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| Name: | Kathy Stanton |
| E-mail address: | stankat1962@msn.com |
| Your location: | Grafton,OH |
| Comments: | I am the daughter of Gilbert and Betty Davis. I enjoyed your website alot and will show all of the info to my parents the next time that they visit. |
| Name: | Michele Miranda |
| Comments: | Concetto Avanzato (Jim Vance) was my grandfather. Unfortunately they misspelled his first name, had his age as 63 instead of 53, and only listed 4 children, he had 6.
It is a very good article, though. It was great to be able to read something about these great forgotten men. I happen to be acquainted with a family member of Mr Tickle, and I forwarded this article to him. I'm sure he will enjoy it as much as I did. Thank You! |
| Name: | jodie jubb |
| E-mail address: | jodiejubb@hotmail.co.uk |
| Your location: | leeds, west yorkshir, engalnde |
| Comments: | i though this was a very moving book and it has made me cry i will always think of the men that have passed a way in the mines god bless them |
| Name: | evelyn carter cloutier |
| E-mail address: | mhcloutier3@msn.com |
| Your location: | massachussets |
| Comments: | i was born in gilbert,w.v. my father was a coal miner also.we still have family in w.v.
evelyn |
| Name: | Irving E Rice |
| E-mail address: | irvingri9@aol.com |
| Your location: | Pennsylvania |
| Comments: | It was such an honor to do the tribute for the coal miners. My heart and prayers go out to all miners and there families. My brother was a coal miner. My friends are miners. When I heard about the tragedies that happened in so many mines, I had to do something about it. My heart was saddened and I was in tears when I wrote the tribute, "When Coal Dust Turns To Gold." I'm also honored to sign your Dreambook. So many miners call me from different states and they are touched by my tribute. I'm not the one to be recognized. I did it for the people. The miners and their families should always get the recognition that they so deserve. I will keep all of you in my prayers. Irving E. Rice |
| Name: | Charles Jerry Smith |
| E-mail address: | Logan0830@Go.Com |
| Your location: | Ormond Beach, FL |
| Name: | Charles Jerry Smith |
| E-mail address: | Logan0830@Go.Com |
| Your location: | Ormond Beach, FL |
| Comments: | I truly enjoyed your website. My sister, Della Mae Smith was born at Rum Creek August 22, 1937 and I was born there August 30, 1939 but we each now live in Ormond Beach, FL. Our mother, (now deceased but she's still our mother) was Irene Lee Cole of Yolyn but she lived in Baltimore, MD from 1942 through 1995. She practically raised my sister and me by herself (our stepfather was useless and an alcoholic like our 'blood' father).
In December 1995 Mother moved to Ormond Beach, FL, to live out her life near her two children. She died October 8, 1999 at the age of 79. (That date was Daddy Cole's 104th birthdate.) She had married Marvin Smith in 1936 and divorced him in 1940 for infidelity. (I have a two half-brothers and three half-sisters who live in Parma, Ohio and Las Vegas, Nevada.) The last time I was in Yolyn was June 2, 2000. My sister and I had driven up for the Smith family reunion at East Lynn. While there we visited our grandfather's (Daddy Cole) gravesite. Ironically, as we were climbing the hill to the website I had a heart attack and spent several days at the Huntington hospital (where they saved my life!). In the summer of 1954, the year I turned 15, I spent the summer in Yolyn and one of my gang of friends favorite past time was swimming at the Dehue Dam. I'm blabbering! It's just that some of these memories flooded my mind and I thought I'd share them with you. Have a blessed life. Charles |
| Name: | John Shelton |
| E-mail address: | john.shelton33@yahoo.com |
| Your location: | Albuquerque,NM |
| Comments: | Hi,
I was born in Logan,1946 and grew up in Chapmanville in the 40's 50's and 60's. We are decendents of Dyke Garret, Walter Mitchell,and G.C. Shelton family. Thanks for you web site, It brings memories back of a better time. John |
| Name: | Paulaine Griffith |
| E-mail address: | mysaguaro@gmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://notoverthehill.com/mySaguaro |
| Your location: | Wisconsin |
| Comments: | My grandfather Charles Geffert from Fairpoint was employed at the Willow Grove mine.He was off that day. Thank you for putting this site together. |
| Name: | jodi fadlevich |
| E-mail address: | fadlevich@msn.com |
| Your location: | dallas, tx |
| Comments: | I found your web site while doing some research. I grew up in Sissonville, WV, and I sure miss those beautiful hills and the mountaineer people. Your web site was such a joy. I loved reading the stories of the miners. It is obvious the time and love that is spent putting it together. Thank you
Jodi |
| Name: | Steve Caudill |
| E-mail address: | steve25053@verizon.net |
| Your location: | Danville, WV |
| Comments: | Great site....I appreciate all the effort you have put forth in creating it. |
| Name: | Amber Marcum Quinones |
| E-mail address: | Quinones304@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | When I saw The Dehue-Chambers Grade School, it brought tears to my eyes. There are so many memories of my childhood there at that school, and in Dehue. |
| Name: | Sharon (Hall) Daniels |
| E-mail address: | Bubbles61546@aol.com |
| Your location: | Cocoa,Fl. |
| Comments: | I really enjoy visiting your website, it brings back some wonderful memories of Rum Creek and WV. |
| Name: | ray brown |
| E-mail address: | dbwv14@aol.com |
| Your location: | milton wv |
| Comments: | i read abour this location in the guestbook of the logan banner and it is wonderful.i love the history and the lore of logan county. i remember growing up in south man so very well all the wonderful people, all the natural treasures we had surrounding us every day. and not realizing what we had until we moved away and not having them any more.i only live a short distance from there now. i lived and worked in the detroit area 34 yrs. thanks for givivg me and my memory a jolt.
