OBIT: Sherman FLANIGAN, 1904, of interest in Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, March 18, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 12 Sherman Flanigan At 11:57 o'clock Saturday night Sherman Flanigan died at the Altoona hospital of shock following an operation. He was admitted to the institution on February 27 with frozen feet, having had them frozen two nights previous while sleeping in a barn east of the city. They were in a bad condition at the time and after he had been in the institution a few days they became gangrenous and on Friday it was decided to amputate the limbs. They were taken off that morning and after the operation Flanigan continued to sink until he passed away. He is about 28 years of age and is said to have relatives at Coalport and in the vicinity of Johnstown.