OBIT: Joseph ROBERTSON, 1901, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ RECORD OF DEATHS. JOSEPH ROBERTSON. At 12.15 o'clock yesterday afternoon Joseph Robertson died at his home in Collinsville, of catarrh of the stomach. He had been ailing several weeks. Deceased was born in Blair county, December 25, 1833, and had resided in the vicinity of Altoona for twenty-nine years. He was a member of the First United Brethren church and was much esteemed in a wide circle of friends. He was a veteran of the civil war, having served in company D, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. He is survived by his wife and five children - Mrs. Jennie Heisler, Ellsworth, Jacob, Carrie and George, all at home. The funeral will take place at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, July 1, 1901, page 5 FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT. The funeral of Mr. Joseph Robertson will take place from his home in Collinsville at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Interment in Collinsville cemetery. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, July 2, 1901, page 1