ray brown born on buffalo creek still love it. |
| Name: | Ron Bush |
| E-mail address: | Ron1964LHS@hotmail.com |
| Your location: | Frazeysburg, Ohio |
| Comments: | Thank You for a great web, I was reading about the #22 mine, I must say, it brought back memories to me, my own dad, Raymond Bush, worked at 22, I can still remember that day that dad went to help rescue those miners, and the snow on the ground, Thank you so much, God Bless you all, Ron |
| Name: | Jaymie Wood |
| E-mail address: | jaylay71500@yahoo.com |
| Your location: | Chillicothe,OH |
| Comments: | I thought your story, "A Time to Weep" was very nice. My Great Grandfather was Earnest Hoops. My Grandpa and Dad told me his story when I was a little girl. I remember being sad thinking of how he must have suffered. I appreciate you writing. Now I will have a piece of history to share with my children about their Great, Great Gradfather.
Thank you. |
| Name: | Lorna Browning |
| E-mail address: | lbrowning@marshall.edu |
| Your location: | Beckley, WV |
| Comments: | I am a proud Logan Countian, and I go back to visit as often as I can.
I enjoyed your web site very much .... I'll be back. ~lorna~ |
| Name: | Kathy McNeely |
| E-mail address: | cookiebaker51@msn.com |
| Your location: | Barboursville, WV |
| Comments: | Hello Delores--It's been a year or so since we talked about your wonderful page! I visit your page often, and thank you for doing it. Am I dreaming this...a bonfire on the Island before a ballgame, with all the people holding hands in a circle around it, singing the Logan High fight song? It was many many years ago if I didn't dream it. lol |
| Name: | Delbert Dalton |
| E-mail address: | ddalton1@columbus.rr.com |
| Your location: | columbus ohio |
| Comments: | I have been trying to research the burning springs mine disaster where my grandfather Delbert Dalton was killed. This was one of the first sites I have found. My Grandma was pregnant with my Dad when Grandpa was killed. This research is the only way to get to know him. Up until now I had only heard stories. Thank you for your site. |
| Name: | Fayetta (Robinson)Rose |
| E-mail address: | prose12@verizon.net |
| Your location: | Chapmanville, WV |
| Comments: | I enjoyed your web page Coal Miners Daughter. I'm also a coal Miners daughter. My dad passed in Dec. 1967 and my mom in Aug. 1987 I miss them. I know there walking the street of Heaven today and have no pain.
Thank again for your web page. Fayetta Rose |
| Name: | ed smolenski |
| E-mail address: | esmolenski@zoominternet.net |
| Your location: | west virginia |
| Comments: | Enjoyed this web site a lot, always great to remember Logan Co, especially the Man area. |
| Name: | JIm McDonald |
| E-mail address: | kb9lei@arrl.net |
| Your location: | Muncie, IN |
| Comments: | Thanks for the page on the Hinchman fire. I responded to that fire and spent most of the day in the driveway, next to the Central hill hosing the rear of the house. Probably the second coldest fire I ever fought. We had ice freezing all over our helmets, coats and gloves.
