Old Carbon and Hanna Death and Burial Records - Alphabetical
Page by Bob Leathers with contributions from Joyce McCartney, Gary Beaver and Bill Becker
Index
Source Code
(Inquest) Official Inquest Reports, (MIR) Mine Inspector Reports, (MM) Miner Monuments in Hanna,
(Headstone) cemetery headstone, (BL) Bob Leathers, (JB) John Baldwin
(NA) Nancy and Victor Anderson, (LK) Lynne Kuderko, (AR) Andy Ruskanen and (AO) Ayako Ohara,
(UPCCEM) Union Pacific Coal Company Employee's Magazine
(Inquest) Official Inquest Reports, (MIR) Mine Inspector Reports, (MM) Miner Monuments in Hanna,
(Headstone) cemetery headstone, (BL) Bob Leathers, (JB) John Baldwin
(NA) Nancy and Victor Anderson, (LK) Lynne Kuderko, (AR) Andy Ruskanen and (AO) Ayako Ohara,
(UPCCEM) Union Pacific Coal Company Employee's Magazine
More at: Men Injured in the Hanna Mines
First it was Old Carbon - 1869 to 1902 - then it was Hanna - 1889 to 2023.
The two coal camps mined coal at the same time for about 13 years - 1889 to 1902.
The Carbon and Hanna cemeteries are both experiencing new burials.
The two coal camps mined coal at the same time for about 13 years - 1889 to 1902.
The Carbon and Hanna cemeteries are both experiencing new burials.
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Fagerholm, Gust E.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1884 - 1963"
Plot: 146
Born: 1884
Died: 1963
Age: 79 y's
Note: Gust was born in Finland and was married to Mary Pauline (Malmberg). (Ancestry.com)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1884 - 1963"
Plot: 146
Born: 1884
Died: 1963
Age: 79 y's
Note: Gust was born in Finland and was married to Mary Pauline (Malmberg). (Ancestry.com)
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Fagerholm, Mary Pauline
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Sept. 26, 1891 - Feb. 4, 1942"
Plot: 146
Born: Sept. 26, 1891
Died: Feb. 4, 1942
Age: 50 y's, 4 m's, 8 d's
Note: Mary Fagerholm was born in Finland and married to Gust Fagerholm. (Ancestry.com)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Sept. 26, 1891 - Feb. 4, 1942"
Plot: 146
Born: Sept. 26, 1891
Died: Feb. 4, 1942
Age: 50 y's, 4 m's, 8 d's
Note: Mary Fagerholm was born in Finland and married to Gust Fagerholm. (Ancestry.com)
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Fahnestock, Gene Truman
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Nov. 30, 1940 - Aug. 11, 1941"
Plot: 95
Born: Nov. 30, 1940
Died: Aug. 11, 1941
Age: 8 m's, 11 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Nov. 30, 1940 - Aug. 11, 1941"
Plot: 95
Born: Nov. 30, 1940
Died: Aug. 11, 1941
Age: 8 m's, 11 d's
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Fahnestock, Janice Arlene
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Aug. 31, 1942 - Sept. 7, 1942"
Plot: 95
Born: Aug. 31, 1942
Died: Sept. 7, 1942
Age: 8 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Aug. 31, 1942 - Sept. 7, 1942"
Plot: 95
Born: Aug. 31, 1942
Died: Sept. 7, 1942
Age: 8 d's
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Fawcett, John
Cemetery: Carbon
Mounument: "Apr. 3, 1855 - June 29, 1907"
Born: Apr. 3, 1855
Died: June 29, 1907
Age: 52 y's, 2 m's, 26 d's
Cemetery: Carbon
Mounument: "Apr. 3, 1855 - June 29, 1907"
Born: Apr. 3, 1855
Died: June 29, 1907
Age: 52 y's, 2 m's, 26 d's
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Fermelia, Erminia
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Born Oct. 24, 1933 - Died June 8, 1934"
Plot: 232
Born: Oct. 24, 1933
Died: June 8, 1934
Age: 7 m's, 14 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Born Oct. 24, 1933 - Died June 8, 1934"
Plot: 232
Born: Oct. 24, 1933
Died: June 8, 1934
Age: 7 m's, 14 d's
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Filpula, J. Wiljam
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Tassa Lepaa - 1908"
Plot: 164
Age: unknown
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Tassa Lepaa - 1908"
Plot: 164
Age: unknown
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Filpula, Jacop J.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1859 - 1928" Shares a stone with Leonard A. Filpula on the front of the stone and Alida M. Heikkila and Arvid Heikkila on the back of the stone.
