OBIT: Adam FRANK, 1881, Bennington Furnace, Blair County, PA

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BENNINGTON BUBBLES.

  Died, at Bennington furnace, Friday, May 13, 1881, Adam Frank, aged 
58 years.  Mr. Frank was a member of Company A, Eighty-fourth Regiment 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and under the lead of the gallant and lamented 
Colonel Murray took part in the battle of Winchester, receiving a wound 
in the right leg which troubled him up to the time of his death.  
Deceased lately received a pension on account of the wound.  He leaves 
a wife and five children.  The funeral took place on Sunday, the 15th 
inst., a special train conveying the corpse and friends to 
Hollidaysburg.  The friends of the deceased desire to acknowledge the 
courtesy and kindness of General Superintendent Pugh, Chief Clerk 
Maitland and Superintendent Reilly shown them in arranging for a 
special train.  Farewell, Adam.  Peace to thy ashes.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, May 18, 1881