heeter, Harold E. Heeter, Russell Oran Heidler, George E. Heidler, Max J. Heim, George Robert, Jr. Heim, John W. Heim, Robert G., Jr. Heinbaugh, Merle Elvin Heininger, King H. Helsel, Calvin L. Helsel, Charles Floyd Helsel, Elwood Karl Helsel, Frank E. Helsel, Marion Clayton Helsel, Merle L. Helsel, Orville Richard Helsel, R. Edgar Hench, Charles Frederick Hengst, Earl E. Henry, Vernon Herr, Lee E. Hershey, Ernest Isaac Hesley, Albert Lee Hesselbein, Edward Thomas Hesselbein, William C. Heuck, Charles F. Heuston, Leland Leroy Heuston, Merle E. Heverly, Arden S. Heverly, Elmer Wayland Heverly, Joseph S. Heverly, Robert Hewit, Benjamin Hartley Hewitt, Arthur E. Hicks, Edward Higgins, Merril D. Hileman, Homer Elvin Hileman, William Sylvester Hinish, Robert R. Hinish, Wilmer Hipp, Joseph Andrew, Jr. Hisley, Albert Hite, Robert Sylvester Hoar, Harry E. Hoenstine, Alvin Daniel Hoffman, William H. Holland, Clayton M. Holland, Paul L. Holsinger, Melvin J. Holsinger, Reuben A. Hommel, Fred P. Honsaker, John Jay Hooper, John E. Hoover, Adam J., Jr. Hoover, Calhoun J. Hoover, Eugene D. Hoover, Fred M. Hoover, Gerald Francis, Jr. Hoover, Merrill F. Hoover, Regis Hoover, Roger L. Hoover, Thomas Horbal, Edward William Horbal, Michael C. Horbal, Peter Paul Houck, Richard E. Housum, John Delozier Hoyer, David P. Hudson, Frank Noel Hudson, James Hughes, Charles Hughes, Lloyd W. Hyle, Harvey Nelson Hyle, Robert Earl Ickes, Charles W., Jr. Ickes, David L. Ickes, Paul Richard Imler, Grant Roscoe Imler, John Irvin, George R. Irwin, Russel Robert Isenberg, James Marion Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair

If you are descended from Daniel and Susannah (Henry) Flott (Flood), of Franklin and Huntingdon Counties, PA John and Mary (Rambeau/Rambo) Flott, of Cumberland County, PA and Knox & Iroquois Counties, IL; George David and Mary (Flott) Rambo, of Franklin County, PA and Knox County, IL you are cordially invited to.... The Flood Watch Reunion Saturday, June 28, 2003 12 Noon - whenever the chatting stops Lost Creek Park, McAlisterville (Route 35), Juniata County, Pennsylvania Place settings and paper products will be provided. We ask that you bring a covered dish, beverage & your appetite. Also...bring family photos and stories to tell! Please inform other family members or relatives that do not receive the Flood Watch newsletter. Thank You! For more information, email family historian and Flood Watch newsletter editor Teresa Delikat at Flott_Genealogy@yahoo.com http://www.geocities.com/tjbd/Genealogy.html --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