I would love to have the original scans of those pcis for my files. I didn't even get out of Logan with a copy of the Banner from that day. |
| Name: | Robert (Bo) Robinette |
| E-mail address: | rlborob@aol.com |
| Your location: | Lexington, KY |
| Comments: | A work of love and devotion. I worked at the "Old Esso" station and lived in McConnell, rode the Rum Creek bus to Stollings Grade and Logan High, so I was very familiar with most of the "Rum Creekers" and most of the parents of the ones my age, since they stopped at the gas station for service or what we called "traded there" so I knew them also. All without failure, honest, hard working people. Seems like only yesterday...... |
| Name: | Pete Codispoti |
| E-mail address: | pmc8753@yahoo.com |
| Your location: | tallassee,tn |
| Comments: | Wow!-I thoroughly enjoyed this site-You have done a wonderful job and included so many different people that either i knew or knew one of their family members. I was born & raised & lived a good part of my life at Holden and wii always cherish our Coal Camp heritage.I will definitely continue to visit this site. |
| Name: | Elaine Spears |
| E-mail address: | nammas5girls@aol.com |
| Your location: | Clermont Fl. |
| Comments: | JUST FOUND THIS WEB SITE, LOVE READING ANYTHING ABOUT LOGAN CO. I LIVED AT DEHUE IN 1969-79, WAS A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY I HAD THREE BOY'S CLIFF, BILLY & BRIAN LIVED IN THREE DIFFERENT HOUSES WHILE WE LIVED THERE THE FIRST ONE WAS THE DUPLEX BESIDE RALPH BROWING AND BILL INGRAM, THE SECOND WAS THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE LITTLE HILL, BESIDE THE TRIPPLETS AND THE THIRD WAS THE TWO STORY ACROSS FROM THE OLD SHOP I THINK, ARONND THE MINE FAN THE FIRST HOUSE, IT BURNED IN THE FALL OF 79 THEN WE MOVED TO KISTLER FOR TWO YEARS THEN TO FL. LOVE IT HERE BUT LOVE COMING HOME OFTEN, I WAS UP THERE IN JULY HAD A GREAT TIME.... BYE FOR NOW AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL... ELAINE (FARLEY) SPEARS |
| Name: | Shirley thompson |
| E-mail address: | gmainoh@aol.com |
| Your location: | Eastlake ohio |
| Comments: | thanks we love the Indians to |
| Name: | Sue Long |
| E-mail address: | sue.long62@yahoo.com |
| Your location: | Valdosta, GA |
| Comments: | Thank you for sharing your heritage. My mother hailed from Logan also. Her name was Cornedia J.Ball (born in 1936), the daughter of Forest & Gladys(Morrison)Ball, niece of Lawrence Ball. Her grandmother was Bertha Morrison. I would love to hear from anyone who knew my Mom or her family. |
| Name: | john hymore |
| E-mail address: | jj117@sbcglobal.net |
| Your location: | rossford ,ohio |
| Comments: | i enjoyed your dreambook and all the imformation,pictures and history. i was raised along the tug river in the coal mining towns from williamson to matewan i would appreciate any material and especially pictures of rall gates sprigg, lobato and new howard? i,m not sure if new howard was a town or if it was another name for surosa or labato i would be glad to pay for any pictures and/or other materials you could send me from the late 1930s to the late 1940 . i am also intrested on a trip made by pres. roosevelt or elenor to west virgina especially a stop in red jacket in 1936 and 1937. my mother told me the presidents party stopped at our house in red jacket to get cold water from our well, any imformation will be much appreciated. JOHN HYMORE ,117 ROSSWAY AVE ,ROSSFORD OHIO 43460 TEL.419 666 3471-----THANK YOU |
| Name: | ina monroe |
| Your location: | ohio |
| Comments: | very, very nice! i was born in welch,west va. |
| Name: | Walley Steele |
| E-mail address: | willystempconstr@yahoo.com |
| Your location: | Copley,Ohio |
| Comments: | What a great time reading thru this, my father is Boyd Steele,born and raised in Dehue,I can remember visiting Dehue on all the holidays at my grandparents home, Francis and Jean Steele, what great memories. My dad lives right next door to me, he is doing well and enjoying his retirement. I seen a picture you had of Katherine, she is doing well, living in Springfield Ohio, we all stay in touch. thank you... Walley Steele |
| Name: | Mary Castello |
| E-mail address: | maryellencastello@yahoo.com |
| Your location: | Newport News, VA |
| Comments: | My mother's family hails from Wayne, WV, and my grandfather, a farmer, did work in the coal mines from time to time. My mother's maiden name was Ferguson, and her mother's maiden name was Napier. I found your website very interesting, and a effective look into the lifestyle from which I came. Thank you for sharing your family's history with me. |
| Name: | Flora Jean Lee (Marco) |
| E-mail address: | floramarco@comcast.net |
| Your location: | Winchester Va |
| Comments: | Hello there. I have really enjoyed all the information
you have on Dehue. I was born and raised in Dehue. Left there in 1957. I have great memories from our little town. I am thinking about going to the Dehue reunion. My parents have passed on. Robert Lee 2002---Mother- Erie Lee 2006. My sisters Carol Lee (Hopeck)--Roberta Lee (Smithson) live near me. My brother Robert E Lee also lives near by. It is so nice to have someone care deeply about our past. I have been doing the history on my family for quiet awhile. With Kind Regards Flora Lee-Marco |
| Name: | Linda A. Menkins Roque |
| E-mail address: | alexzmom@ptd.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://http://books.dreambook.com/riggs1/main.sign.html |
| Your location: | Southeast Pennsylvania |
| Comments: | My husband is Louis Gerald Roque "Jerry". He was named after his uncle, Louis Roque, who died, along with Jerry's grandfather, Joseph Roque, in the Willow Grove mine on March 16, 1940.
