OBIT: Frank E. LYTLE, 1881, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ FRANK E. LYTLE. Decease of Altoona's Former City Engineer. News was received in Altoona on Saturday afternoon that Frank E. Lytle, a well-known citizen and at one time City Engineer, had died suddenly while at Point Pleasant, N.J., during the afternoon. He had been for a month engaged in running a railroad line along the Jersey shore to connect the different watering places. Just before he left Altoona he was talking one day with a gentleman of the triumphs of mind over matter and the great scientific truths that had been discovered, and he spoke of the limit beyond which humanity cannot investigate. They know that things do happen, but cannot tell why; they know that matter was created, but cannot give the laws governing its formation; they know that man has a spirit, but no man has investigated its hereafter. That great secret is solved by each man alone. How quickly came the summons and how unexpectedly was all the great hereafter made known to Mr. Lytle. Deceased was a man of very considerable intelligence and a great reader of scientific works. He was at the time of his decease about 52 years of age. Few particulars have yet been received of his death which is generally supposed to have been caused by apoplexy. The body will arrive in Altoona on Fast line this evening and the funeral will take place on Tuesday afternoon from his late residence on Chestnut avenue near Seventh street. Mr. Lytle came originally from Hollidaysburg. He has a brother living at Tipton, a sister at Tyrone, and a brother-in-law, Aleck Kerr, living in this city, besides numerous other relatives. At one time he was Register and Recorder at Ebensburg, and a better and handsomer set of books were never kept than those under his charge. A wife and several children are left to mourn his decease. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, January 17, 1881 Died. LYTLE. - At Point Pleasant, New Jersey, on January 15, 1881, E. F. Lytle, Esq., of this city, aged 58 years and 1 month. Funeral will take place from his late residence on Chestnut avenue near Eighth street, on Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, January 18, 1881 CITY AND COUNTRY. Things Briefly Told. Harry Lytle, son of the late F. E. Lytle, arrived home last night from Minnesota. It was impossible to get here sooner. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, January 21, 1881 1880 Altoona, Blair County census - Franklin E. Lytle, 51 Eliza J. Lytle, 45 Frank H. Lytle, 26 Henrietta Lytle, 26