I am catching up today. Been out of town. I looked for two Alabama death records--one from 1909 and one from 1906. Nothing was found. However, a friend found one of them as she just happened to recognize the name--it was a nickname not the full name that I had used for the search. The date, location, cause of death, etc. .were all correct so we know it is my gr gr grandma (Sarah Ann Lavinia Emmaline REAVES THOMAS was listed as Emma THOMAS) from Calhoun Co. The other has all the details correct except the name. It should be for William Thomas or Tom POTTER (or any variation of the name)--however, it appears as J.F. (very hard to read)--one of his sons who didn't die until 1970. Tom POTTER was born in Cherokee/Etowah Co. And married the Alice WESCOTT (d. 1894) daughter of Capt. Henry F. WESCOTT of Gadsden. Tom POTTER was killed in Walker County in a mining accident in 1906 while visiting a son who worked in the mine. All of the details, including the age and cause of death, are correct on the death certificate so I am certain it is he. I keep hoping to find mention in either the Gadsden Times or in a Walker County paper or one of the mining papers. Be creative with the names if you have access to the index. I looked at all POTTER certificates in the index and found the one that matched--except for the given name. Patti Martin View my genealogy queries: http://cousinconnect.com/p/a/0/u/71736/ Talk to me on line! AIM: fcspatti; MSN Messenger: fcspatti; YAHOO Messenger: fcspatti; ICQ: fcspatti Surnames being researched: MARTIN (NC, So. GA), HOUSTON (FL, SC), McDANIEL (GA), POTTER (AL, MS, GA, NC), WIGGINS (SC, AL), BROWN (AL), PARKER (GA), WES(T)COT(T) (NY, IL, AL), CORNU(E) (NY), McCLURE (AL, KY), STONE (AL, SC), NOWLAND (AL, GA), WILLIAMSON (AL, GA, SC), GOGGINS/GOGGANS (SC), HUGHES (AL, SC), BALL (AL, GA, SC), GOLDEN (AL, SC?), ROBERSON (GA), ROBERTSON (SC), TRAYLOR (SC), MOSELY (GA, SC), GRAHAM (NC, SC, PA), GIBSON (SC), RICHARDS (SC, NH), RAMSOUR (NC, PA), BOLLINGER (NC, PA), SMITH (NC), DAVIS (NC), KINNIARD (FL, WV, VA), ROLSTON (WV, VA), WORTH (PA), ALEXANDER (SC, PA)

There was a mining explosion on 2/27/1906 at the Little Cahaba Mine in Piper, Al., killing 12 miners - --------------------------- Red Mountain Cemetery Record of Interments, 1888-1906 Name: Potter, Will Date: July 27, 1890 Cause: erysifrolis Physician: H. Rosser Age: 49 Sex: Male Race: White Block: Row: 5 Lot: 6 Comments: 7 Erysipelas is an infection caused by strep, it spreads fast and is bad unless it is treated fast - I may of spelled it wrong. delilah evans ------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Martin" <fcspatti@gmail.com> To: <aletowah@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 7:45 PM Subject: Re: [ALETOWAH] Gladsden death & burial 1911 | I am catching up today. Been out of town. I looked for two Alabama death | records--one from 1909 and one from 1906. Nothing was found. However, a | friend found one of them as she just happened to recognize the name--it was | a nickname not the full name that I had used for the search. The date, | location, cause of death, etc. .were all correct so we know it is my gr gr | grandma (Sarah Ann Lavinia Emmaline REAVES THOMAS was listed as Emma THOMAS) | from Calhoun Co. The other has all the details correct except the name. It | should be for William Thomas or Tom POTTER (or any variation of the | name)--however, it appears as J.F. (very hard to read)--one of his sons who | didn't die until 1970. Tom POTTER was born in Cherokee/Etowah Co. And | married the Alice WESCOTT (d. 1894) daughter of Capt. Henry F. WESCOTT of | Gadsden. Tom POTTER was killed in Walker County in a mining accident in | 1906 while visiting a son who worked in the mine. All of the details, | including the age and cause of death, are correct on the death certificate | so I am certain it is he. I keep hoping to find mention in either the | Gadsden Times or in a Walker County paper or one of the mining papers. | | | | Be creative with the names if you have access to the index. I looked at all | POTTER certificates in the index and found the one that matched--except for | the given name. | | | | Patti Martin | | | | View my genealogy queries: | | http://cousinconnect.com/p/a/0/u/71736/ | | | | Talk to me on line! | | AIM: fcspatti; MSN Messenger: fcspatti; YAHOO Messenger: fcspatti; ICQ: | fcspatti | | | | Surnames being researched: MARTIN (NC, So. GA), HOUSTON (FL, SC), McDANIEL (GA), POTTER (AL, MS, GA, NC), WIGGINS (SC, AL), BROWN (AL), PARKER (GA), WES(T)COT(T) (NY, IL, AL), CORNU(E) (NY), McCLURE (AL, KY), STONE (AL, SC), NOWLAND (AL, GA), WILLIAMSON (AL, GA, SC), GOGGINS/GOGGANS (SC), HUGHES (AL, SC), BALL (AL, GA, SC), GOLDEN (AL, SC?), ROBERSON (GA), ROBERTSON (SC), TRAYLOR (SC), MOSELY (GA, SC), GRAHAM (NC, SC, PA), GIBSON (SC), RICHARDS (SC, NH), RAMSOUR (NC, PA), BOLLINGER (NC, PA), SMITH (NC), DAVIS (NC), KINNIARD (FL, WV, VA), ROLSTON (WV, VA), WORTH (PA), ALEXANDER (SC, PA) | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALETOWAH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message