OBIT: John R. DILLON, 1885, Blair County, PA

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Death of a Tyrone Artist.

From our Tyrone correspondent:  "Yesterday afternoon, after a long
period of ill health, the last two weeks of which was spent in bed,
Mr. J. Dillon the artist, breathed his last, at the boarding house of
Mrs. Gibboney, on Hill street, which place he had made his home since
his arrival here from Philadelphia some two years ago, and at which
place his family resides.  Very little is known of him here, as he
seldom went into company, and was somewhat exclusive in his habits.
He died of pulmonary trouble.  He was a devoted Catholic.  His body
was sent to Philadelphia last night on Philadelphia Express.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Monday, July 20, 1885, page 4

OBITUARY.

John R. Dillon, father of Rev. John Dillon, formerly rector of St.
Malachi's Roman Catholic Church, and now of St. Bernard's, Easton,
Pa., died at Tyrone, Pa., on Sunday, in his sixty-sixth year.  Mr.
Dillon resided at 1321 South Broad street, and was a prominent
portrait painter.

Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pal, Wednesday, July 22, 1885,
page 2