OBIT: Charles ELDER, 1899, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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BURIED AT HOLLIDAYSBURG.

  The Pittsburg Post of December 4 contained the following item:
  "Charles Elder, a negro 50 years old, died early yesterday morning in 
the western penitentiary, where he was serving a term for felonious 
assault and battery.  Heart failure superinduced by asthma, was the 
cause of death.  Elder lived in Hollidaysburg and was sentenced to 
prison from Blair county to serve two years and eight months.  He 
arrived at the penitentiary last January.  He was a veteran of the 
civil war and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.  He 
Hollidaysburg Grand Army post took charge of the remains, which were 
sent east last night."
  The remains were interred at Hollidaysburg yesterday morning.

Morning Tribune, Tuesday, December 5, 1899