OBIT: John B. FIGART, 1893, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ John B. Figart Died of dropsy at his home, 918 1/2 Eighth avenue, at 3:30 yesterday afternoon, aged 72 years, 5 months and 1 day. Deceased was a Christian man, having been a member of the Baptist church for forty-nine years. He leaves to survive him his wife and eleven children, as follows: Alexander, Thomas, John, William, Mrs. Anna Hileman, and Margaret, of this city; Mrs. Shellenberger, of Reese; Mrs. Smythe, of Jefferson county; George, of Ohio; Daniel, of Frankstown, and Mrs. Frances Rutt, of Colorado. Funeral services will be conducted as his late residence at 12:30 o'clock tomorrow, after which the remains will be taken to Hollidaysburg and at 2:30 in the afternoon the interment will be made in the Presbyterian cemetery at that place. Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Monday Evening, June 5, 1893