OBIT: John Thompson IRVIN, 1918, Bald Eagle, Blair County, PA

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J. T. IRWIN [sic] DEAD

  John Thompson Irvin, of Bald Eagle, the well known mail carrier, died 
at 5 o'clock yesterday morning from pneumonia.  The young man carried 
mail on route No. 3 and worked as late as last Wednesday.  The was a 
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson Irvin and was born at Port Matilda, 
January 27, 1893.  He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church 
and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  Surviving are his parents, 
four sisters and one brother, who are as follows: Mrs. Hose [Hosea] 
Woomer, of Tyrone, Florence, Harry, Cora and Nellie all at home.  
Funeral arrangements will be completed today.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Morning, November 21, 1918