OBIT: John KRATZER, 1883, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2020. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Death of an Aged Man. John Kratzer, who was for many years a resident of Cold Spring Forge, near Tyrone, this county, and who was well and favorably known to many of the readers of the TRIBUNE, died suddenly at his home, Ashland Furnace, Cambria county, at 11 o'clock Monday morning. Mr. Kratzer was born in Centre county, this state, and had he lived until Friday, the 23d inst., would have attained the remarkable age of eighty-eight years. He left his native county early in life, settling at Cold Spring Forge, where he remained until some twenty-five years ago, when he removed to Ashland Furnace, which place he made his home until the moment of his death. He was the father of twelve children, nine of whom, with his aged wife, survive to mourn the departure of an affectionate husband and kind father. Some two years ago he had a slight paralytic stroke, since which time he had been gradually failing, though his death was entirely unexpected as he had been walking about the house not ten minutes before his death yesterday. Mr. Kratzer was a useful citizen and a good neighbor, a man who had the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. The remains will be interred in Fairview cemetery, this city, to-day. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, February 8, 1883, page 3 U.S., Find A Grave John Kratzer 23 Feb 1795, Centre County, Pa. - 5 Feb 1883, Cambria County, Pa. Fairview Cemetery, Altoona, Pa 1880 United States Federal Census Name: John Kratzer Age: 85 Birth Date: Abt 1795 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1880: Clearfield, Cambria, Pennsylvania , USA House Number: 29 Dwelling Number: 93 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital status: Married Spouse's name: Elizabeth Kratzer Father's Birthplace: Switzerland Mother's Birthplace: Maryland Occupation: Farmer John Kratzer 85 Elizabeth Kratzer 64 John Kratzer 39 David Kratzer 31 C. Elizabeth Kratzer 28 C. Louisa Kratzer 24 T. James Kratzer 20 1850 United States Federal Census Name: John Crotzer Age: 52 Birth Year: abt 1798 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1850: Snyder, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 93 John Crotzer 52 Elizabeth Crotzer 35 Ann E Crotzer 16 Sarah Crotzer 12 John Crotzer 10 Henry Crotzer 8 Same Crotzer 6 William Crotzer 4 David Crotzer 2