OBIT: Joseph SPEILMAN, 1880, Blair Township, Blair County, PA

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HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.
Death's Doings.

  On Sunday night, at 11 o'clock, Joseph Speilman, aged 15 years, was 
relieved from his sufferings by death.  Last spring he submitted to a 
painful surgical operation and had a scrofulous tumor removed from his 
neck by Davis, of Philadelphia.  The tumor had attached itself to and 
entirely surrounded the main artery and in its removal it required the 
greatest skill, which was successfully done, but without the beneficial 
results hoped for, and the operation, it is believed, only hastened 
death.  The funeral will take place to-day from the residence of Mr. 
Speilman, at Y switches, at 10 o'clock and proceed to Newry, the place 
of interment.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, October 19, 1880

Died.

SPEALMAN - At Duncansville, on the 17th inst., Joseph M., son of David 
and Susan Spealman, aged 14 years, 11 months and 22 days.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, October 22, 1880

1880 Blair Township, Blair County census -
David Speilman, 60 
Susan Speilman, 50 
George Speilman, 29 
David Speilman, 18 
Jos. Speilman, 14