OBIT: Robert Tussey, 1887, Morris Township, Huntingdon County, PA

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Sudden Death of Mr. Robert Tussey.

  News reached this city on Wednesday morning that Mr. Robert Tussey, 
an old and highly respected citizen of Morris township, this county, 
had been found dead in his barn the previous evening.  During the 
afternoon he had attended the funeral of Mr. George Davis, at Water 
Street, and returned home in the enjoyment of his usual good health.  
It was about 3 o'clock when he reached his home and soon afterwards 
went to the barn, and as it was his custom to spend much of his time 
there, he was not missed until the dusk of the evening, when a member 
of the family went to the barn and found him lying in one of the 
stalls, dead.  There were no marks on the body and the presumption is 
that he died of heart disease.
  Mr. Tussey was born in Canoe Valley, January 10, 1816, and at the 
time of his death was 71 years, 8 months and 25 days old.  He was the 
son of David Tussey, and remained with his father until his twenty-
fourth year, when he married Dorothy, daughter of Samuel and Susannah 
Harnish, and removed to the farm on which he died.  He was a hard-
working, successful farmer and an honored, useful citizen.  He was for 
many years a member of the Reformed church, and at the time of his 
death was one of the elders, esteemed by the entire community.  His 
wife and three sons and six daughters survive him.

The Huntingdon Journal, Huntingdon, Pa., Friday, October 7, 1887