Plot: 162
Born: May 21, 1859
Died: Nov. 6, 1928
Age: 69 y's, 5 m's, 15 d's
Note: The funeral of Jacop Fiipula, who died at his ranch near Elk Mountain, was held at the Episcopal Church on Friday, November 9th. The deceased was well known in Hanna where he had many friends. He worked in Hanna several years ago previous to moving out in the country. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. A. Heikkila of Hanna, and Mrs. Claud Lewis, and two sons, Edward and Leonard. Interment was made in the Hanna Cemetery. (UPCCEM, December 1928)
Note: Jacob Jonas Albinusson Filpula was born on May 21, 1859 in Finland to Albinus and Albertina Filpula. He married Serafia Pettersdotter and they had two children together. He then married Sanna Lisa Akkinainen and they had one child together. He died on November 6, 1928, in Elk Mountain, Wyoming, at the age of 69 and was buried in the Hanna, Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1859 - 1928" Shares a stone with Leonard A. Filpula on the front of the stone and Alida M. Heikkila and Arvid Heikkila on the back of the stone.
Plot: 162
Born: May 21, 1859
Died: Nov. 6, 1928
Age: 69 y's, 5 m's, 15 d's
Note: The funeral of Jacop Fiipula, who died at his ranch near Elk Mountain, was held at the Episcopal Church on Friday, November 9th. The deceased was well known in Hanna where he had many friends. He worked in Hanna several years ago previous to moving out in the country. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. A. Heikkila of Hanna, and Mrs. Claud Lewis, and two sons, Edward and Leonard. Interment was made in the Hanna Cemetery. (UPCCEM, December 1928)
Note: Jacob Jonas Albinusson Filpula was born on May 21, 1859 in Finland to Albinus and Albertina Filpula. He married Serafia Pettersdotter and they had two children together. He then married Sanna Lisa Akkinainen and they had one child together. He died on November 6, 1928, in Elk Mountain, Wyoming, at the age of 69 and was buried in the Hanna, Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Filpula, Leonard A.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1905 - 1930" Shares a stone with Jacob A. Filpula on the front of the stone and Alida M. Heikkila and Arvid Heikkila on the back of the stone.
Plot: 162
Born: May 1, 1905
Died: Jan, 10, 1930
Age: 24 y's, 8 m's, 9 d's
Note: Leonard Alvin Filpula was born on May 1, 1905 in Hanna, Wyoming to Jacob and Sanna Filpula. He had four brothers and three sisters. He died on January 10, 1930 in Elk Mountain, Wyoming at the age 24 and was buried in the Hanna cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1905 - 1930" Shares a stone with Jacob A. Filpula on the front of the stone and Alida M. Heikkila and Arvid Heikkila on the back of the stone.
Plot: 162
Born: May 1, 1905
Died: Jan, 10, 1930
Age: 24 y's, 8 m's, 9 d's
Note: Leonard Alvin Filpula was born on May 1, 1905 in Hanna, Wyoming to Jacob and Sanna Filpula. He had four brothers and three sisters. He died on January 10, 1930 in Elk Mountain, Wyoming at the age 24 and was buried in the Hanna cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Filpula, Sanna Liisa
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1868 - 1941"
Plot: 163
Born: 1868
Died: 1941
Age: 73 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1868 - 1941"
Plot: 163
Born: 1868
Died: 1941
Age: 73 y's
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Finch, James H.
Cemetery: Hanna
Link: Headstone: "1893 - 1948; In Loving Memory; American Legion"
Plot: 106
Born: 1893
Died: 1948
Age: 55 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Link: Headstone: "1893 - 1948; In Loving Memory; American Legion"
Plot: 106
Born: 1893
Died: 1948
Age: 55 y's
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Finch, James H.
