OBIT: E. W. DAVIS, 1874, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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DAVIS - E. W. Davis, manager of the Altoona Rolling Mill, died
suddenly, on Friday last.

The Register, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, April 29, 1874


DEATH OF E. W. DAVIS. - Mr. E. W. Davis, manager of the Altoona
Rolling Mill, located near Allegheny Furnace, died very unexpectedly
at his residence in this city on Friday last.  He had been in delicate
health for some time past, yet the members of his family did not
realize that he was so near death's door, and in consequence the dread
summons came to them with crushing force.  Mr. Davis continued to
exercise a personal supervision over the Rolling Mill until noon of
the day immediately preceding his death, when he returned to his
residence and died as stated.  At the time of his death Mrs. Davis was
on a visit to Pittsburgh, but had been summoned home by telegraph.
She arrived at the depot here on the Philadelphia express train on
Friday evening, at which time the sad intelligence of her husband's
death was first conveyed to her.  The body of the deceased,
accompanied by the members of the family, friends and relatives, was
taken to Pittsburgh on the Pacific express train on Saturday morning
for interment.  Mr. Davis is the second manager of the Altoona Rolling
Mill who has died within the past year, both of whom were from
Pittsburgh.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, April 30, 1874, page 3