OBIT: John D. STRAYER, 1886, Ore Hill, Blair County, PA

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FROM ORE HILL.
John D. Strayer Ruptures a Blood Vessel and Dies From the Effects.

  To our correspondent at Ore Hill we are indebted for the following 
item:
  On last Saturday morning, John D. Strayer, familiarly known in this 
community as "Polk," was at work as usual hauling ore from the mines to 
the cars for shipment.  He was one of the stoutest and most hearty men 
employed here, and was always considered a first-class teamster.  To 
help his team out of a tight place on that morning, he lifted very 
heavily at the sled, which had slipped into a rut and in so doing 
ruptured a blood vessel in one of his lungs.  He shortly after 
complained of feeling badly, and at once went to his home.  Dr. Garver, 
of Roaring Spring, was sent for and did all he could for the 
unfortunate man, but to no avail.  He lingered on until Tuesday 
evening, when he peacefully breathed his last.  He enlisted in the 
nine-month service of the late civil war, under Captain McGraw, in 
company C, 205th regiment, and after which time he was honorably 
discharged, but re-entered the service by enlistment August 25, 1864, 
and served in the 205th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, under 
Captain Speice, until he was again honorably discharged June 2, 1865, 
at Alexandria, Va.  He was a very good hearted man and will be much 
missed by all his friends, but by none more than his wife and five 
children who survive him.  A large concourse of relatives and friends 
followed his remains to the Brethren church, about one mile from 
Roaring Springs [sic], where the funeral services were conducted by 
Rev. Michael Claar on Thursday afternoon.  The deceased was 41 years, 4 
months and 24 days old.  We trust he is at peace with his God, who 
alone can comfort the grief of the bereaved family.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., February 4, 1886