My Grandmother, Dora Belle Dingess Samson (Sansom) married William Preston Samson, had a brother by the name of William. Children of John Washington 'Samp'Dingess and Minerva Adkins. Would this be the same William Dingess that you speak of. Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389  home 703-405-5522  cell -----Original Message----- From: jerry [mailto:jpeshinski@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:10 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Jim Burgess typing Toler Deaths in Wyoming and Logan County, We... My Great Grandfather, William Dingess also died in a coal mine explosion in 1931, mine # 20 the last mine up Whitman, left 9 daughters and wife and many grandchildren, My father also worked in the coal mines has black lung but thank goodness moved to Michigan before it killed him, I have 3 uncles who worked in the mines that all died in their late 50's due to health problems from the coal mines. Kathy in Michigan born in Logan -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Sewell [mailto:jlgrd@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:35 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Jim Burgess typing Toler Deaths in Wyoming and Logan County, We... Go get um Shelby, Black lung contributed to the death of my father also. It is truly a crime the way that miners have been treated and all the money that never went to the state as it should. I have a dear friend in Fla that I went to Man High with. She just a few weeks ago reeled off the names of our classmates that left the area after graduation but still came down with cancer, including her. The numbers are alarming for such a small group and it is still happening.....( and I dearly love my mountain state believe me, Landville will always be dear to me) ----- Original Message ----- From: <BurgessWV@aol.com> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Jim Burgess typing Toler Deaths in Wyoming and Logan County, We... >I know your feelings, Jim; > My hometown of Blair has had many people with one leg,one arm, wheelchair > people from broken backs, the coal mine life of ex miners. The fact a > miner could > get Black Lung disease was kept hidden by the industry for many years.And > the > profits from mining went to the out of state corporate heads. I emember as > a > child we only had funds for 7 or 8 months for schools. The coal industry > was > simply undertaxed in WV > Many of the men employed by the mines were ex timbermen. they chose mining > because they could work year round. In the winter months logging ceased.I > know > this is a genalogical site, but sometimes we have to spout off !! > Old cuz; > Shelby > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

HI I will have to ask my father as its his mother Garnett Dingess who is from the Dingess side and her father that died. Thanks Kathy -----Original Message----- From: Beulah McLemore [mailto:mclemoreb@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 7:53 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Jim Burgess typing Toler Deaths in Wyoming and Logan County, We... My Grandmother, Dora Belle Dingess Samson (Sansom) married William Preston Samson, had a brother by the name of William. Children of John Washington 'Samp'Dingess and Minerva Adkins. Would this be the same William Dingess that you speak of. Beulah McLemore 703-620-1389  home 703-405-5522  cell -----Original Message----- From: jerry [mailto:jpeshinski@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:10 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Jim Burgess typing Toler Deaths in Wyoming and Logan County, We... My Great Grandfather, William Dingess also died in a coal mine explosion in 1931, mine # 20 the last mine up Whitman, left 9 daughters and wife and many grandchildren, My father also worked in the coal mines has black lung but thank goodness moved to Michigan before it killed him, I have 3 uncles who worked in the mines that all died in their late 50's due to health problems from the coal mines. Kathy in Michigan born in Logan -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Sewell [mailto:jlgrd@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 1:35 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Jim Burgess typing Toler Deaths in Wyoming and Logan County, We... Go get um Shelby, Black lung contributed to the death of my father also. It is truly a crime the way that miners have been treated and all the money that never went to the state as it should. I have a dear friend in Fla that I went to Man High with. She just a few weeks ago reeled off the names of our classmates that left the area after graduation but still came down with cancer, including her. The numbers are alarming for such a small group and it is still happening.....( and I dearly love my mountain state believe me, Landville will always be dear to me) ----- Original Message ----- From: <BurgessWV@aol.com> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Jim Burgess typing Toler Deaths in Wyoming and Logan County, We... >I know your feelings, Jim; > My hometown of Blair has had many people with one leg,one arm, wheelchair > people from broken backs, the coal mine life of ex miners. The fact a > miner could > get Black Lung disease was kept hidden by the industry for many years.And > the > profits from mining went to the out of state corporate heads. I emember as > a > child we only had funds for 7 or 8 months for schools. The coal industry > was > simply undertaxed in WV > Many of the men employed by the mines were ex timbermen. they chose mining > because they could work year round. In the winter months logging ceased.I > know > this is a genalogical site, but sometimes we have to spout off !! > Old cuz; > Shelby > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx