OBIT: Joseph LEWIS, 1915, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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JOSEPH LEWIS.

  At 12:40 yesterday afternoon Joseph Lewis, a well known and highly 
respected citizen of Tyrone, passed away at his home on Adams avenue, 
after a year's illness from paralysis.  Mr. Lewis was a son of the late 
Samuel and Ellen Lewis and was born on the old homestead in Bald Eagle 
valley April 14, 1857.  His boyhood days were spent on the farm, after 
which he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad company.  He 
rose in the service until as conductor he met with an accident which 
lost him a foot, after which he retired.  He resided in Philipsburg for 
a few years, but the last twenty-six years of his life were spent in 
Tyrone.  He was a devoted member of the Columbia Avenue Methodist 
Episcopal church.  He belonged also to the Sinking Spring lodge, 
Knights of Pythias.  About thirty years ago he was united in marriage 
with Miss Mary Ann McMonigal, who preceded him to the grave some years 
ago.  Two daughters, Mrs. William Reel, of Tyrone, and Mrs. Edgar 
Stouffer, of Huntingdon, survive, as well as the following named 
brothers and sisters: William, of Tyrone; Mrs. H. R. Woomer, of Bald 
Eagle; Robert, of Philipsburg; Mrs. Harriet Newman, of Tyrone; Wilson, 
of Tyrone; Henry, on the old homestead in Bald Eagle valley; Sanford, 
of Clearfield; Mrs. H. H. Ganoe, of Clearfield, and Samuel, of 
Punxsutawney.  The funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Altoona Tribune, January 5, 1915