OBIT: James O'BRIEN, 1891, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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An Old Citizen Dead.

  Sunday afternoon James O'Brien, one of the oldest and most highly 
respected residents of this city, died at his home, No. 955 Seventeenth 
street, at half-past 3 o'clock, of general debility incident to old 
age.  He was born in Emmetsburg, Md., and would have been 85 years of 
age had he lived until the 3d of February.  For over thirty years he 
had been a faithful employe of the company and up until about a year 
ago he continued at his work, when the infirmities of old age 
multiplied so rapidly that he was forced to relinquish his position.  
He had been bedfast since New Year's day and, though his death was 
expected, yet it was a shock to his immediate family.  Besides his aged 
wife ten children survive, they being Mrs. A. J. Wills and Miss Ettie 
O'Brien, who reside at the parental residence; Mrs. John Zeak, of this 
city; Mrs. John Eirewein, of Buffalo; William and Charles O'Brien, of 
Columbus, O.; James, John, Margaret and Alice O'Brien, of Junction 
City, Kansas, and Levi O'Brien, of Gettysburg.  Several sisters also 
survive.  The funeral arrangements will be announced to-morrow.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, January 12, 1891