OBIT: William McCLOSKEY, 1880, Blair Township, Blair County, PA

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HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.
A Sudden Death.

  On Monday evening, Mr. William McCloskey, a farmer living on the 
plank road, near Catfish, went to bed in good health. In the morning he 
was found dead in his bed.  It is supposed that heart disease was the 
cause of his death.  He was about 60 years of age.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, October 27, 1880

HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

  Yesterday William McCloskey, who died suddenly on Monday night, was 
buried in the Lutheran cemetery at this place.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, October 29, 1880

1880 Blair Township, Blair County census -
John McCloskey, 32 
Nannie McCloskey, 23 
Mollie McCloskey, 3 
Cora McCloskey, 2 
Charlie McCloskey, 11/12
William McCloskey, 58