OBIT: Barney GAVAN, 1862, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Marlene Stone Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ DIED - FATAL ACCIDENT - Barney Gavan, watchman at the new round house, Altoona, was run over by an engine, last Friday, and so badly injured that he died in about two hours afterward. The Tribune says it is not known exactly how he got under the engine, but as he was an old man and frail, it is supposed that in attempting to cross the track he fell, and the engineer, who was backing his engine on the siding, did not see him until he had passed over him. Both his legs were crushed from the body to the knees. Democratic Standard, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, November 19, 1862 1850 Huntingdon, Huntingdon County census - Barney Gavin, 40, laborer, b. Ireland