OBIT: Mrs. John SWIRES, 1873, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MS Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ SWIRES - On the 9th inst., in the city of Altoona, of consumption, Mrs. John E. Swires, wife of John H. Swires, formerly of this place. The Register, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, April 23, 1873 Note: Listed both as John E. and John H. Swires. In the 1880 Altoona, Blair County census, there is a John H. Swires, widower, listed with three children, the youngest 8 years old.