Joseph and Susannah (Cox) Angwin
Notes and images from Janet Green.
Joseph Angwin, wife Susannah (Cox) Angwin and children Annie, John and Mae (Photo and information from Janet Green, 2018)
The early Hanna family of Joseph Angwin and his wife Susannah (Cox) Angwin along with children Annie, John and Mae are pictured above. The photo was taken around 1894. The photo was provided to the Hanna Basin Museum website by Joseph's great, great granddaughter Janet Green.
Joseph was employed in the Union Pacific Coal Company No. 2 mine in Hanna. He was injured when a coal car hit and crushed him. He was taken to the Rawlins, Wyoming hospital where he died from his injuries. He was buried in the Hanna cemetery in plot 176. Joseph's wife Susannah (Cox) Angwin died in 1946 and was buried with her husband in the Hanna cemetery. (Rawlins Republican, September 4, 1913) (Photo and information from Janet Green, 2018)
Years later Annie Angwin married Harry Lyon who was killed in the March 28, 1908 explosion. Mae married Charles Mellor and both were longtime residents of Hanna. John's first wife was Maggie Nickell, whose brother Willie was killed by the famous gun for hire, Tom Horn. (Janet Green)
Joseph was employed in the Union Pacific Coal Company No. 2 mine in Hanna. He was injured when a coal car hit and crushed him. He was taken to the Rawlins, Wyoming hospital where he died from his injuries. He was buried in the Hanna cemetery in plot 176. Joseph's wife Susannah (Cox) Angwin died in 1946 and was buried with her husband in the Hanna cemetery. (Rawlins Republican, September 4, 1913) (Photo and information from Janet Green, 2018)
Years later Annie Angwin married Harry Lyon who was killed in the March 28, 1908 explosion. Mae married Charles Mellor and both were longtime residents of Hanna. John's first wife was Maggie Nickell, whose brother Willie was killed by the famous gun for hire, Tom Horn. (Janet Green)
Mrs. Susannah Angwin
Mrs. Susannah Angwin (UPCCEM, Sept. 1946)
Hanna Basin Death and Burial Records
Angwin, Joseph
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1853 - 1913; Father; Gone but not Forgotten"
Plot: 176
Born: 1853
Died: 1913
Age: 60 y's
Note: Joseph Angwin, employed in the Hanna mines was seriously injured last week by a car running over him and crushing him. He was brought to the Rawlins hospital in a dying condition and died there Monday afternoon. His body was taken back to Hanna where Reverend McCallum of the city transacted funeral services today. (Rawlins Republican, Sept. 4, 1913)
Joseph was injured in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 2 underground mine in Hanna, he was taken to the Rawlins hospital where he died from his injuries. He was about 60 years old at the time of his death. He was buried in the Hanna cemetery in plot 176. (BL)
Note: Joseph Angwin's name is not on the Hanna Miners' Monument. (BL)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1853 - 1913; Father; Gone but not Forgotten"
Plot: 176
Born: 1853
Died: 1913
Age: 60 y's
Note: Joseph Angwin, employed in the Hanna mines was seriously injured last week by a car running over him and crushing him. He was brought to the Rawlins hospital in a dying condition and died there Monday afternoon. His body was taken back to Hanna where Reverend McCallum of the city transacted funeral services today. (Rawlins Republican, Sept. 4, 1913)
Joseph was injured in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 2 underground mine in Hanna, he was taken to the Rawlins hospital where he died from his injuries. He was about 60 years old at the time of his death. He was buried in the Hanna cemetery in plot 176. (BL)
Note: Joseph Angwin's name is not on the Hanna Miners' Monument. (BL)
(Image by Bob Leathers for the Hanna Basin Museum Website. 2021)
Angwin, Susannah
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1868 - 1946; Mother; Gone but not Forgotten"
Plot: 176
Born: June 15, 1868
Died: Aug. 16, 1946
Age: 78 y's, 1 mo., 29 d's
Note: The community of Hanna lost another of its beloved old timers with the passing of Mrs. Susannah Angwin.
