Thanks, Tim. I can't find my Biography in Black.... CHERRY MINE DISASTER We have three twenty page booklets abt. the Cherry Mine Disaster. They are reprints from the 1959 Memorial Program. The last page has a list of the miners who died. Note: the spelling of the names is from 1909. There are about 15 pictures in the booklet. The price is $2.75 (incl. postage). I tried to contact the lady in Cherry, but it was a nice day, nobody home. The information is at the Cherry Library, but as in most small towns, it is only open a couple of days/evenings a week. I will try tomorrow. The group in Cherry had the 1959 Memorial booklet, Stout's "Black Damp" book, reprints of 3 magazine articles and postcards for sale. I don't know if they have the new book, "Trapped." Even if you did not lose a family member in Cherry, the booklet gives a glimpse of the miner's life and death. My great uncle's body was not brought up till about Easter. By that time, bodies were identified by clothing, boots, etc. In fact there was a fellow helping to bring up the bodies, who "cracked" and made the comment that he had to kill somebody. He killed a Mr. Atherton, who was not even working at the mine in November, but he was a "boss". Joanie -- Streatorland Historical Society 306 South Vermillion Street Streator, Illinois 61364 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. > Karen: > > Don't know whether anyone has responded, but here is the first column in the > index, and your George does not appear: > > Aker, C., 33 > Ammons, Isaac, 25 > Anderson, Andy, 67,130 > Anthony, William, 106 > Antoniese, 98 > Archer, D. W., 92 > Arthur, John, 46 > Axline, Glenn, 140 > Baker, A. J., 30 > Baker, Christopher, 115 > Baldwin, Elmer, 13, 15 > Baldwin, Leon, 77 > Barackman family, 8 > Barclay, Earl, 88 > Barley, C. C., 94 > Barlow, J. C., 67 > Barr, C. C., 65, 126 > Barrackman, Milam J., 25 > Bawden, Ralph, 90 > Bazore, Cal, 25 > Bazore, George, 8 > Bednar, Andrew, 130 > Beeker, John H., 78 > Benner, William R., 92 > Bergen, Abraham S., 10 > Bivins, Nelson, 88 > Black Hawk, 8, 10 > Bowman, William, 11 > Boys, William H., 139 > Bradach, Edward, 143 > Bradish, Burton, 77 > Broomfield, Samuel, 11, 13 > Bronson, George, 12, 46 > Bronson, William, 10 > Brown, Alex, 140 > Brown, William, 88 > Brown family, 11 > Browne, Lee O'Neil, 134, 135 > Brownlee, Tommy, 90 > Bundy, Charles, 140 > Bundy, John, 95 > Burke, Pat, 70 > Busch, Adolphus, 43 > Busch, Peter, 133, 135 > Bussard family, 11 > > Best wishes, > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karen Mentzer [mailto:rileymom@copper.net] > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:43 PM > To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Re:bio in black lookup > > > would you please check and see if a George Brotton or Broughton is there? > Not thinking he would be but was in Streator a few years > Thank You > Karen Mentzer > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >