OBIT: Samuel D. ALBRIGHT, Potter Creek, Bedford County, PA

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S. D. ALBRIGHT* 

  S. D. Albright, of Potter Creek, died Sunday, April 18, 1920, aged 80 
years and 7 months. He was born September 18, 1838, at Donnertown, 
about five miles south-west of Hollidaysburg, the son of John and 
Rebecca Albright, both deceased.
  Mr. Albright was twice married, first to Miss Miller, about the year 
1860. To this union were born the following children:  Ellen, Annie, 
Nathaniel and Barbara, twins who died in infancy, Malinda, Susie, John 
and Mary. March 18, 1899, he was united in marriage to Matilda E. 
Walter of Lafayettesville, by whom he is survived together with the 
following children:  Mrs. Malinda Holsinger of near Baker's Summit; 
Mrs. Susie Holsinger, of Henrietta; Mrs. Mary Lane, of Potter Creek, 
and John Albright of Altoona. He is also survived by two brothers, 
George, of near Baker's Summit, and William, of Roaring Spring. Forty-
six grandchildren and thirty-two great-grandchildren survive.
  The funeral was held in the Holsinger church on Wednesday forenoon of 
last week, conducted by his pastor, Rev. G.E. Yoder, assisted by Elder 
D.T. Detwiler. Interment in the cemetery near the church.
  The deceased was a consistent member of the Church of the Brethren 
for a number of years. He was a good citizen, an obliging neighbor, a 
kind and affectionate husband and father. To know him was to love him.

*Samuel D. Albright - ed.

Blair County Genealogical Society, Morrisons Cove Herald Obituary 
Collection, vol. 20, p. 20
Morrisons Cove Herald, Friday, April 30, 1920