Jimmie, Thank you for your response to my inquiry. I had just assumed that there were coal mines in that area. Again, thank you. Doris Jimmie Barnes wrote: > > Doris, > > There are no coal mines in the vicinity of Burning Spring. But, > there were > oil wells and men came from all over to work in the oil field. > > Miner? Could it be that the census workers simply used this > designation also for > those who worked in the oil fields? > > Jimmie Barnes > > From: Doris Perkins <[email protected]>> Surname: Montandon, Montanden > > ------------------------- > > > > Hi List, > > I am searching for any information concerning CHARLES LOUIS > MONTANDON (possibly > > spelled MONTANDEN). Charles was born in Switzerland and emigrated to > the > > USA in 1851. I know that he volunteered to serve in the Confederate > Army > > in 1861 and went to Larkinsville, Alabama. He re-enlisted in 1864 > and evidently > > was wounded or got sick and was sent to a hospital in Fredrick City, > Maryland. > > According to his Muster-out > > Roll, Charles was discharged May 13,1865. The only other time that I > found > > Charles was on the 1870 West Virginia > > Census. He is listed as C.L. Montanden, Wirt Co., W.V, pg 241, > Burning > > Springs Township. Occupation: Miner > > > > Is there anyone out there who could point me in the right direction > in > > finding any information on Charles. I know that there were coal > mines in > > the area. Could he have been killed in an mining accident? Were > there any > > records kept on men killed in such accidents? > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. Doris Perkins > > > >