OBIT: Georgie HARKER, 1891, Freedom Township, Blair County, PA

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Death of a Child.

  Died, April 16, near East Freedom, after an illness of about seven 
weeks, little Georgie, son of Joseph and Alice Harker, aged 4 years and 
27 days.  Little Georgie was a bright little boy and the pet of the 
household.  But the little bud that had just begun to open is now gone 
to join the sweet angel songs in the spirit world.  The family circle 
is now broken and the little chair is vacant.  George was a flower too 
fair for earth's rude tempests, so the Father above transplanted him to 
the bowers of paradise, there to bloom forever.  O! how carefully he 
was watched over by his fond parents, his loving mother scarcely 
leaving him day or night, doing all in their power to relieve him of 
his sufferings.  May the good Lord comfort and sustain the father, 
mother, brothers and sisters in their sad bereavement.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, April 22, 1891

1880 Freedom Township, Blair County census -
Joseph Harker, 26 
M. Alice Harker, 23 
Henry Harker, 2 
Mary E. Harker, 5/12

1900 Blair Township, Blair County census -
Joseph F. Harker, 42 
Mary A. Harker, 42, 10 children, 8 living 
James H. Harker, 22 
Mary E. Harker, 20 
David J. Harker, 18 
Minnie B. Harker, 16 
Harvey B. Harker, 8 
Cora V. Harker, 6 
Leroy Harker 2/12 
John Harker, 3