OBIT: Anthony SMITH, 1899, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ ANTHONY SMITH. Anthony Smith, a homeless traveler, who claimed Brooklyn as his native town, died at the hospital Tuesday of pneumonia. He was very ill when admitted January 1. Coroner McCartney investigated the death and turned the body over to the county undertaker. Smith was aged 65 years and a Catholic. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, January 5, 1899