OBIT: David P. HARVEY, 1899, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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DAVID P. HARVEY.

  Last evening at 5 o'clock David P. Harvey, a veteran of the civil 
war, died of heart trouble at his home, 1823 Twelfth avenue.  He was 
born April 1, 1835, at Shirleysburg, Huntingdon county, Pa.  On the 
25th of December, 1869, he married Miss A. J. Cunningham at Marion 
Centre, Indiana county, Pa.  He came to Altoona from Bolivar in 1897, 
and has resided in this city since that time.  Besides his wife, Mr. 
Harvey is survived by one son, Albert L., a Pennsylvania Railroad 
company telegraph operator of this city.
  When the Nineteenth Pennsylvania volunteer cavalry was organized he 
became a member of company F of that organization.  He also served in 
the One Hundred and Tenth regiment, infantry, Pennsylvania volunteers, 
after his enlistment expired in the cavalry regiment, and has a record 
of honorable service throughout the entire rebellion.  He was a member 
of the Methodist Episcopal church at Bolivar, and belonged to Captain 
John Coulter post No. 244, Grand Army of the Republic, of Bolivar.
  The remains will be taken to Shirleysburg on Saturday morning for 
interment.

Morning Tribune, Friday, June 23, 1899