OBIT: Henry C. BRUMBAUGH, 1880, Smithtown, Blair County, PA

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FATAL ACCIDENT.
Henry C. Brumbaugh Crushed to Death Between Two Cars.

  Yesterday morning an accident occurred at the lower shops resulting 
in the death of a workman named Henry C. Brumbaugh.  He was at work on 
a car standing in the yard and was looking under it to see that repairs 
were needed to the brake chain.  In some way another car was started 
toward the one he was working with.  He had his back turned toward it 
and did not see the car coming.  In an instant it caught his head 
between the deadwoods and crushed it terribly.  Two or three workmen 
saw the car coming and did every thing in their power to stop it but 
the distance was too short.  When struck Mr. Brumbaugh fell to the 
ground and gasped once or twice but did not speak.  Coroner Humes was 
notified and held an inquest.  The following jury were chosen: F. S. 
Ball, A. C. Lytle, E. B. Wall, John L. Burley, S. L. Hewit and Levi 
Geesey.  After hearing the testimony they rendered a verdict of 
accidental death and exculpated any one from blame.  Mr. Brumbaugh was 
a married man living in Smithtown, a suburb of the city.  He was aged 
about 50 years, and leaves a wife and several young children to mourn 
his demise.  The body was taken home after the inquest.  The injuries 
were entirely confined to the head, the forehead being crushed in.  So 
great was the force with which the car struck that it is said to have 
rebounded back several feet.  He served in the war of the rebellion in 
Company B, One hundred and twenty-fifth Pennsylvania volunteers, and 
was a member of the Garfield and Arthur Veteran Club.  He had a brother 
killed on the railroad, in the vicinity of Martinsburg, some years ago.  
The funeral will take place at 10:30 o'clock on Sunday morning; 
services in the Chestnut Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, of which 
the deceased was a member.  Friends of the family are invited to attend 
the funeral.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, September 18, 1880

1880 Altoona, Blair County census -
Henry C. Brumbaugh, 49 
Rebecca E. Brumbaugh, 45 
William H. Brumbaugh, 21 
Jacob Brumbaugh, 17 
John E. Brumbaugh, 15 
Harry C. Heeter, 13, step son

Floyd G. Hoenstine, Soldiers of Blair County -
Brumbaugh, Henry C., Pvt. H, 103d Pa. Inf., 1831-1880, Fairview 
cemetery, Altoona