OBIT: George B. DONAHAY, 1895, formerly of Blair County, PA

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CAPTAIN G. B. DONAHAY.

Formerly of this city, died at Williamsport on Saturday.  He was married
to Miss Fannie Watson, daughter of Jackson and Elizabeth Watson,
deceased, of Altoona, and sister of J. M. Watson, the gunsmith, and
Misses Sadie and Eliza Watson of 1010 Howard avenue.  During the war the
deceased was captain of Company D, Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves.  He
was in the Andersonville prison for nine months, and after his release
was unable, on account of ill health, resulting from the hardships and
exposure of prison life, to re-enter the army, in which he had an
honorable record as a brave soldier.  The funeral took place today from
the residence of the deceased in Williamsport.

Altoona Mirror, February 25, 1895