OBIT: George WETCHER, 1893, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Altoona Tribune
Monday, February 6, 1893

Died at 5:30 o'clock this morning, at the residence of his son-in-law, David 
Koch, corner of Lexington avenue and Ninth street.  The cause of his death 
seems to have been general debility incident to old age, with kidney 
complications,  The deceased was born in Darmstadt, Germany, March 21, 1816, 
and was consequently in his seventy-seventh year.  He emigrated to this 
country some fifty-six years ago and settled at Petersburg, where he operated 
a broom factory.  He remained in Petersburg till about 1876, when he removed 
with his family to Altoona, which has since been his home.  He is survived by 
his aged wife and two daughters.  The daughters are both married, one being 
the wife of David Koch and the other of J. W. Barnhart, of Sixth avenue and 
Fifth street.  The funeral will take place on Wednesday afternoon at 2 
o'clock.  Interment in Oak Ridge cemetery.

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