Allegheny County PA Archives- Obituaries: Skyles, Lincoln, 07 Jun 1897 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Martha Little, , Aug 2010 Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/ ________________________________________________ from The Pittsburgh Press dated Tuesday, June 8, 1897 (page 5): Lincoln SYKES, of Johnstown, died at the West Penn Hospital from injuries received at Dravosburg while crossing the railroad. (under an article titled, Echoes of the Night) from the City of Pittsburgh Death Records: Lincoln SKYLES, age 35 years, married, brakeman, died June 7, 1897, in West Penn Hospital, injured on Pennsylvania Railroad; son of John and Nancy SKYLES; born in Indiana County PA; burial in Johnstown PA cemetery on June 8, 1897. An obituary index of Johnstown paper Tribune notes surname as SKYLES.