OBIT:  HOBLITZEIL, J. J.; 1910; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 20 May 1910
Volume 44, Number 20


Prominent Man Dead

J. J. Hoblitzeil, a millionaire who died Tuesday at Myersdale, aged 78 years, was the father of Mrs. W. 
S. Ravenscroft of Ridgway, Mrs. Hugh Ross of Woodbine and five other surviving children in 
Meyersdale (sic).  He founded the Savage Fire Brick Company, now owned by Johnstowners and 
opened the rich Jenner coal field to development. His holdings of oil lands in Illinois and in the South 
ran to thousands of acres.  He was a member of Tancred Commandery, Pittsburg.