OBIT: Reuben MORGAN, 1880, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Found Dead in Bed.

  Yesterday morning a man giving his name as Reuben Morgan was found 
dead in bed in his room at McIntosh's boarding house, corner of Tenth 
avenue and Fourteenth street.  On Wednesday night the man was sitting 
at the Globe Hotel.  He was not drunk, but looked as though he had just 
come off a spree.  A friend, a man well known in this city and of good 
character, was with him.  About 4 o'clock in the morning his friend 
tried to get him home but Morgan replied that it was too early and he 
could not get in the house.  After further solicitation he went to bed 
at the Globe Hotel, his friend staying with him.  Later in the day he 
arose and paid his bill.  He then went before the Mayor and complained 
that he had been drugged and robbed.  But in this he was evidently 
mistaken, as no one was with him but his friend.  The clerk of the 
hotel said that he had very little money and that he could not have 
been robbed.  The fellow went home an on Thursday night went to bed at 
his boarding place.  Yesterday the members of the household were 
surprised to find the man dead in bed.  He had died during the night, 
probably from the effects of a prolonged spree.  Arrangements for the 
funeral have not yet been made.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, September 25, 1880

CITY AND COUNTRY.
Things Briefly Told.

  Reuben Morgan, who died under peculiar circumstances in this city 
last week, was buried on Saturday.  It appears that he had a physician 
toward the close of his life who knew he was dying.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, September 27, 1880

1880 Altoona, Blair County census -
Reuben Morgan, 38

Blair County Genealogical Society, Fairview Cemetery - 
Morgan, Reuben, i. 9/24/1880, 32y, no stone, Reserve