OBIT: Mitchell M. RAY, 1889, native of Centre County, PA

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KILLED AT HUNTINGDON.

The Death of Brakeman M. M. Ray at that Place Monday Night.

  M. M. Ray, a brakeman in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad company 
and a resident of this city, was killed at Huntingdon Monday evening.  He was 
a member of Conductor Wise's crew and the run being between Altoona and 
Mifflin.  The accident happened about twenty-five minutes after 7 o'clock, 
the train being hauled by extra engine 343, Engineer J. M. Stonebraker.  The 
east-bound trip was being made when the accident occurred while some cars 
were being put onto the canal siding at Huntingdon.  Just how the accident 
happened is not positively known, but it is supposed that he fell from his 
train.  The body was not mutilated.
  Mr. Ray was about 25 years of age and single and had been in the employ of 
the company since June 18, 1887.  He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Ray, 
of Bellefonte.  He boarded at the residence of his uncle, Mr. Robert Cox, at 
the corner of Ninth street and Fairview avenue, this city.  He is highly 
spoken of by his employers and had many friends here, being a man of many 
excellent qualities.  The body was properly cared for at Huntingdon and 
brought to Altoona on Pacific express Tuesday morning.  It was taken to the 
residence of Mr. Cox and thence conveyed to Bellefonte for interment.

Altoona Tribune, February 7, 1889

Note: Sixteen-year-old Mitchell Ray is listed with parents Robert and 
Elizabeth Ray in the 1880 Bellefonte, Centre County census.