OBIT: James A. McCONNELL, 1895, native of Blair County, PA

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JAMES A. McCONNELL,

Whose illness has been frequently referred to in these columns, died at 
9:10 o'clock last evening of paralysis of the brain, at the home of his 
sister, Mrs. Mary McIntosh, 949 Seventeenth street.  Mr. McConnell was 
born in Hollidaysburg, January 29, 1851, and was quite young when he 
was brought to this city by his mother.  He learned the trade of a 
machinist, in the Altoona shops, and was foreman of the frame gang in 
the erecting department when, in 1864, he accepted the position of 
master mechanic of the Norfolk and Western shops in Roanoke, Va.  In 
1889 he resigned this position and had since been engaged as a 
contracting and real estate dealer in Roanoke.  On July 13, he arrived 
in this city on a visit to his relatives, and three weeks later he was 
suddenly stricken with the disease that caused his death.  Mr. 
McConnell enjoyed a wide acquaintance in the city and county, and his 
untimely death will be sincerely regretted by hosts of friends.  The 
blow is a particularly severe one to his aged mother.  On February 21, 
1884, the deceased was married to Miss Rosie O'Donnell, who was killed 
in Roanoke four years later by a stone thrown from a stone quarry by a 
blast.  Besides his mother, he leaves one brother, William T. 
McConnell, and one sister, Mrs. Mary McIntosh, all of this city.  Mr. 
McConnell was a member of the Catholic church.  He also belonged to the 
Roanoke branch of the Order of Elks.  The funeral will take place at 
8:30 o'clock Saturday morning.  Requiem mass will be celebrated at the 
Sacred Heart Catholic church.  Interment in St. John's cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., September 19, 1895