OBIT: William HOOK, 1899, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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WILLIAM HOOK,

A well-known resident of this city, and an ex-engineer of the 
Pennsylvania railroad, Middle division, died at the home of his son, 
James Hook, 1429 Ninth avenue, of dropsy of the heart, at 2:30 o'clock 
yesterday afternoon. He had been ailing almost a year.  Deceased was 
born in Blair county, October 17, 1838, and for many years had been a 
resident of Altoona.  He was a veteran of the civil war, having served 
with Captain Harry Wayne's company, Sixty-second regiment; also of the 
Second Pennsylvania cavalry. For thirty-three years he had followed 
railroading, and was held in high esteem by all who knew him.  He is 
survived by these sons and daughters: James, Roy and Harry, of Altoona; 
Howard, of Pittsburg; Mrs. Laura Rodgers, of Cleveland, and Jessie 
Hook, of Altoona.  He is also survived by these brothers and sisters: 
Samuel Hook, of Altoona; Clayton Hook, of Bellwood, and Mrs. Martha 
Brown, of Harrisburg.  Funeral services will be conducted at the house 
on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, by Rev. Thomas S. Wilcox, pastor 
of the Eighth Avenue Methodist church.  Interment in Fairview cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Tuesday, September 19, 1899, page 8