I am doing research for a school paper (adult returning to college.) |
| Name: | Linda A. Menkins Roque |
| E-mail address: | alexzmom@ptd.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://http://books.dreambook.com/riggs1/main.sign.html |
| Your location: | Southeast Pennsylvania |
| Comments: | My husband is Louis Gerald Roque "Jerry". He was named after his uncle, Louis Roque, who died, along with Jerry's grandfather, Joseph Roque, in the Willow Grove mine on March 16, 1940.
I am doing research for a school paper (adult returning to college.) |
| Name: | Martha Barnhart |
| E-mail address: | barn3369@earthlink.net |
| Your location: | Indiana |
| Comments: | I am trying to find an email address for David M. Gostovich. My husband and I are visiting California next month and want to contact Dave & Bobbie. I note that he attended his class reunion in Logan in 2005 and see his photo. I have their address, just looking for an email if you have it. Thanks much.
Martha |
| Name: | Sharon Davis Sessions |
| E-mail address: | csmpapa@hotmail.com |
| Your location: | Perry, Florida |
| Comments: | I was very touched with your web site. I am also a Coal Miner's Daughter born on a mining hill and raised in Gary WVA. I can relate so much to the wars. I have two brothers who went to Vietnam never came back the same. My brother Eddie wa 17 when he joined went to Vietname at 18 as a combat medic. He died in a coal mines in Pinevill WVA after many years of struggling with his demons from Vietnam. My brother Jimmy served his country for 21 years but Vietnam changed him and to this day he is fighting demons from there also. I joined the Air Force in 1970. I was stationed at Dover Air Force Base, as seen to many bodies coming in to the military morgue. I was very proud to serve. My husband spent 25 years in the Army and worked 14 years with the High School JROTC unit. I have a daughter who spent 6 years in the Army and my only son is a Captain in the US Army. He just got back a few months ago from Iraq (his second tour). As you can see I have seen the toll that wars can take. I do appreciate all your kind words. Our military never get enough credit. I would like to print some of your site for use in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp class room. I work at the local high school and my daughter that spent 6 years in the military is now a History Teacher at the High School. I have been blessed because I raised my children the way I was raised back in the Coal Fields. May God Bless You. |
| Name: | Jennifer Piper |
| E-mail address: | jfpiper@hotmail.com |
| Your location: | Hinesville,GA |
| Comments: | Hi,I just found your web site. I like it. My Grandma lived in WEst Virginia as a child. Reading about your family was like talking to her again. |
| Name: | D Trent |
| E-mail address: | dgtrent@yahoo.com |
| Your location: | Logan |
| Comments: | I came across your web page a couple years back but never got a chance to bookmark it and i just found it again today (my birthday) and i just had to tell you that i think it is a great page.although i was born and raised at Mt Gay i knew some people from Dehue and i use to bowl in the Thursday Night Church League with Helen-Hatton Pence.
She and her Husband Delbert (RIP)really made that league special. Thanks for sharing your memories with me. I spent my whole birthday reading your memories and loved every minute of it. :) |
| Name: | Scott Porter |
| E-mail address: | Neffsporter@aol.com |
| Your location: | Neffs, Ohio |
| Comments: | Your coverage on The Willow Grove Mine Explosion brought back the memory of my Grandfather Lewis J. Kauskey a miner from Neffs who was on midnight shift at the time of the accident. I had hand written journals he wrote every day of who he worked with on each shift. The men on his crew and what they were assigned to do. This journal and the maps showing the areas mined were lost in the flood of 2004 that hit Neffs. Thanks for your research. |
| Name: | LARRY GEARHEART |
| E-mail address: | BETANDLAR@KCNET.COM |
| Your location: | BONNER SPRINGS, KS |
| Comments: | MY UNCLE WAS LISTED AS ONE OF THE MINERS THAT WAS KILLED AT MACBETH MINE. I NEVER KNEW HIM AS HE DIED IN 1937 AND I WAS BORN IN 1939. HE WAS MY DAD'S YOUNGEST BROTHER.
