OBIT: Robert WELSH, 1864, Snyder Township, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MS Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ FATAL ACCIDENT - A man named Robert Welsh was killed on the railroad, a short distance below Tyrone station, on Wednesday evening last. He was walking on the west track and stepping out of the way of the fast line, was caught by a freight train and instantly killed. His body was frightfully mangled. He resided somewhere on the Allegheny mountain, had a wife and was perhaps fifty years of age. Democratic Standard, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, July 13, 1864 1860 Snyder Township, Blair County census - Robert Welch, 49 Ellen Welch, 20 Jacob Siller, 5