OBIT: Joseph SALYARDS, 1899, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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JOSEPH SALYARDS,

An aged citizen, died at his home in Hollidaysburg, of Bright's disease, at 
9 o'clock last night.  He had been in ill health for two years.  The 
deceased was born at Alexandria, Pa., January 6, 1833, and was consequently 
aged 66 years.  His wife preceded him to the grave, May 29 of this year.  
Four children - William, Harry, Mrs. Jennie Howe, of Mahone, W.Va., and 
Clara, at home - survive him.  Mr. Salyards was a quiet, industrious man, an 
old boatman of canal days, and a veteran of the civil war.  He had been an 
employee of the Pennsylvania railroad company for more than thirty years.  
The funeral will take place Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock; interment in 
the Lutheran cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Tuesday, September 26, 1899, page 8