-----Original Message----- From: MMSGemstone@aol.com To: PABLAIR@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, Nov 26, 2009 12:01 pm Subject: [PABLAIR] DEATHS BLAIR CO., PA 1876 Deaths from The Register, Hollidaysburg, Blair Co., PA. ITTLE /BIDDLE- FATAL ACCIDENT - On Monday the 21st ult., Charles Bittle an ld and respected citizen of Woodbury township, met with a sad accident. hilst driving his four horse team, with a large wagon, partly laden, his orses frightened and run off, and in attempting to stop them, he caught one of he horses, and became entangled in the lines, and was thrown on the ground nder the horse and trampled, his leg broken in two places, when the wagon an over his body brusing it. He was taken to his home, where he suffered reatly until the next day, when death came to his relief. On Wednesday his emains were interred in the Presbyterian graveyard at Williamsburg. Mr. Biddle as a good citizen, a kind and affectionate husband and father, and leaves widow and several children to mourn his loss. Peace to his memory/ ed. 1 March 1876 issue. ILLIKEN - In Lewistown, at 8 and a half o'clock on Monday evening, Feb. 8, 1876, Mrs. Elizabeth M., relict of the late Jos. Milliken, aged 75 years, month and 3 days. Mrs. Milliken was the mother of Mrs. R.A. McMurtrie of ollidaysburg. ed. 8 March 1876 issue. EE - In Altoona, Feb. 25, Mrs. Sadie Bee, wife of Isaiah Bee, aged about 1 years. ed. 8 March 1876 issue. URTZ - In Altoona, Feb. 25, Mr. Andrew Kurtz, aged 21 years, 6 months and days. ed. 8 March 1876 issue. NKNOWN - At Bennington Furnace, this county, the body of an unknown man as found near the track. It is supposed he fell down in a fit and thus erished by the roadside. He was aged about 32 years. ed. 8 March 1876 issue. EONARD ( INFANT ) - A young hired girl, named Annie Leonard, was elivered of a dead infant , in the back yard of Issac D. Leonard, her employer, n ltoona, on Friday night, which she hid in a barrel, but it was discovered n the morning, an inquest held, and the corpse buried in the Poor House raveyard. ed. 8 March 1876 issue. EISTER - ANOTHER SAD ACCIDENT - On Sunday afternoon, about three o'clock, s the limited mail west, engine 27, was running at schedule time, near arrier Ridge Water station, a rock, probably weighing a hundred pounds, was iscovered on the track, the engineer, John Keister reversed the engine, but it as to late to stop. The engine became detached from the train, ran along n the track a short distance, where it encountered a switch and ran on the ther track, and over the embankment. Mr. Keister when he saw the engine was bout to go over, attempted to jump, but in doing so, he was caught between he tank and the engine, and crashed so badly that he died in about twenty inutes. Engineer Drake, of engine 530, was on with him and went to the ottom but was not hurt. The fireman, Mr. Kauffman, was thrown into the tank, ut escaped with only a few bruises. None of the passengers were injured. Mr. eister resided in Harrisburg and leaves a widow, who is the daughter of on. S.R. McCune of Frankstown tp., and several children. The bereaved friends ave the sympathy of all our people. The funeral will take place at the resbyterian cemetery, at Hollidaysburg, today, Wednesday. ed. 8 March 1876 issue. he funeral of Mr. John Keister, the engineer who was killed on the ennsylvania Railroad on Sunday the 5th last inst., was largely attended. ervices ere held in the Presbyterian church, this place, from whence the remains ere conveyed to the cemetery. He was highly esteemed by his acquaintances, nd his sorrowing family have the sympathy of our entire community. ed. 15 March 1876 issue. YTLE - DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN - Mr. Robert Lytle, an old and respected itizen of this county, died in this place, on Tuesday the 7th inst., after a ingering illness. Mr. Lytle was at one time one of our most enterprising usiness men, having been engaged in the planing mill and lumbering business n this and Cambria county, and was always considered an upright and honest an. For many years past, he had been afflicted with paralysis, which has ncapacitated him from business. He had many friends and no enemies. His age as 64 years, 1 month and 17 days. On Thursday his remains were followed to heir last resting place at the Presbyterian cemetery by a large concourse of elatives and friends. ed. 15 March 1876 issue. ETWILER - A little daughter of George Detwiler, councilman of the Fifth ard, Altoona, was burned to death on Monday week. Her clothing caught from ome coals that had fallen from the grate to the stone hearth. ed. 22 March 1876 issue. CKERT - Mrs. Nancy Eckert, the last survivor of the Brady family of the est Branch valley, died recently in Lycoming county. She was the randdaughter of Captain John Brady, the Indian fighter. ed. 29 March 1876 issue. .S. o subscribe, unsubscribe or visit the PABLAIR mailing list archives, go to ttp://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/blair.html o sign up for the Daily Uploads mailing list of PA USGenWeb Archives, go to ttp://www.usgwarchives.net/mailman/listinfo/padailyuploads ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PABLAIR-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message