OBIT: David BURNS, 1912, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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DAVID BURNS,

A well known retired shopman, died at 10:30 this morning at his home, 
804 Fourth avenue, of a complication of diseases, due to old age. He 
had been ill about a year, though only confined to his bed for three 
months. He was born June 20, 1837, near Tipton, being the last 
surviving member of a family of sixteen children. He came to Altoona in 
1861, entering the Pennsylvania railroad wheel foundry that same year, 
and had been employed by the company from then until he was retired, in 
1902. He was married, the first time, on July 4, 1861, to Lydia 
Houseman (deceased), being again married, April 17, 1907, to Minerva K. 
Weibley, who survives, with one daughter by the first marriage, Mrs. 
Ada Rainey of this city. He was a member of the First Lutheran church 
and of the Pennsylvania railroad relief. Public funeral services will 
be held at the house at 2:30 Friday afternoon, follows by private 
interment in Fairview cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, June 18, 1912, p. 12, col. 2