Harlan County Coal Miners Deaths
1950-1959




 
 
 
 1950

1950 Johnny Lidster killed in the Blackstar Coal mines at Alva, KY.. I don't remember the particulars.  Randy Oplinger       E-mail    randyoplinger@prodigy.net

1950 Cornett, E. Freeman - Cornett & - Cornett Coal Company No. 01 
1950 Fee, William O. - Mill Ridge Coal Company No. 01
1950 Nicely, Robert - Perkins Harlan Coal Company No. 02
1950 Perry, Lloyd - Harlan-Wallins Coal Company No. 06
1950 Hinkle, Ray - Highsplint Coal Company Lowsplint Mine
1950 Gilliam, Harold H. - Black Mountain Coal Company No. 31
1950 Jackson, Brown - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Splint Tipple
1950 Hall, Richard - Stonega Coke & Coal Company No. 03
1950 Riley, Henry Everett - Blue Diamond Coal Company Mayflower Mine
1950 Pace, Henry - Pace Coal Company No. 01
1950 Miles, Charles - Crummies Creek Coal Company No. 01
1950 Green, Roscoe - Black Star Coal Corporation Harlan No. 01 
1950 Onkst, Roy - Crummies Creek Coal Company No. 01
1950 Vitatoe, Walter - Clover Fork Coal Company - Clover Fork No. 01
1950 Fields, Marvin - Blue Diamond Coal Company Crown Mine
1950 Knox, Roger - Highsplint Coal Company Highsplint
1950 Collett, Bill - Clover Darby Coal Company Darby No. 01
1950 Hodges, Frank - Black Mountain Coal Company No. 30 


1951

1951 Griffith, Shelby - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Splint Mine
1951 Baker, Lafayette - Blue Diamond Coal Company No. 12
1951 Fletcher, Willard - Harlan-Wallins Coal Company No. 01 Verda Mine
1951 Stacy, Will G. - Clover Darby Coal Company Darby J Mine
1951 Baufle, Ned - Blue Diamond Coal Company Pathfork
1951 Youngblood, Bill - Harlan Collieriers Coal Company Brookside
1951 Hyatt, Andy - Harlan-Wallins Coal Company No. 01
1951 Lindsay, Burl - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Splint Mine
1951 Sullivan, Edmond - Harlan-Wallins Coal Company No. 02
1951 Owens, Edward Jr - Owens Coal Company No. 01
1951 Coshatt, Clifton - Harlan Fuel Company No. 05
1951 Clark, Horace - Harlan-Wallins Coal Company No. 01 Molus
1951 Hall, Virgil J. - Wheeler Hall Coal Company No. 01
1951 Bray, Joe Frank - Stonega Coke & Coal Company No. 02 Glenbrook
1951 Shekumolf, Sam - U.S. Steel Company No. 31
1951 Smith, Raymond - Blue Diamond Coal Company No. 09
1951 Jones, Ethel,  Eugene - Not availableN/A
1951 Cavins, William H.
1951 Smith, William A. - Black Star Coal Company No. 04 


1952

1952 Helton, Otis - Dartmont Coal Company No. 02
1952 Roark, Elhannon - Southern Mining Company Fee Mine
1952 Dozier, Glenis - Harlan Collieriers Coal Company Brookside
1952 Kirk, Robert - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation No. 02
1952 Cross, Charles M. Jr. - U.S. Coke & Coal Company No. 31
1952 Burkhart, Sherman - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation No. 02
1952 Russell, Emmett - Bailey Darby Coal Corporation No. 03
1952 Bennett, Harold R. - Highsplint Coal Company Highsplint
1952 Collins, Paul - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Harlan Mine
1952 Robbins, John - Mary Helen Coal Company No. 03
1952 Baker, Roscoe - Bardo Coal Company Bardo Mine
1952 Pendleton, Tom - Perkins-Harlan Coal Company No. 02
1952 Sergent, Perl - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Splint Mine
1952 Bray, Arnold - Yocum Creek Coal Company No. 021952
1952 Engle, Chester Black Star Coal Company No. 041952 
1952 Craig, George 
1952 Lewis, Charles Leonard - Peabody Coal Company No. 30 


1953

1953 Bradley, Charles R. - Peabody Coal Company No. 30
1953 Bernardo, Angelo - U.S. Steel Corporation No. 32
1953 May, Golden - U.S. Steel Corporation No. 31
1953 Halcomb, Owen - Mary Helen Coal Company No. 03
1953 Wolfe, Roy M. - Harlan Collieriers Coal Company Brookside
1953 Emory, Robert Jr - Clover Fork Coal Company - Clover Fork
1953 Dusina, James - Mary Helen Coal Company No. 03
1953 Miracle, Robert - Dartmont Coal Company No. 02
1953 Boggs, Brown - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Splint Mine
1953 Cupp, Pat - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Joe Knob Mine
1953 Myers, Charles Edward - Perkin-Harlan Coal Company No. 02
1953 Bunch, Francis E. - Three Point Coal Company Cane Branch Mine
1953 McHargue, E.P. - Mary Helen Coal Company No. 03
1953 Veres, Emery Jr - U.S. Steel Corporation No. 31
1953 Gilley, L. Earl - Closplint Coal Company Clover Splint
1953 Vaughn, Homer - Dartmont Coal Company A Mine 