Veterans of WW II from Hollidaysburg and surrounding rural areas. Capers, Frederick Capers, Hedges Capers, Stacey Carberry, Walter Claire Carl, David Edmund Carles, James M. Carles, John Carles, Richard Shelley Carnell, Arch Carnell, Harry O. Carnell, William Carnell, Roy R. Carrier, Russell J. Cartwright, Frank Henry Cartwright, William M. Chamberlain, Clarence C. Chamberlain, Maurice Lloyd Champeno, Watson King Chandler, David Bell Chandler, Marion R. Chandler, Martin Bell Christy, James Hill Christy, John H. Christy, Robert Hill Claar, Dorothy Jean Claar, George F. Claar, Julius Claar, Melville Remus Clair, Russel S. Clapper, GuyJr., Clapper, John Franklin Clapper, Kenneth Marvin Clapper, Marion Russell Clapper, Paul B. Clapper, Paul Luther Clark, Bernard A. Clark, Kenneth Marvin Clark, John J. Clark, Raymond J. Clark, Robert Vereker Clodgu, Robert L. Closson, J. Merle Clouse, Floyd Bruce Clouser, Melvin A. Clouser, W. C. Clyte, Earnest Paul Clyte, John King Colbert, Denny Richard Colbert, John C. Colbert, John Cole, Robert W. Colyer, William A. Condron, Joseph Blanchard Confer, Angus Lloyd Confer, Florence Agnes Confer, Fred R., Jr. Confer, Jacob Confer, Raphael S. Confer, Robert Luther Conner, Earl I. Conrad, Francis Maxwell Conrad, Glenn Richard Conrad, Harold J. Conrad, Paul F. Conrad, Robert F. Conrad, Rodney C. Conrad, Stanley I., Jr. Conrad, Thomas D. Cook, Helen Cooper, Francis Leroy Cooper, William Henry Copenhaver, Jack Allen Copenhaver, Robert Corbin, Robert A. Corl, Herbert D. Corl, Joe H. Corl, William L. Corle, Sheldon B. Couch, George Earl Couch, Samuel W. Coussonie, Charles Cox, John Henry Crissman, John Roy Crissman, Paul Hileman Criste, Harold J. Crisswell, Stewart Sylvester Croft, Elmer Robert Croft, George William Croft, Gerald O. Cross, Clara Jean Crotsley, Junior Glen Croyle, Chester Cruise, Harold Crum, Emmerson Crum, John O. Cruse, Fred Lincoln Cruse, Galen Telford Cruse, James Sheldon Cruse, Thoral Cuff, Don Kyper Culp, Edwin Richard Culp, N. Louise Cummings, Patrick J. Cummings, Robert R. Cunningham, John R. Curfman, John Leland Curran, Paul Anthony Dalessandro, Armand Jos. Dalessandro, Patsy William Dangle, Robert G. Dannals, Elsie Alverna Dannals, James Lester Daus, Karl William Daus, Philip Joseph Davidson, Robert John Davis, Floyd Eugene Davis, Lester D. Davis, Marcus King Davis, Roy Davis, William G. Davis, William Stone Deam, Robert Oliver Dean, William Richard Decker, Julius W. Degenhart, Donald Joseph Delaney, Ralph O. Dell, Joseph L. Dell, Robert George Delozier, Carl McClellan Delozier, Donald A. Delozier, Thomas F. Delozier, Thomas Greydon Detwiler, Richard L. Detwiler, Robert W. Detwiler, William Diehl Deyarmin, Harry E. Deyarmin, Martin L. Dibert, Phillip L. Diehl, Edmund B. Diehl, Guy Melvin Diehl, Ralph Emerson Diehl, Roland Ellsworth Diggins, Merril D. Ditzer, Joseph R., Jr. Dively, Elvin Adam Dively, Mearl Dodson, Clayton E. Dodson, David E. Dodson, Ella M. Dodson, George Duncan, William Lewis Dzielski, Albert J. Eastep, George E. Eastep, John William Ebersole, David B. Ebersole, Reuben E. Eboch, Edward D. Eboch, Joseph Douglass Eboch, Richard Frederick Eboch, Sidney Charles Eckard, George A. Eckard, John M., Jr. Eckard, Luther A. Ecker, John E. Ecker, Lee Jr. Edmiston, Charles Jr. Edmiston, Clayton O. Edmiston, J. Calvin Edmundson, Melvin H. Edmundson, Nelson R. Edwards, John E. Eger, Joseph B. Ellason, George W. Brooks Elliott, Janet Elliott, Richard Monroe Elliott, Robert Merrill Erb, John Daniel Erb, Marion Robert Evans, John D. Evans, Robert H. Evans, Stanley Scott Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair

