Do you know what mines they worked in? My grandparents also died with TB Original Message ----- From: <Yoyo4233@aol.com> To: <MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:06 AM Subject: [MOJASPER] Re: MOJASPER-D Digest V02 #67 > I have a picture of my gr. uncle, Ben Butterfield, and another young man > inside one of the mines at Webb City. We've never been able to I.D. the > other young man. Two of my other Butterfield uncles worked in those mines > for a time. They died young of T.B., though not sure if it was contracted in > the mines or not. I think Uncle Ben, who also died before age 40, may have > died of T.B. as well. My mom, who was 90 last year, died in October, 2001, > and she used to tell me about the uncles. My grandmother, Margaret > Butterfield Davis, nursed them and Mom remembers this. The family lived near > Rex's Crossing in Joplin, at the time. > > Margaret Rollins > yoyo4233@aol.com > >