1954

1954 Green, Hiram - Clover Fork Coal Company - Clover Fork
1954 Sharp, Verlin - Closplint Coal Company Clover Splint
1954 Smith, Judson - U.S. Steel Corporation No. 32
1954 Hollingsworth, E. H. Jr - U.S. Steel Corporation No. 31
1954 Whitt, Russell - U.S. Steel Corporation No. 32
1954 Short, Walter - Stonega Coke & Coal Company Highsplint No. 01
1954 Anderson, Milden - Closplint Coal Company Clover Splint
1954 Carson, Arthur - Closplint Coal Company Clover Splint
1954 Young, Charles - E & M Coal Company No. 02
1954 Mabes, Leslie M. - Closplint Coal Company Clover Splint
1954 Allen, Kenneth - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Marathon Mine
1954 Green, Lewis - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Marathon Mine 


1955

1955 Mitchell, Roy - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Marathon Mine
1955 Parker, Monroe - Bardo Coal Mining Company - Bardo Mine
1955 Knuckles, Charles - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation No. 02
1955 Jones, Patton Jr - Cawood Coal Company No. 01
1955 Hale, Nathan - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation No. 02
1955 Burkhart, Ballard - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Marathon Mine
1955 Gillispie, Andrew - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Marathon Mine
1955 Boruff, Holston - Peabody Coal Company No. 31
1955 Bearden, Oscar Lee - Closplint Coal Company Closplint Mine
1955 Meadors, John - Mary Helen Coal Company - Harlan Mine
1955 Huff, Charlie - Trace Branch Coal Company No. 02 


1956

1956 Thomas, Walter - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Marathon Mine
1956 Ball, Floyd - Cornett-Lewis Coal Company Low Splint Mine
1956 Tolliver, David - River Ridge Darby Coal Company No. 01
1956 Collett, Clarence - Harlan Collieriers Coal Company Brookside Mine
1956 Favaro, Camillo - U.S. Steel Corporation No. 31
1956 Osborne, Bruce - D & H Coal Company No. 05
1956 Cox, Clyde - Highsplint Coal Company Low Splint Mine
1956 Hubbard, John - Black Star Coal Corporation No. 04
1956 McKinney, Lawrence - R & R Coal Company No. 01
1956 Hodge, Arthur - Highsplint Coal Company Low Splint Mine
1956 Saylor, Herman - Kentucky Cardinal Coal Corporation Wallins No. 05
1956 Reynolds, Dewey - Peabody Coal Company No. 31
1956 Gibbons, Gilbert - Mary Helen Coal Company Queen Mary Mine
1956 King, Ulysses - V & C Coal Corporation Queen Charlotte Mine
1956 Campbell, Robert - Harlan-Wallins Coal Corporation Marathon Mine 


1957

1957 Sellers, Sam - V & C Coal Corporation Charlotte Mine
1957 Templin, Floyd H. - U.S. Steel Corporation No. 32
1957 Canady, Arthur F. - Peabody Coal Company No. 31
1957 Bullock, Guy - U.S. Steel Corporation No. 31
1957 Lidster, John - Black Start Coal Corporation No. 04 - Harlan
1957 Smith, Byrd - Howard & Preston Coal Company No. 04 - Harlan
1957 Hensley, Enos - Howard & Preston Coal Company No. 04 - Harlan
1957 Mills, Walter - Mary Helen Coal Company - Harlan
1957 Smith, William - U.S. Steel Corporation No. 31
1957 Parks, Burley - Mary Helen Coal Company - Harlan Mine
1957 Craig, Robert - Black Star Coal Corporation No. 04 - Harlan
1957 Hensley, Calvin - Mary Helen Coal Company - Harlan Mine
1957 Cloud, Robert - Perkins-Harlan Coal Company Liggett No. 02
1957 Green, John P. - Smith Coal Company No. 01
1957 Saylor, Henry - Good Coal Company No. 01 


1958

1958 Short, Harvey - Mary Helen Coal Company No. 02
1958 Whisman, Billy Glen - Clover Fork Darby Coal Company No. 01
1958 Parker, Riley - Highsplint Coal Company Low Splint Mine
1958 Davis, Ancel - V & C Coal Company Charlotte Mine
1958 Riley, Eugene - Closplint Coal Company Cloversplint Mine
1958 Dyer, Volley - Mary Helen Coal Company - Harlan Mine
1958 Smith, Paul - Bardo Coal Mining Company - Bardo Mine
1958 Fee, Henry - Harlan Fuel Company Yancey Mine
1958 Powers, Harold - V & L Coal Company No. 01
1958 Forti, Lewis - Perkins-Harlan Coal Company No. 02
1958 Jenkins, J.A. - Cranks Creek Left Fork Mining Co Left Fork Mine 


1959

1959 Kelly, Paris - Alva Coal Company - Harlan No. 04
1959 Ely, Maynard - Days Branch Darby Coal Company No. 01
1959 Blevins, Woodrow - Engle Coal Company No. 01
1959 Davenport, Morris - Myers & Ledford Coal Company No. 01
1959 Ward, Tom - Harlan Everglow Coals IncorporatedN/A
1959 Sturgill, John - Wisconsin Steel Coal MinesNo. 02
1959 Shackleford, Joe - Closplint Coal Company Company NO. 02 


Transcribed and submitted by: Elva Nolan Morgan




 





 
 
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