OBIT: Harold A. FORD, 1909, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ H. A. FORD Man's Body Found In River. Harrisburg, Pa., April 21. - The body of H. A. Ford, a clerk in the office General Superintendent Creighton, of the Pennsylvania, Railroad, at Altoona was found in the Susquehanna river at Steelton. Ford disappeared March 29, after having taken a Cumberland Valley railroad train in this city. Tyrone Herald, Tyrone, Pa., April 22, 1909 Well Known in Tyrone Harold Ford, the young man who was found drowned in the Susquehanna river, near Harrisburg, was quite well known in Tyrone as he often attended the dances held by the young folks in the assembly hall of the First National Bank building. The body was taken to Altoona on Wednesday, April 21, by his brother-in-law, the Rev. E. R. McCauley, pastor of the Lutheran church at that place. The exact manner in which the young man met his death will probably never be known, as Rev. McCauley worked out every available clue at Harrisburg, but was unable to learn any thing. The body was decomposed, showing that it had been in the river some time, and it is probable that Ford met death on March 30. During the afternoon and evening of the day before with a number of companions, he had been around seeing the sights of Harrisburg, and late in the evening he left his companions near the State Capitol, stating that he was going to the Railroad clubhouse. His companions were all college students, and they were to meet the next day and go to Carlisle. When Ford left Altoona, he had a roll of bank notes containing somewhere near $300 dollars, and when the body was found only a few dollars remained. Against the theory of robbery, however, is the fact that the young man's gold watch and chain and diamond ring, were all intact. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made. Tyrone Herald, Tyrone, Pa., April 29, 1909