OBIT: John H. FRESH, 1899, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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JOHN H. FRESH.

  At his home in East End at 11.45 o'clock Saturday morning John H. 
Fresh, a much respected citizen, died from the effects of heart and 
stomach trouble, from which he had been a sufferer for the past six 
months.  On March 2, 1831, he was born in Alexandria, Huntingdon 
county, but for forty-three years past had been a resident of this 
city.  On May 18, 1856, he was married in Philadelphia, in St. John's 
Roman Catholic church, to Katharine M. Fleisher.  Mr. Fresh was at one 
time employed on the Portage railroad and later on the Pennsylvania, 
being in the latter's employ for sixteen years.  He served at one time 
as a member of the Altoona council.  He was at the time of death a 
member of St. John's Literary and Benevolent society.  During the civil 
war he served in the Pennsylvania cavalry under Captain, now Colonel 
Bell.  He is survived by ten children, as follows: George F., Thomas, 
John, James, Carl, Mary, Agnes, and Katharine, all at home.  Funeral 
services will be held in St. John's Roman Catholic church, of which he 
was a member, tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.  Interment in St. John's 
cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Monday, October 9, 1899