REGARDS LARRY |
| Name: | Hannah Sloan |
| E-mail address: | hsloan2005@yahoo.com |
| Your location: | Tampa |
| Comments: | Hi,
Very nice! Thank you. |
| Name: | janice herren |
| E-mail address: | kentuckygirl1942@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://mozilla firefox |
| Your location: | indianapolis ind |
| Comments: | im a coal miner daughter my dad was killed in the coal mine when i was a little girl |
| Name: | cassandra (welch) tomblin |
| E-mail address: | cctmbln@yahoo.com |
| Your location: | chauncey, wv |
| Comments: | My name is cassie, daughter of john and sandra welch of dehue. My memories are nothing but of dehue and the neighbors we had. we all were family, no one had to worry about their kids because everyone watched out for them. I was neighbors of roy and inez whisman for 7 years until our home burnt. then we were neighbors of john peyton,maude kitchen,john ruiz. I knew everyone. Our family was there until the end of dehue. It's sad, once a beautiful place, now bare with just memories. If anyone out there remebers me or my family you can contact me through my e-mail. |
| Name: | loretta sizemore |
| E-mail address: | dolphinlady_35@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://yahoo.com |
| Your location: | crumpler wv 24868 |
| Comments: | i love what you have here if i had more time but i will be back |
| Name: | Robert Nelson Fulk |
| E-mail address: | fulkperson@toast.net |
| Your location: | Palestine, Texas |
| Comments: | My sister forwarded this to me. Thanks. |
| Name: | Vivian Watson Cole |
| E-mail address: | prufred@bellsouth.net |
| Your location: | Knoxville, TN |
| Comments: | Excellent site!! I found your site during a Google search of Dehue, WV. Today I got a copy of a death certificate for Otto David Watson, who was my uncle, and he was a miner at a mine in Dehue, WV when he died in a mining accident, so, hence my search. |
| Name: | vo ngoc than |
| E-mail address: | vongoc.than@yahoo.com.vn |
| Your location: | Ho Chi Minh city - Vietnam |
| Comments: | I had some memory relating to the Vietnam war and American Army. American Army Surgens / nurses helped me in Chulai base (Vietnam) in 1970, I still remember them, I still look for them, I hope some ones can help me to get information on them. that is the reason I visit this website. Thank you.
Than (Mr) |
| Name: | richard gaine |
| E-mail address: | rcgaine@comcast.net |
| Your location: | NEW JERSEY |
| Comments: | US NAVY CORPSMAN.
PATCHED UP SOME OF THE BRAVEST MEN IN THE WORLD. US MARINES. |
| Name: | Anthony & Dorothy |
| E-mail address: | citipartnerships@eircom.net |
| Your location: | Dublin Ireland |
| Comments: | Hello to all, absolutely well done on a beautiful site.
I came across your site looking up the phrase Snow Bird which Dorothy and I had heard shortly before we returned from Florida last week. Though I,ve only had a short while to look through I must compliment on your efforts to date and I look forward so much to revisiting. I'm putting together a small flyer as a pretend magazine for our friends whom we left recently in Florida and I wondered if you would mind if I used your "Little Bird" introduction for a section of it. We got ourselves appointed the Entertainments co-ordinator for next year but we miss the U.S and all our friends so much we thought that we would put a little paper out during the period to help our continuing bond. You need only reply if there is a problem as I can tell from your super efforts you dont need any additional pressure. Meantime..."La Pheile Padraigh" ( Happy St Patricks Day) To You and all yours. Our Kindest Regards, Anthony M.Cowley |
| Name: | Jerry D. Cook |
| E-mail address: | cookjd227@hotmail.com |
| Your location: | Sylvester Ga. |
| Comments: | My name is Jerry the grand son of David Whisman we lived in McBeth,I went to school in Dehue from 1949 till 1956 some of my family were Roy Whisman he was the preacher at Dehuee for years his sons were Gary dean and Roy jr.Whisman and his wife was Inez Whisman others were Jimmie, David,Vernan,Bud,Elsie,Amla lee, Faye,Shirley Whisman and my self Jerry Cook was raised by Dicy and Dave Whisman if you know any of us email me and make my day,-Jerry |