OBIT: William PHILLIPS, 1880, of interest in Blair County, PA

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WILLIAM PHILLIPS.

  On Saturday morning William Phillips, who has made a reputation on 
the Pennsylvania railroad as an engineer who could be trusted on any 
occasion, and who was always to be relied upon, died at the residence 
of Robert Plenter, in Pittsburgh.  Mr. Phillips, who was in the 39th 
year of his age, had been sick for nearly a year past, his illness 
dating really from the time when he undertook the task of running the 
Jarrett & Palmer train en route to California from New York to 
Pittsburgh without a stop.  He accomplished the feat in less than 
schedule time, but the strain on the system was so severe that he never 
recovered from it.  He continued on duty, and was called upon 
invariably when a trusty man was required, but his health grew more 
precarious, and he was finally compelled to relinquish his position.  
His death occasions wide-spread sorrow among the employes of the 
company in this city, who hoped that a rest would restore him again to 
health.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, May 3, 1880