Born Susannah Cox in Blyner, South Wales, England, June 15, 1868, she came to this country with her parents, when 14 years of age, to What Cheer, Iowa, where she lived for approximately nine years. There she became the bride of Joseph Angwin on September 3, 1886, and to this union eleven children were born.
The family moved to Hanna, Wyoming, in 1890 when the town was just starting, the Angwins being among its first residents. She lived in Hanna for forty years, her husband passing away 33 years ago.
Mrs. Angwin was always helpful and neighborly and did practical nursing to help rear her children, and about 16 years ago moved to Mountain View, Wyoming. Owing to ill health, she had been residing with her daughters, Mrs. A. R. Higgins of Rawlins and Mrs. Charles Mellor of Hanna, for the past several months. She was at the Mellor home when she suffered a stroke on August 6 and was admitted to the Hanna Hospital where she quietly passed away on August 16.
Mrs. Angwin is survived by three daughters, Mrs. A. R. Higgins and Mrs. Charles Campbell of Rawlins and Mrs. Charles Mellor of Hanna; one son, Joseph Angwin of Lyman, Wyoming; twelve grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Thomas Logan of Independence, Missouri, Mrs. Sara Williams of Fort Collins, Colorado and Mrs. Annie Smith of Aguilar, Colorado; and two brothers, W.H. Cox of Hilrose, Colorado and D. T. Cox of Great Falls, Montana.
Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church in Hanna on August 20 with Rev. H. H. Heard of the Episcopal Church officiating, assisted by Rev. Warren Dirks of the Methodist Church. Interment was in the Hanna Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Evan Jones, Lynwood Smith, W. A. Briggs, Albin Klaseen, Gaddis Kerr and Richard Lee. (UPCCEM, September 1946)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1868 - 1946; Mother; Gone but not Forgotten"
Plot: 176
Born: June 15, 1868
Died: Aug. 16, 1946
Age: 78 y's, 1 mo., 29 d's
Note: The community of Hanna lost another of its beloved old timers with the passing of Mrs. Susannah Angwin.
Born Susannah Cox in Blyner, South Wales, England, June 15, 1868, she came to this country with her parents, when 14 years of age, to What Cheer, Iowa, where she lived for approximately nine years. There she became the bride of Joseph Angwin on September 3, 1886, and to this union eleven children were born.
The family moved to Hanna, Wyoming, in 1890 when the town was just starting, the Angwins being among its first residents. She lived in Hanna for forty years, her husband passing away 33 years ago.
Mrs. Angwin was always helpful and neighborly and did practical nursing to help rear her children, and about 16 years ago moved to Mountain View, Wyoming. Owing to ill health, she had been residing with her daughters, Mrs. A. R. Higgins of Rawlins and Mrs. Charles Mellor of Hanna, for the past several months. She was at the Mellor home when she suffered a stroke on August 6 and was admitted to the Hanna Hospital where she quietly passed away on August 16.
Mrs. Angwin is survived by three daughters, Mrs. A. R. Higgins and Mrs. Charles Campbell of Rawlins and Mrs. Charles Mellor of Hanna; one son, Joseph Angwin of Lyman, Wyoming; twelve grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Thomas Logan of Independence, Missouri, Mrs. Sara Williams of Fort Collins, Colorado and Mrs. Annie Smith of Aguilar, Colorado; and two brothers, W.H. Cox of Hilrose, Colorado and D. T. Cox of Great Falls, Montana.
Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church in Hanna on August 20 with Rev. H. H. Heard of the Episcopal Church officiating, assisted by Rev. Warren Dirks of the Methodist Church. Interment was in the Hanna Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Evan Jones, Lynwood Smith, W. A. Briggs, Albin Klaseen, Gaddis Kerr and Richard Lee. (UPCCEM, September 1946)
(Image by Bob Leathers for the Hanna Basin Museum Website, 2021)