OBIT: James Arthur KENNEDY, 1918, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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KENNEDY.

  James Arthur Kennedy of Tyrone, one of the drafted men from the 
second county district sent to the army training camp at Camp Lee, 
Petersburg, Va., died as the result of a complete nervous breakdown at 
the Blair county hospital at 11.30 o'clock Sunday night.  Private 
Kennedy, before being drafted into the army, had not been in the best 
of health, but was accepted by the Tyrone draft board physicians.  He 
took an appeal on physical grounds to the medical advisory board, but 
was also passed by them and was sent to Camp Lee on April 3.  He was 
only at camp a short time until he was taken sick and then suffered a 
complete nervous breakdown.  His father, James A. Kennedy of Tyrone, 
was notified and brought him home to Tyrone, then having him admitted 
to the Blair county hospital on April 22, a week ago yesterday, but his 
condition rapidly grew worse.  Kennedy was aged 27 and was born near 
Huntingdon.  He had resided in Tyrone for twenty years and was a 
graduate of the Tyrone High school, also having attended Zeth Business 
college in this city.  Before being sent to Camp Lee he was employed as 
a stenographer by Superintendent Patton at the Huntingdon reformatory.  
He was a member of the First Presbyterian church and the New Century 
club of Tyrone.  He is survived by his parents and two brothers, 
William and Robert at home.  The body was brought to the home of the 
parents in Tyrone yesterday afternoon and the funeral arrangements will 
be announced later.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, April 30, 1918