OBIT: Henry NEARIM, 1864, Blair County, PA

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HOMICIDE. - Just as we go to press, we learn that on last evening
(Wednesday) an old man named Henry Nearim, residing near Elizabeth
Furnace, in this county, was killed by his son Samuel Nearim.  From
what we can learn, it appears that the son was laboring under an
attack of "delirium tremens," and was making considerable noise up
stairs when his father went up to quiet him.  Mrs. Nearim says that
there was a scuffle after the old man went up stairs and then the
report of a gun.  On going up to learn the cause, it was found that
the old man had been shot through the head, the ball entering under
his chin and passing upwards, and that the young man was shot in the
forehead.  Mrs. N. states that there was but one report of a gun, and
it is thought that they may have been scuffling for its possession,
and that it was accidently put off.  The old man died in half an hour
after the occurrence.  The young man was badly injured.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, April 20, 1864, page 2