OBIT: William CHRISTY, 1872, Cresson, Cambria 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/cambria/ _________________________________________ The Register Hollidaysburg, Pa. Wednesday, August 14, 1872 CHRISTY - Last Thursday evening, a boy named William Christy, was run over by the cars at Cresson, and had both legs taken off. He was taken to Altoona, where he died the next morning.