OBIT: Joseph HART, Sr., 1900, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

  Joseph Hart, sr., a prominent resident of Hollidaysburg and a leading 
brick manufacturer of central Pennsylvania, died at his home, on Walnut 
street, on Saturday morning at 4.15 o'clock, after being a patient 
sufferer for --?-- months with diseases incident to his advanced years.  
The deceased was born [in Ger]many on October 6, 1826, and came to this 
country with his parents when 6 --?-- old.  They first resided in 
Cambria county, but soon thereafter came to this county where Mr. Hart 
spent his best --?--.  He was married on January 8, 1850, to Barbara 
Smith, daughter of Martin Smith, in St. Mary's church.  He is survived 
by his wife and the following --?-- children: Martin A., William, --?-- 
Mary, Mrs. John O'Brien, and --?--, of Hollidaysburg, and Mrs. Alice --
?-- of Allegheny City.  Mr. Hart served his country as a soldier in the 
civil war and was a member of Colonel William G. Murray post, No. 39, 
Grand Army of the Republic.  He was a successful brick manufacturer, a 
large employer of labor, and manufactured the brick used in the court 
house and --ehouse.  He was a man of sterling [honest]y, an excellent 
citizen and a kind and loving husband and father.  The funeral services 
will be held in St. Mary's church this morning at 9 o'clock.  Interment 
in St. Mary's cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Monday, January 15, 1900

HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

  The funeral services of the late Joseph Hart, sr., in St. Mary's 
church yesterday morning, were largely attended by mourning relatives, 
the veterans of Colonel William G. Murray post, No. 39, Grand Army of 
the Republic, and townspeople.  Rev. Father Sheehan paid an affecting 
tribute to the memory of the deceased.  He also made a patriotic 
allusion to the worth of the American soldier, claiming that he far 
exceeded in efficiency the Boer burgher or British grenadiers.  At the 
grave, in St. Mary's cemetery, the last honors of war were rendered by 
a firing squad from company C, commanded by Sergeant J. Dean Buoy.

Morning Tribune, Tuesday, January 16, 1900