OBIT: John MORGAN, 1899, formerly of Blair County, PA

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JOHN MORGAN.

  A letter received in this city from Sacramento, Cal., announces the 
death of John Morgan, a former resident of Hollidaysburg, and a brother 
of Martin Morgan, of the county capital, and Rogers Morgan, of this 
city.  Death was caused by a pinch or grip of the arm by an old friend 
who thus manifested his friendship.  The injury caused a distortion of 
the sinews and flesh which resulted fatally.  Mr. Morgan left 
Hollidaysburg in 1858, when he was a young man.  At Leavenworth, Kan., 
he joined the federal expedition under General Albert Sidney Johnston, 
which went to Utah to suppress the Mormons.  From there he journeyed 
overland to California and engaged in mining for a number of years.  
Later he was in rail road work and at the time of his death was a 
passenger engineer in the employ of the Southern Pacific.  He was aged 
63 years and is survived by his wife and two married daughters.  He was 
of a genial disposition and very popular. 

Morning Tribune, Monday, November 20, 1899