Thanks to everyone who responded. Appreciate your input. ----- Original Message ----- From: "abbybowman" <abbybowman@comcast.net> To: <PABLAIR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 11:28 AM Subject: [PABLAIR-L] Definition of Terms > The following was in the Altoona Tribune in 1886 (thank you, Annie :). Could someone translate this for me....what does "not affected by exception" mean? And was it normal for an auditor to be involved? > > Ambrose-In the matter of exceptions to the report of Mathew Calvin, esq., > auditor appointed to distribute the funds in the hands of T. B. Hunter, > administrator of Kesiah Hunter, deceased. On motion it was ordered and decreed that > the administrator pay out all money not affected by exception. > > > ==== PABLAIR Mailing List ==== > No flaming permitted on this list! There is a one flame and you are out rule in effect. >

A listing of veterans who served during W.W.II, from Hollidaysburg and the surrounding rural areas of Hollidaysburg. KILLED IN ACTION Sgt. Francis Eugene Burtnett S/Sgt. Richard Shelly Carles Pvt. John C. Colbert S/Sgt. Howard Wade Douglas 1st Lt. Robert F. Haller Pvt. Robert N. Harris Pfc. Benjamin Hartley Hewit Pfc. Patrick Walls Klein Lt. Clarence W. McAllister Pvt. Edward B. McCann Pvt. Francis A. McCormick Pvt. William M. Miller, Jr. Cpl. William Calvin Nale, Jr. Pvt. Kenneth G. Nash Pvt. Waldo E. Reffner Cpl. John Lloyd Sellers Pvt. Joseph P. Stoner T/5 Robert Theodore Strayer S/Sgt. Virgil F. Summers Sgt. Wilmont Weaver Ensign George A. Wolf, Jr. MISSING IN ACTION Lt. James M. Loenshai Pfc. George Ellis Runyeon Corp. Donald Paul Shaeffer 1st Lt. John Hollister Stewart -------------------- Acker, Paul Roy Adams, Bernard Ellsworth Adams, Loren D. Adams, Paul Dexter Adams, Paul Robert Adams, Perry E. Ake, Elmer Cladden Akers, Harry E. Akers, John B. Akers, Richard W. Albright, Duane Albright, George Andrew Albright, James William Albright, Robert William Albright, Roy Edward Albright, Kenneth Lewis Albright, William Charles Allen, Jack Allison, James Harding Altmanshofer, Louis R. Ameigh, John Andrews, John A. Arford, Clair Regis Aungst, Donald Aungst, Elmer Junior Aungst, Howard Clair Aurand, Ross Clark Aurandt, James F. Bagshaw, Emory A. Bagshaw, Harold Jennings Bailey, Russell A. Bair, Lester D. Baird, Donald Bertram Baird, Ellis L. Baird, Richard Fay Baird, Richard L. Baird, Robert Bruce Baker, Elwood F. Baker, Frank Irvin Baker, Galen Leroy Baker, Max A. Baker, Madolyn Baker, William R. Baldwin, Elwood Harold Baldwin, William Jacob Bancroft, Harry Goodman Banks, Jesse C. Bardell, Earl Dewey Barnhart, Joseph William Baronner, Francis Fenman Baronner, Leo P. Baronner, Robert Francis Barr, John E. Barr, Robert McKeage Barr, Wallace E. Barronner, Elwood E. Bates, Charles K. Beatty, Harry E. Beatty, Lester G. Beegle, Calvin Westley Beegle, Eugene Emmet Beele, Joseph D. Beegle, Walter Bender, Ferd Richard Bender, James William Bender, Lester Roland Bender, Percy M. Bender, Ray S. Bender, William, Jr. Benton, George Boyd Benton, Leo R. Benton, Robert A. Benton, Robert G. Benton, Wilfred G. Berkheimer, Chas. Elwood Berkheimer, Kenneth Ray Berkheimer, Merle W. Berkheimer, Paul L. Berkheimer, Thomas Jr. Bice, David A. Bice, James L., Jr. Bice, Kenneth M. Bice, Marion Ernest Bice, Ray Bice, Robert Elwood Bice, William H. Bice, William R. Billotte, William Jannot Billotte, Francis A. Bingham, Chester W. Bingham, Kenneth Charles Bingham, Reynolds Birvers, Conrad W. Bistow, Theodore C. Black, Cecil Black, Wilford L. Blackstone, Arthur J. Blake, Edwin William Blicker, Francis G. Blyler, Donald Harry Blyler, Edward Harry Blyler, William Franklin Boland, Francis E. Bond, Harold Foster Bookhamer, Charles F. Bordess, Andrew Bowmaster, John M. Bowmaster, Ralph C. Bowser, Charles Dale Bowser, Dick M. Bowser, Paul Franklin Bowser, Roller King Bowser, Samuel Brannen, Richard Lee Brannen, Roy Earl Brantner, David W. Brantner, Seymour T. Brenner, John A. Brenner, Richard Devlin Brightbill, Donald Eugene Brightbill, George Davis Brightbill, William L. Brisbin, Nora Brown, James B. Brown, M'liss A. Brua, Blair N. Brua, Camillus L. Brua, Cecil Blair Brua, Elizabeth C. Brua, Miriam C. Brua, Orville G. Brua, Ray C. Brua, Robert I. Brau, Stanley Kemp Brubaker, harold W. Brubaker, Robert W. Brunner, Frank Watson Bruss, Glenn Foster Bryant, Harold C. Bryant, Vernon Walter Buchanan, Leroy M. Burger, Charles William Burger, J. Joseph Burk, Guy D. Burket, Bernard A. Burket, Dale M. Burket, Gilbert Vincent Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair Annie Whiteman PABlair Rootsweb List Administrator Annie Whiteman/Steve Patz Blair County Coordinators http://www.rootsweb.com/~pablair

