OBIT: Charles B. McDERMITT, 1880, Glen White, Blair County, PA

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TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Charles B. McDermitt Killed on the Railroad.

  Yesterday morning Charles B. McDermitt, a character well known in 
this city, was injured on the railroad in the mountains to such an 
extent that he died in about three hours.  On Monday he came from Glen 
White, his home, to Altoona, accompanying his wife, who was on her way 
to Huntingdon to see her father who is ill.  When Charles arrived in 
Altoona he soon fell in with some of his boon companions, and together 
they had a good time.  He left here yesterday morning and proceeded to 
Kittanning Point.  From there he stared to walk up the branch railroad 
to Glen White.  It is supposed that while on his journey he laid down 
on the track and went to sleep.  About 11 o'clock a train struck him 
and he was injured very seriously.  One leg was cut off, one eye gouged 
out and his breast was injured.  The poor fellow was still alive when 
picked up.  He was tenderly cared for and a physician from Altoona was 
summoned, but he lived only about three hours.  "Charlie," as he was 
familiarly known, was for many years a resident of Altoona, and took 
too active a part in politics for his own good.  A short time since he 
moved to Glen White and has been living there until the time of his 
death.  He spent his younger days in Gaysport, this county, and his 
family is one which has always stood well in the community.  Charlie 
was not a model man, but he was his own worst enemy.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, September 16, 1880

The Late Charles B. McDermott.

EDS. TRIBUNE: I see by the Local News of Huntingdon, copied from the 
Altoona TRIBUNE, September 16, the death of my husband, Charles 
McDermott. The Altoona newspapers never failed to publish the doings of 
a man made crazy by drink, after putting it before the eyes of the 
former and preventing him from getting work in the shops; but they 
forgot to say he was a brave soldier and served three years and three 
months in the army.  The newspapers always put down every move a 
drunken man would do, at least when he is a poor man.  It don't make 
any difference if it hurts no one's feelings.

      MRS. ANNIE McDERMOTT.
    Huntingdon, Pa., November 11, 1880

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, November 12, 1880