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We Served, We Settled
Patriots and Pioneers - The legacies of the Shane and Beck families
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 1862 - 1876 (14 years)
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| Name |
Robley, Harry |
| Birth |
10 Nov 1862 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
23 Dec 1876 |
Mount Union, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA  |
| Person ID |
I2010 |
Shane and Beck |
| Last Modified |
14 Jun 2023 |
| Father |
Robley, John K, b. 31 Oct 1845, Mapleton, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Oct 1919, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 73 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Weston, Regina M., b. 1852 d. 1902 (Age 50 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F772 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Death - 23 Dec 1876 - Mount Union, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Notes |
- 1837
Harry Robley
Christmas was a sad day in the home of our friend Mr. John K. Robley. As stated in the Times of last week, on Wednesday, Dec. 23, his only child, Harry, had both legs cut off while attempting to board a westbound freight train near the railraod school house above town. The particulars of the sad accident are as follows: On the morning the accident occurred he in company with two or three companions of the same age went to visit the township school and at recess they started to return home. When a short distance below the school house Harry jokingly proposed to the boys that they get on a freight and and go to Bridgeport or Mill Creek. They objected, and just then a westward bound freight train approached and Harry said he was going to get on one of the stock cars. He apparently attempted to do so and he was jerked into the air and fell rolling under the wheels. His left limb was run over close to the hip and his right about 6 inches below the hip. His companions inform us that he was rolled over and over causing the suts and bruises about his face. This occurred about 10:30 o'clock and he was taken to his home where he lingered until 12:45 o'clock when death came to his relief.
Before dying he told his father he did not know what made him catch hold of the train as he didn't think of getting on. In reply to an inquiry of his father as to whether he was preapred to die he replied, "Yes, I am going to glory; you and mamma meet me in Heaven." He was conscious until until the time of his death. His remains were interred in the cemetary at this place on Christmas morning and his funeral was one of the largest ever witnessed in this place. He was aged 14 years, 1 month and 13 days. Rev. Orner, of Altoona, preached the funeral sermon, speaking with much feeling from the following words found in Psalms 39.5; "Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth and mine age is as nothing before thee," and reading in connection the passage found in Job 5, 6-7; Jeremiah 31, 15; Zech. 1,5;Psalms 103, 15;James 4, 14; Job 30, 23; and Job 9, 25. Harry was a bright boy and a good boy, manly, polite and honest. He was a mother's joy and pride and hope of his father. He was a faithful and regular attendant at the U.B. Sunday School. In school he was an industrious pupil. No boy in the community would be more missed than Harry Robley. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the community but they have a more substantial comfort as is evidenced by the father's anxious solicitude as to son's future welfare. They know that while a kind Father may afflict his grace is sufficient to uphold. Harry is happier now and we have the consolation that while he cannot return to us we may go to him.
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