Hi Jan, I caught one of your surnames as JOHNSTON. Are you related to the Johnstons that were in the East Springfield, and Annapolis areas in 1800's to early 1900's? My grandmother was a Johnston, born Sept. 15, 1894; a daughter of Albert B. JOHNSTON and Cassandra ELLIOTT. Any connections? Vickie (DAVIS) MAXWELL -----Original Message----- From: Jkkolb@aol.com <Jkkolb@aol.com> To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, January 10, 1999 1:00 PM Subject: Re: coal mines >I've been reading all the coal mine info, thinking it was interesting, but >certainly didn't apply to me. Then I saw the comment "killed by cars" and >suddenly realized I had seen that comment on the death record of one of my >relatives, William Mooney Cullum. He was an engineer with the Railroad, so I >had assumed his death was RR cars (this was in 1880). Now I'm having to >rethink this. Anyone out there know anything about the railroad history in >Jeff Co? All of my mother's relatives were in that county from about 1800 til >1900, so any/all info regarding the history of the county really is >fascinating. I can get the dates, etc, but what I really want is to know more >about them and where they lived and what they did. Those are the difficult >things to learn. So thanks for all the exciting glances into the past. >Jan Kolb ( my Jeff Co names-Cooper,Cullum, Mooney, Johnston, Allen, Glenn, >Vantilburgh, Leatherberry, Emmons) > >