OBIT: John J. WILLIAMS, 1882, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2020. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS. DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN. At 1:15 o'clock on Friday morning, John J. Williams, esq., an old and greatly respected citizen, died after an illness of over four months. The deceased was 76 years and 6 months old, was a machinist and boiler maker by trade, having worked for the last thirty-five years in the McFarland foundry. He was perhaps the oldest Odd Fellow in the county, having been a member of the order for forty years. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, June 1, 1882, page 4