OBIT: Glendower Robert McMULLIN, 1899, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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SMALLPOX VICTIM DIES FROM  DISEASE
Glendower Robert McMullin, 29, 523 Fourth Avenue, Contracted Malady in 
Cleveland

  Glendower Robert McMullin, aged 29, of 523 Fourth avenue, died at his home 
yesterday morning at 5:15 o'clock, of small-pox, after an illness extending 
over a period of nearly four weeks.  He is the first death from that disease 
in the city, for many years.
  McMullin had formerly worked for the Pennsy in this city.  He was employed 
in a munitions plant at Cleveland, O., until last fall when he returned home 
in ill health.  He failed to improve and small-pox developed early in 
January.  He was quarantined first as a suspect, but later the malady was 
apparent in a more advanced stage, and he gradually grew weaker.
  McMullin was the son of John, deceased, and Mrs. Anna McMullin.  He was 29 
years old on December 21st.  He was unmarried, and is survived by his mother, 
two brothers and a foster-brother: Charles E., and William McMullin, and 
Robert Murphy, all of this city.  He was a member of the Church of the 
Brethren.
  The body was prepared for burial yesterday and at 10:30 o'clock last night 
it was taken to Rose Hill cemetery, and interred.  All members of the 
household had been vaccinated, and the patient was isolated at all times 
since small-pox developed.

Altoona Tribune, Saturday, February 15, 1919