OBIT: David SMOLENSKY, 1891, Dudley, Huntingdon County, PA

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Committed Suicide.

  Huntingdon Local News: A Hebrew named David Smolensky hanged himself 
at Dudley on Wednesday evening.  He was a peddler, and the last time he 
was seen alive was at Dudley station at 4.30 o'clock that afternoon, 
when he returned from a trip with a pack on his back, and went directly 
to the house of Jere. Sullivan in the town, where he boarded.  Later in 
the evening Mr. Sullivan went to the stable to feed his cow, when he 
discovered the lifeless body of Smolensky hanging by a cord to a beam.  
The 'squire was at once notified and an inquest was held.  Smolensky 
was aged about 22 years, and was known as an industrious, sober young 
man, and the news of his sad taking off was a surprise to the 
community.  He was not married, and the reason alleged by some is that 
he was in love with a Hebrew maiden in Huntingdon, whom he called to 
see a few days since with a view to matrimony, but with what success is 
not known.  The deceased has a brother in the mercantile business in 
New York who has been notified of the death.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, January 24, 1891