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "Father 1857-1897, At Rest"; Shares stone with Jane Finch
Born: 1857
Died: 1897
Age: 40
Note: James Henry Finch was born 1857 in England. In the 1880 US Census: James Finch, age 23, born in England was living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming. He was single and a coal miner by occupation. He married Jane Paine and had two sons and five daughters between 1884 and 1897. James died on August 16, 1897 in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming at the age of 40 and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Note: James H. Finch, son of John Finch, mined, had a livery stable, raised horses and carried the mail from Carbon to Leo and was a deputy sheriff. He died in August 1897, at age 40, when he was run over by a loaded coal wagon, leaving his wife, Jane and seven children, the oldest fifteen and the youngest, one year of age. Jane died, age 62, in August 1924, having moved the family to Hanna in 1906. (Carbon, Kinnamon, The First Coal Mining Town in Wyoming)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "Father 1857-1897, At Rest"; Shares stone with Jane Finch
Born: 1857
Died: 1897
Age: 40
Note: James Henry Finch was born 1857 in England. In the 1880 US Census: James Finch, age 23, born in England was living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming. He was single and a coal miner by occupation. He married Jane Paine and had two sons and five daughters between 1884 and 1897. James died on August 16, 1897 in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming at the age of 40 and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Note: James H. Finch, son of John Finch, mined, had a livery stable, raised horses and carried the mail from Carbon to Leo and was a deputy sheriff. He died in August 1897, at age 40, when he was run over by a loaded coal wagon, leaving his wife, Jane and seven children, the oldest fifteen and the youngest, one year of age. Jane died, age 62, in August 1924, having moved the family to Hanna in 1906. (Carbon, Kinnamon, The First Coal Mining Town in Wyoming)
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Finch, Jane
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "Mother 1859-1924, At Rest"; Shares stone with James H.
Born: 1859
Died: 1924
Age: 65
Note: Jane Pain was born1859 in England. She arrived in this country around 1881. She married James Henry Finch. She had two sons and five daughters with James Henry Finch between 1884 and 1897. In the 1900 US Census: Jane, age 37, born in England, was living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming with her children. She died in 1924 at the age of 65 and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "Mother 1859-1924, At Rest"; Shares stone with James H.
Born: 1859
Died: 1924
Age: 65
Note: Jane Pain was born1859 in England. She arrived in this country around 1881. She married James Henry Finch. She had two sons and five daughters with James Henry Finch between 1884 and 1897. In the 1900 US Census: Jane, age 37, born in England, was living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming with her children. She died in 1924 at the age of 65 and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Finch, Robert S.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Oct. 4, 1923 - Oct. 18, 1923; Son James & Esther Finch"
Plot: 106
Born: Oct. 4, 1923
Died: Oct. 18, 1923
Age: 14 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Oct. 4, 1923 - Oct. 18, 1923; Son James & Esther Finch"
Plot: 106
Born: Oct. 4, 1923
Died: Oct. 18, 1923
Age: 14 d's
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Finch, William
Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "Born Sep. 10, 1834 - Died May 18, 1901; William Finch"
Born: Sept. 10, 1834
Died: May 18, 1901
Age: 66 y's, 8 m's, 8 d's
Note: William Finch was born September 10, 1834 in England. He married Grace Finch in 1860 in England. Grace was born July 1839. He was a coal miner by occupation. He immigrated from England in 1882. In 1900, he was living in Hanna, Wyoming. He died May 18, 1901 at age 66 and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "Born Sep. 10, 1834 - Died May 18, 1901; William Finch"
Born: Sept. 10, 1834
Died: May 18, 1901
Age: 66 y's, 8 m's, 8 d's
Note: William Finch was born September 10, 1834 in England. He married Grace Finch in 1860 in England. Grace was born July 1839. He was a coal miner by occupation. He immigrated from England in 1882. In 1900, he was living in Hanna, Wyoming. He died May 18, 1901 at age 66 and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Fink, Charles W.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Apr. 2, 1885 - Jul. 24, 1944; In Loving Memory, Charles W. Fink"
