OBIT: Henry W. BYRNE, 1941, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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HENRY W. BYRNE

Attorney Dies As Result of a Hit-Run Accident
Was Husband of Former Meyersdale Girl, Miss Nelle Beal

  Henry W. Byrne, 61, a prominent lawyer of Fayette County, died last Friday 
afternoon in the Uniontown hospital following a hit-and-run accident along the 
National Pike.
  Mr. Byrne and his wife, Mrs. Nelle (Beal) Byrne, were residents of 
Markleysburg, but he had stopped at the Speedway Inn at Hopwood the night of the 
accident.  He was admitted to the Uniontown Hospital on the morning of August 
30, after he told friends he was struck by a hit-run driver.
  Mr. Byrne suffered a fractured hip and wrist and was said to be well on the 
way to recovery when stricken with pneumonia which resulted in his death last 
Friday afternoon.  Fayette County authorities are investigating the accident 
which caused Byrne's death.
  Attorney Byrne was born in Everson in March, 1881, a son of Mrs. John R. Byrne 
and the late Mr. Byrne.  He attended the public schools in Everson and began his 
legal education in St. Vincent's College and Northwestern University where he 
took the pre-law course.  He was graduated from the University of Michigan law 
school.
  He served as chief clerk in the office of Sheriff P. A. John in 1908 and was 
admitted to practice before the Fayette County bar on May 23, 1911, beginning a 
brilliant career.
  He served as assistant district attorney under the late District Attorney 
William A. Miller from 1920 to 1923 and later served three years in the same 
capacity under District Attorney James A. Reilly, beginning in 1936.
  He was author of the law book, "Pennsylvania Criminal Procedure", a volume 
widely used in legal circles.
  He is survived by his widow and a son, Robert Byrne; three brothers, Arthur, 
Frank and John R. Byrne, Jr.; three sisters, Mrs. John Duggan, Jr., of 
Connellsville; Mrs. Edward Flora and Mrs. J. J. Finnerty of Everson and his 
mother, Mrs. John R. Byrne of Everson.
  Funeral services for Mr. Byrne were conducted in Scottdale Monday morning at 
10:30 o'clock, by Rev. P. J. Graney of the St. John's R. C. Church.  Burial was 
in the St. John Cemetery, Scottdale.

Meyersdale Republican, September 11, 1941