OBIT: John H. RESSLER, 1875, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MS Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ THREE RAILROADERS KILLED Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, John H. Ressler and John Murray, the former an engineer, aged thirty-three years, and the latter a fireman, aged about twenty-four years, met with their death in a very sudden manner near the upper end of the company's yard, in this city, They were walking on the track and were overtaken by a section of a freight train, knocked down, run over, horribly mangled and instantly killed. Mr. Ressler resided at the corner Seventh avenue and Twentieth street, and leaves a wife and three children, Mr. Murray resided at the corner of Margaret avenue and seventeenth street, and was the son of Wm. Murray, the well known Eleventh avenue merchant. He leaves a wife and three children. SUN The Register, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, April 7, 1875 Probably 1870 Blair Township, Blair County census - John Ressler, 27 Susan Ressler, 23 Adie H. Ressler, 3 Lizzie Ressler, 1 1880 Penn Township, Huntingdon County census - John Foust, 38 Mary Foust, 38 Adie Ressler, 14, boarder, works on farm