OBIT: Daniel COLCLESSER, 1887, Blair County, PA

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Daniel Colclesser.

Friday afternoon, April 29, at 2 o'clock, Daniel Colclesser, of
Eldorado, departed this life, without a struggle and after a short
illness, in the 80th year of his life.  The deceased was one of the
oldest and best known citizens of Blair county, having resided at the
place of his decease for over fifty years.  His wife died some six
years since.  Of their children, Mary, John, Samuel and Adie reside at
Eldorado; Henry, pastor of the North Wales Baptist church, at North
Wales, Montgomery county, and William at Cincinnati.  The deceased was
for fifty years a member of the Hollidaysburg Baptist church, and his
life was the life of a consistent Christian and an upright man.  The
funeral took place on Monday, May 2.  Interment in the Dunkard
graveyard, near Duncansville.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, May 5, 1887, page 3