OBIT: Samuel L. HARE, 1916, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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S. L. HARE, WAR VETERAN, IS DEAD.  

Former Deputy Sheriff and Father of City Solicitor T. C Hare Passes 
Away at Home of Daughter in City.

  Samuel L. Hare, father of city solicitor Thomas C. Hare, and one of 
the most widely known retired residents of Altoona, died at 2:30 
o'clock this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. A. Lafferty 
of 1315 Sixteenth avenue.  Death was due to arterio-sclerosis.  
  Mr. Hare was in his 75th year and although he was in ill health 
during the past winter he was not compelled to take his bed until five 
weeks ago.   He was a Civil war veteran and a former merchant and  
prominent business man of this city.  
  Born at Allenville, Mifflin County Nov. 6, 1841, the son of William 
and Matilda Hare, he spent a portion of his earlier years at Yellow 
Springs, where his parents moved prior to the opening of the Civil war.
  When the war broke out between the north and the south Mr. Hare 
became a member of Company E, Eighty-fourth regiment, Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, which was mustered into service, Oct. 2, 1861.  The company 
was under the command of Col. William G. Murray of Hollidaysburg and 
left for camp Nov. 27 of the same year.  
  The company to which Mr. Hare belonged figured in many of the bloody 
battles of the war, including practically all of the struggles of the 
Wilderness campaign and battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, 
and Winchester.  During his service Mr. Hare was wounded in his right 
leg and compelled to return to his home for a short while until he was 
able to return to the front.  The Eighty-fourth regiment was mustered 
out of service June 20, 1865.  Mr. Hare was at Appomattox when Lee 
surrendered to Grant.  
  Mr. Hare returned to  Yellow Springs and after spending several years 
at farming, opened up a general store there in 1880. He was engaged in 
this business for a period of three years when he came to Altoona in 
April of 1883. 
  Just prior to the Civil war Mr. Hare was married to Miss Mary 
Donnelly of Mt. Etna, who died sixteen years ago.  Since her death Mr. 
Hare made his home at his daughter's residence in this city. 
  After first coming to this city  Mr. Hare engaged in the meat 
business and after several years at this opened up a store in the Levan 
block on Eleventh street.  He was a shoe merchant here for seven or 
eight years, beginning with 1890.  
  When he retired from the  shoe store business he became deputy 
sheriff under his brother, Adam L. Hare, and served for three years in 
this capacity.  Since leaving office he has led a retired life.  
  Ever since coming to Altoona, Mr. Hare has been connected with the 
First Lutheran church and was an active member in the congregation for 
many years.  He is the last of a family of eight children - four sons 
and four daughters. He was a Republican and took a keen interest in 
political matters.  
  Only five of Mr. Hare's family of ten children are living. They are: 
City Solicitor Hare. Mrs. J. A. Lafferty, with whom he resided; Mrs. F. 
G. Smith of Pittsburgh, Miss Bessie Hare of New York City and Mrs. W. 
L. Hahn  of this city. 
  While all the arrangements for the funeral have not been completed 
the services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock followed 
by interment in Rose Hill cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., March 16, 1916