OBIT: William EDMISTON, 1898, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MFS Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ WILLIAM EDMISTON. A well-known and respected citizen of this city, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. B. Murray, at Hagerstown, Md., yesterday, of diseases incident to old age. Deceased was 75 years of age on April 15, 1898. He had been a resident of this city the greater part of his life and had been a member of the Baptist church for the past fifty years. He is survived by his aged wife and these children: Frank B., John, Samuel C., Lewis, Mary, wife of S. H. Diehl, and Ellen, wife of William Herbert. The remains will be brought to Altoona for interment. Altoona Mirror, August 26, 1898