OBIT: William J. SHIRLEY, 1916, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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WILLIAM J. SHIRLEY

  William J. Shirley, of 2214 Beale alley, died at his home at 11:45 
Tuesday evening of cerebral hemorrhages.  He had been ill fourteen 
years, following an accident in which he fell from a scaffold while 
working for contractors in charge of the construction work at the South 
Altoona shops.  He was born in Newry, January 28, 1841, the son of 
James and Mary Shirley, deceased.  He served in the Pennsylvania 
cavalry, Company G, Eleventh regiment, during the Civil war.  After the 
war he returned to this city, where he was married to Miss Sebina 
Hoover, September 10, 1865.  She survives with the following children: 
Mrs. Mary Gochenour, of Johnstown; Mrs. Jennie Miller, of Claysburg; 
Mrs. Cora Kuhn, Mrs. Lillie Doorman, William E. and Harry A., all of 
this city.  The funeral will be held with requiem mass at Sacred Heart 
church at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, followed by burial in Calvary 
cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Morning, November 30, 1916