OBIT: Hugh McCLELLAN, 1886, Antis Township, Blair County, PA

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  Last Saturday night a very sad lamentable accident happened to an old 
man of the name of Hugh McClellan, 68 years of age.  During the 
inquest, several facts were made known which clearly proved beyond the 
shadow of a doubt, that the unfortunate man was considerably 
intoxicated at the time of his sudden death.  A bottle filled with rum 
was found on his body.  Another, broken evidently at the time he was 
struck, lay at his side.  He was struck near the west end of No. 13, 
Cold Spring bridge, near Grazierville.  He was killed by Spruce Creek 
work train, and his remains were interred at Charlottsville at 10 a.m. 
Monday morning last.  In reality it was the infernal rum that killed 
him, at the ripe age of 68 years.

Tyrone Herald, Tyrone, Pa., May 20, 1886

1880 Snyder Township, Blair County census -
Hugh McClellan, 63 
Mary McClellan, 62 
Clara McClellan, 17

1870 Snyder Township, Blair County census -
Hugh McClellan, 52, teamster 
Mary McClellan, 52
Alex McClellan, 23 
James McClellan, 18 
Hannah McClellan, 16 
Clara McClellan, 7