OBIT: HUNTER Children, 1880, Tyrone, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ The Diphtheria Scourge at Tyrone. All four of the children of C. [sic] M. Hunter, of Tyrone, aged respectively about 1, 3, 4 and 6 years, have died of diphtheria within a week. One was buried on Friday afternoon one week ago, having died that morning. The 4-year-old died Wednesday and was buried Thursday morning, and the bodies of the oldest and youngest were buried yesterday. The mother of the stricken family is convalescing having had a severe attack of the same disease. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, December 4, 1880 1880 Tyrone, Blair County census - R. M. Hunter, 33 Kate Hunter, 23 Ada Hunter, 5 James Hunter, 4 Nellie Hunter, 3 Robert Hunter, 5/12 Blair County Genealogical Society, Blair County Cemeteries: Grandview, Tyrone - Nellie Meritt Hunter, 3y, i. 11/27/1880 James R. Hunter, 5y, i. 12/2/1880 Adie F. Hunter, 6y 2m, i. 12/3/1880 Robert Hunter, Jr., 1y, i. 12/3/1880