OBIT: Joseph W. LAFFERTY, 1916, formerly of Blair County, PA

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JOSEPH W. LAFFERTY

  Joseph W. Lafferty, a former resident of Altoona, died on Friday, 
December 22 at Norfolk, Neb.  Deceased was a brother of George 
Lafferty, formerly of 328 Fourth avenue and who died last January.  He 
was a veteran of the Civil war, having served as a member of the 
Twelfth Pennsylvania cavalry.  He will be remembered by the older 
residents of this vicinity.  Soon after the close of the war he went 
west but had been back several times on visits.  For a number of years 
he served as postmaster at Wisner, Neb.  He was a member of the G.A.R. 
at Norfolk and was held in high esteem by the people of that town and 
at Norfolk.  One sister, Mrs. Daniel Sipe, of Ebensburg, is still 
living and is the only surviving member of the family.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, January 1, 1917