OBIT: Daniel Russel HOWLAND, 1899, Blair Furnace, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ DANIEL RUSSEL HOWLAND Died at 3:40 o'clock Saturday afternoon at his home at Blair Furnace, of tuberculosis, aged 38 years. He was a telegraph operator by occupation and had worked in the telegraph tower at Blair Furnace. He leaves a wife and five children, all girls, the oldest being 10 years. The funeral took place this afternoon at 3 o'clock from his late residence. Interment in Asbury cemetery. Altoona Mirror, Monday, September 4, 1899, page 8