As a non-legal sidelight to this mention in the Altoona paper, Matthew Calvin, Esq., was the son of Samuel Calvin, one of Blair Co.'s first Congressmen in the early 1850's, and Rebecca Smith Blodget, daughter of Bedford Co. attorney John A. Blodget and Anna Fletcher. Matthew started out in his father's firm in Hollidaysburg, and did pretty well for himself. His son Matthew Jr., in turn, followed painting as his career. Samuel Calvin and wife Rebecca Blodget Calvin, along with her parents John and Anna Fletcher Blodget, are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Hollidaysburg. David Fletcher Richmond, VA

What you are faced with here is the rather arcane language so endearing to the legal profession. This case deals with a rather mundane matter - a distribution of Mr. Kesiah Hunter's funds after the probate of his estate. Evidently Mr. Mathew Calvin, Esq., was appointed by the court to audit the funds held by Mr. T. B. Hunter (probably a close relative of the deceased), who served as the Administrator of the deceased's estate. Someone (possibly a family member), creditors, or the court itself filed exceptions (disagreement) to portions of Mr. Calvin's report. The court's ruling was that all the money from Mr. Kesiah Hunter's estate be paid out at that time by Mr. T. B. Hunter (the Administrator) - except for the "exceptions" noted by the court. [The nature of the "exceptions" is not covered in the brief note from the Altoona Tribune. An educated guess would be that they involved a matter of contention by one or more creditors, the disposition of which would be subject to subsequent judicial process.] Probate matters vary considerably by State, locales, and time eras. Evidently at the time of this probate action, it was necessary in Blair County for a court-appointed auditor to audit and report to the court before the final distribution of assets was made from the estate of the deceased.

The following was in the Altoona Tribune in 1886 (thank you, Annie :). Could someone translate this for me....what does "not affected by exception" mean? And was it normal for an auditor to be involved? Ambrose-In the matter of exceptions to the report of Mathew Calvin, esq., auditor appointed to distribute the funds in the hands of T. B. Hunter, administrator of Kesiah Hunter, deceased. On motion it was ordered and decreed that the administrator pay out all money not affected by exception.