OBIT: Cassius M. JOHNSON, 1902, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Cassius M. Johnson of Altoona, met an untimely death on the Pennsylvania railroad one-fourth of a mile west of Gallitzin on Tuesday evening. A track walker found his body about seven o'clock lying along the track. It was still warm and it is supposed that he was struck by Chicago limited, which passed there a short time previous. Both legs were broken and his skull was fractured. The body was taken to Cresson and from there sent to Altoona. The deceased was a carpenter by trade and is survived by his wife and six children. Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., Friday, October 31, 1902 1900 Altoona Ward 3, Blair County census - Cassius Johnson, 44 Ada J. Johnson, 39 Ira W. Johnson, 20 Roy Johnson, 17 Raymond Johnson, 9 Gertrude Johnson, 7 Louis Johnson, 3 Ruth E. Johnson, 1/12