Cambria County PA Obituaries and Death Notices

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Mary T. Dysert

The Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
Nov 23 1857

Died on the 9th isnt., in Johnstown, Cambria coutny, Mary T., daughter of William and Cordelia Dysert, aged 12 years, 9 months, 22 days.

Mrs. Margaret Finnegan

Margaret Finnegan Killed by Accidental Shooting  -- Contribued by Dena Whitesell

George Saxe. of Cambria city, Cambria county, in an altercation with Mike Finnegan on Christmas day, shot at him, and hit, instead, his mother, MARGARET FINNEGAN, killing her almost instantly. After firing, Saxe dropped the gun and Finnegan picked it up and beat Saxe so that his life is despaired of.

Wed. 19 Jan 1870 issue. Hollidaysburg Register, Hollidaysburg, Blair Co., PA. - Contributed by Dena Whitesell

Jonas Goughanour

Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) December 8 1824

On Sunday, the 21st of November, David and Jonas Goughanour, brothers, of Conemaugh township, Cambria county, Penn., went on a hunting expedition. After some time David shot Jonas, while the latter was in the act of loading his rifle, having mistaken him for some game.

John Albert Hays

Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
September 27 1836

Died in Johnstown, Cambria county, on the 10 inst. John Albert, son of Mr. Jehu G. Hays (formerly of Millerstown,) in the 2d year of his age.

Albert Leckey

The Indiana Democrat (Indiana, Pennsylvania)
July 13 1893

At Johnstown, Albert Leckey, one of the prominent citizens of the place, was thrown from his carriage and his brains dashed out.

Son of George McDowell

The Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
June 21, 1864

Singular Death - A little boy in Johnstown, Pa., a son of Mr. Geo. W. McDowell, died on Saturday last, from the effects of poison received in eating locust blossums.

Herman Updegraff

The Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
December 5 1860

Killed on the Railroad

Mr. Herman Updegraff, a citizen of Johnstown, and for several years, past conductor of a freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad, was killed on Thursday afternoon, near Latrobe, by falling from his train, which passed over and mangled him in a most horrid manner. We did not learn the cause of the accident. Mr. Updegraff was a married man, and the father of several small children, all dependent on him for support.

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