OBIT: Richard M. RORABACHER, 1880, Blair Township, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS. "Earth to Earth" On Monday all that was mortal of Richard M. Rorabacher was entombed in the Lutheran cemetery at this place. Mr. Rorabacher was one of the early settlers of Hollidaysburg. Thirty odd years ago he removed to the south side of the reservoir, where he resided up to the hour of his death, which occurred on Saturday morning last, aged 74 1/2 years. Although a man of small earthly possessions and a hard worker, earning his bread by the sweat of his brow, he was ever ready to give to the destitute and hungry. The good book says after summing up the many desirable traits in a holy life "the greatest of these is charity." This rare virtue was one of the prominent traits in the life of the deceased, and the tears from the sorrowing eyes of more than one orphan which he has sheltered, fed and clothed will be shed over his grave. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, October 26, 1880 Died. RORABACHER - On the 23d inst., at Reservoir, near Hollidaysburg, Richard M. Rorabacher, aged 74 years, 6 months and 10 days. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, October 26, 1880 1880 Blair Township, Blair County census - St. Clair Roarbacher, 45 Editha Roarbacher, 28 Bryan B. Roarbacher, 7 Richard Roarbacher, 74 Elizabeth Roarbacher, 56 1870 Blair Township, Blair County census - Brien Rohrabacher, 67 Gracy Rohrabacher, 50 Dick Rohrabacher, 63 Elizabeth Rohrabacher, 40 St. Clair Rohrabacher, 28 1860 Blair Township, Blair County census - Richard Roaravat [sic], 50 Elizth Roaravat, 39 Lefetter Roaravat, 19 St. Clair Roaravat, 15