OBIT: John H. EHMAN, 1889, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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Tragic and Untimely Death.

  John H. Ehman, an inspector in the Tyrone yard, met with an accident 
about 8 o'clock yesterday morning, which cost him his life a short time 
afterward.  He was working under some cars, when a section of loaded 
cars ran into the one under which he was working, causing it to pass 
over his legs, mangling and cutting them in a horrible manner.  He was 
brought to the station at Tyrone, and Dr. Gemmil summoned, who at once 
saw the serious nature of the accident, and informed the patient that 
he had but a short time to live.  He died a short time after 12 
o'clock, after his will had been dictated to a notary.  He was 
conscious to the last.  He was born in the kingdom of Bavaria, on March 
19, 1837, and was therefore in the 43d year of his age.  He was the son 
of J. Leonard Ehman, and spent the greater portion of his life in 
Tyrone.  He was married on December 24, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth J. 
McFarland.  He leaves no children, but a loving wife survives to mourn 
his tragic and untimely end.  His father, one brother and three sisters 
survive him, who are, George Ehman, Mrs. Catharine Troutwine and Miss 
Henriette Ehman, of Tyrone, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wichum, of Altoona.  He 
was a member of Col. D. M. Jones Post, 172, G.A.R., and also a 
consistent member of the German Lutheran church.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, July 30, 1889