OBIT: John LEWIS, 1895, Tyrone, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ TYRONE TOPICS John Lewis died at the home of his brother-in-law, John Newman, 2125 Adams avenue, yesterday afternoon at 2.15 o'clock of pneumonia. He took sick Monday evening, March 18. He was born near Dix Station, Taylor township, Centre county, July 15, 1860, and at death was aged 34 years, 8 months and 9 days. He was married to Emma Woomer, of Olivia, in April, 1887, who died in this place April 13, 1892. To this union one son and two daughters were born, who have been rendered orphans - Oscar Ward, aged 7 years; Amber Ruth, aged 5 years, and Mabel Florence, aged 4 years. He is also survived by his father and mother, Samuel and Ellen Lewis, of Centre county, and also seven brothers and four sisters, viz: William, Joshua, Wilson, Henry, Samuel, Mrs. John Newman and Mrs. Andrew Friday, of Tyrone; Mrs. H. B. Woomer of Olivia; Robert, Sanford and Mrs. H. H. Ganoe, of Jersey Shore, Pa. He has been in the employ of the Tyrone division of the Pennsylvania railroad for several years. On March 5, 1888, he lost his left arm in a railway accident. After his recovery he was appointed to a place in the Tyrone yards, and at the time of his last sickness was day caller in the yards at this place. He was a member of the Second Methodist Episcopal church, in politics a stalwart republican, a member of the Pennsylvania Railroad Relief department, also a member of Good Will council No. 42, Junior Order United American Mechanics. Funeral services will be held in the Second Methodist Episcopal church, Columbia avenue and Eighteenth street, tomorrow morning at 10.30, to be conducted by Rev. V. T. Rue, his pastor. Interment to follow in the Olivia cemetery, which will be reached by overland conveyance. He was a good man, industrious and faithful in his calling, and will be sadly missed, socially, religiously and otherwise. Altoona Tribune, March 25, 1895