The following names have just been added to our online "memorial" of miners who were killed while in the employ of the mines or died as a result of injuries received from working for the mines. Individual web pages are pending on these individuals, but I wanted to go ahead and at least get their names on the memorial. Please note that the spellings of the names may not be completely correct since the handwriting was not very good on a lot of the records the information was taken from and, also, the newspapers were notorious for mispelling names too, or spelling the name two or three different ways in same article. The foreigners who worked in the mines in the early 1900s had really unusual names which posed problems for newspapers and transcribers, and many of these miners were illiterate and did not know how to spell their own names so they were often spelled as they sounded. If you're related to any of these individuals and can set us straight on the spelling of the name, please contact me. I've tried to put alternate spellings in brackets on the web page to, hopefully, facilitate them being found by search engines. Also, if anyone knows of any miners killed who are not listed, please let me know so their names and approximate date of death so I can locate further information such as a newspaper article or their death certificate. The complete online listing (which includes the names below) can be found here: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/miners/miners_index.htm The lead mines left this area in the early 1970s, however, if the miner killed was a St. Francois County resident, or former resident, I would like to add his name to the list, even if he was killed in one of the mines where the lead companies relocated to in Southern Missouri after the early 1970s. Thanks! ADAMS, John (1922) ADAMS, W. R. (1928) BECKNER, James (1911) BELL, Robert (1911) BELLMER, Isaac (1922) BENARD, Ben (1921) BENNETT, James Francis (1923) BEIBLE, Antone (1920) BONHANNON, Richard (1919) BOTO, John (1911) BRIMM, Frank (1894) BRINLEY, Fred (1931) BROOKS, Floyd (1916) BRUCE, Nick (1907) BRYANT, William (1903) BRYMIA / BRYNRO, John (1913) BURNS, Kenneth (1946) CAMPBELL, Joe (1900) CAMPBELL, Joseph (1919) CAPE, William (1872) CEBRISKI, Kasper (1910) CHEEK, Henry (1917) CHILDERS, Albert (1908) CLAPOTS, Joe (1910) COACHIE, John (1882) CONRAD, Charles (1910) COOK, James (1915) COOKSEY, George (1882) COOLEY, John (1880) COOPER, Charles (1909) COVAT, Pete (1911) CUMMINS, Ed or Edward DALTON, Jesse (1911) DANAGE, Alex (1911) DAVID, Herbert A (1925) DILLINGER, William (1908) DOSS, Sol (1905) DUNKIN, S. A. (1903) EATON, Charles W. (1908) EDWARDS, William J. (1910) FEDOCK / FEDLOCK, Tony Mike (1915) FORTNER, Henry (1909) FRYE, Marion (1922) FURIC, Felix (1911) GILBERT, J. Coke (1917) GOLDSMITH, Frank (1916) GORDA, John (1906) GROCHTA / GROCHTO, Peter (1914) GUDYNORVITCH, Mike (1909) HAMMOCK, Albert (1908) HANSELL, John H. (1918) HARTZELL, Albert (1917) HAWK, Donald Eli (1961) HAWN, Frank P. (1886) HUITT, William (1919) JANISOW, Nicolo (1915) JONES, Wilburn (1932) JONES, Orville E. (1961) KASMAR, Lypstak (1911) KIDD, John (1882) MADDERN, Witt (1897) MARLER, William (1910) MAYBERRY, Ollie P. (1920) McDOWELL, Robert (1919) McFARLAND, Edward (1913) McLAUGHLIN, James (1923) MEADOWS, Charles (1922) MEDLOCK / MELLOCK, Wassie (1915) MERRITT, Charles Edward (1913) METOLICH, Mike (1907) MIHALCHAK, John (1890) MILLS, James (1894) MITHCELL, Kossuth (1914) MONTGOMERY, Frank (1910) MONTGOMERY, John (1912) MOTLEY, Harry James (1914) MURPHY, George (1883) OKOWSKKI, Mike (1910) PARASZCRIAK, Wasil (1911) PERRY, H. O. (1889) PETROVITCH, Mike (1908) PIAZZO / PIAZZA, Harry (1922) PLEYKON / PLEYKOM, Mike (1913) POLITTE, Gilbert (1920) POLLOCK / PETLOCK, Andy (1909) POWOCKO, John (1909) PRITCHETT, John (1913) RAISEN, Albert (1903) RASHLE, Joseph (1879) ROBERTS, Albert (1915) RODGERS, William E. (1926) ROE, Peter (1875) ROETHIEL, John (1883) ROHEORK / ROARK, Ed or Edward (1909) SABERANSKY, Joe (1907) SCOBY, Sam (1926) SCOTT, Marcus L. (1915) SENISKY / CLARNISKY, Peter (1913) SEIFERT / SIEFERT, George (1917) SHANNON, John (1899) SINCE, Tony (1915) SINKO, Tona (1915) [Note: Tony Since & Tona Sinko may be same person] SKILES, Benjamin (1923) SOBERANSKY, Joe/Joseph (1907) SPRAY, William (1918) STATON, Charles (1909) STEPHONTIC, Steve (1910) SUMMERS, Charles (1911) TAYLOR, William (1922) TEDDER, Stewart or Stuart (1910) TRIPLETT, Frank (1922) TRIPP, Claud (1923) VAUGHN, Grover (1925) VORISUCK / VARISUCK, John (1912) VEACH, William (1915) WAJWICZ, Stach (1907) WALKO, Peter (1911) WALLACE, James (1903) WANKUS, John (1910) WASHINSKY, Pete (1912) WEBB, William (1913) WESLEY, Albert (1887) WILBORN, Roy (1925) WILFONG, Martin (1920) WISHON, Robert (1920) WOODS, Charles (1911) YAUISIAU, Wyk (1915) [Note: the above person was listed in Coroner's records as Nyh Yamisson, but when I looked at death certificate, it appeared as Wyk Yauisiau/] Again, the full listing of miners we have accumulated thus far can be find at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/miners/miners_index.htm Any assistance in this project will be greatly appreciated. I know there are many, many names we're lacking. Sadly, there are many that we'll never discover, but we want to do the best that we can. Bettye

Were you posting deaths of all miners or just those who were killed in the mine? I couldn't tell because there are retirees as well. My husband's grandfather does not fit in any of these categories since he died at home but he was, or had been, a mining captain. He is John William McDaniel, b. 1879. I think that Bettye may have originally listed his obituary in 2000: JOHN McDANIEL - Found Dead Author: B W Date: 1 Oct 2000 12:00 PM GMT Surnames: McDaniel Classification: Obituary [St. Francois County Record, Elvins, Missouri, Friday, September 1, 1916] FOUND DEAD Just as the Record goes to press news is received of the death of John McDaniel, supposedly from heart failure, at his home in Gofftown. According to report, McDaniel arose at his usual early hour, went to the toilet and here he was later found dead. This was between 5 and 6 o'clock this (Friday) morning. The deceased was well known in the mining district here, having formerly been a mining captain with the Federal Lead Co., but was lately engaged as underground contractor at shaft No. 1. He had been complaining for several days prior to his death, although he had worked on Thursday. The deceased leaves a wife and four children, besides a father, mother and several brothers and sisters besides a number of other near relatives to mourn his untimely death. Funeral services will be held Sunday at Parkview Cemetery near Farmington, under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias, of which order the deceased was a member. Cynthia McDaniel