OBIT: Alexander A. SMYTH, 1899, formerly of Blair County, PA

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ALEXANDER A. SMYTH, A FORMER RESIDENT, DIES IN TITUSVILLE.

  The older members of the former volunteer fire department of Altoona 
will learn with regret of the death of Alexander A. Smyth who died at 
his home in Titusville on Saturday last.  He was aged 84 years and 
death was the result of disease incident to age.  He was the first 
chief of Altoona's fire department, having been appointed by council in 
1867.  On April 21, 1859, he presided at the meeting which led to the 
organization of the Good Will company No. 1 and was a member of the 
committee to draft a constitution and set of by-laws for the same, and 
which were adopted on May 7 of the same year.  For years he took an 
active part in matters concerning the fire department.  Deceased is 
survived by three daughters and three sons: Mrs. Mary Gochnauer, Mrs. 
Susan Pancake, Mrs. Eliza McSorley, all of Altoona; Alex. Smyth, of 
Sistersville, Va.; William Smyth, of Wilmerding, Pa., and Robert Smyth, 
of Buffalo, N.Y.

Morning Tribune, Tuesday, December 12, 1899