Plot: 50
Born: Apr. 2, 1885
Died: July 24, 1944
Age: 59 y's, 3 m's, 22 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Apr. 2, 1885 - Jul. 24, 1944; In Loving Memory, Charles W. Fink"
Plot: 50
Born: Apr. 2, 1885
Died: July 24, 1944
Age: 59 y's, 3 m's, 22 d's
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Fink, Genevieve Caroline
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Oct. 2, 1914 - Oct. 18, 1914; Genevieve Caroline Fink"
Plot: 49
Born: Oct. 2, 1914
Died: Oct. 18, 1914
Age: 16 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Oct. 2, 1914 - Oct. 18, 1914; Genevieve Caroline Fink"
Plot: 49
Born: Oct. 2, 1914
Died: Oct. 18, 1914
Age: 16 d's
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Finnala, Oscar (MIR) (MM)
Cemetery: Unknown
Born: 1874
Died:1893 in Carbon (MM)
Died: Oct. 14, 1898 in Carbon (MIR)
Age: 24 y's
Note: Oscar Finnala, age 24, nativity Finland, occupation miner, married, wife and one child. He had been in the employ of the Company three years previous to his decease. He was killed in Carbon No. 2. Finnala and his partner, Gus Niemie, were working in a room together on Oct. 14, 1898. The room was well propped and they had a safety prop placed under a large rock which they believed to be solid. The rock became loose, and a smooth slip on the side of it gave the rock a chance to fall. Finnala was killed. The weight of the rock broke itself around the prop which let it fall and left the prop standing. (MIR) (BL)
Note: Oscar Finnala was killed in the Union Pacific's No. 2 mine in Carbon. It is not known where he was buried. (BL)
More at: Hanna Miner Monument
Cemetery: Unknown
Born: 1874
Died:1893 in Carbon (MM)
Died: Oct. 14, 1898 in Carbon (MIR)
Age: 24 y's
Note: Oscar Finnala, age 24, nativity Finland, occupation miner, married, wife and one child. He had been in the employ of the Company three years previous to his decease. He was killed in Carbon No. 2. Finnala and his partner, Gus Niemie, were working in a room together on Oct. 14, 1898. The room was well propped and they had a safety prop placed under a large rock which they believed to be solid. The rock became loose, and a smooth slip on the side of it gave the rock a chance to fall. Finnala was killed. The weight of the rock broke itself around the prop which let it fall and left the prop standing. (MIR) (BL)
Note: Oscar Finnala was killed in the Union Pacific's No. 2 mine in Carbon. It is not known where he was buried. (BL)
More at: Hanna Miner Monument
Died in Carbon No. 2 Mine - Burial Place Unknown
Fisher, James W.
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: Metal Cross - 1843 - 1917
Born: Nov. 1843
Died: Oct. 16, 1917
Age: 74 y's
Note: Obituary -James Fisher was born at Helfdon one mile from Norwich, Norfolk, England. He came to the United States in 1876, coming to Wyoming to make his home in 1878. He settled in the old town of Carbon that same year and continued to make that mining town his home for several years. November 28, 1881, he was married to Mrs. Marie Mole. For the past several years preceding his death Mr. Fisher was engaged in the ranching and coal mining business, living at his ranch near Elk Mountain, known as the Seven Mile Ranch. On Tuesday afternoon, October 16 Mr. Fisher passed away in the hospital in this city following injuries which he received when an automobile in which he was riding turned over. The funeral was held at Carbon cemetery last Saturday afternoon and interment took place in that cemetery. Friends from all over Carbon County were present for the funeral of this worthy old man, one who is well known and well liked all over the county. (Rawlins Republican, October 25, 1917)
Note: James Fisher was born November 1848 in England. He arrived in this country about 1876. He married Maria J. Widdowfield November 28, 1881 in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming. James died October 16, 1917 in Rawlins, Carbon, Wyoming at age 71 from an automobile accident. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: Metal Cross - 1843 - 1917
Born: Nov. 1843
Died: Oct. 16, 1917
Age: 74 y's
Note: Obituary -James Fisher was born at Helfdon one mile from Norwich, Norfolk, England. He came to the United States in 1876, coming to Wyoming to make his home in 1878. He settled in the old town of Carbon that same year and continued to make that mining town his home for several years. November 28, 1881, he was married to Mrs. Marie Mole. For the past several years preceding his death Mr. Fisher was engaged in the ranching and coal mining business, living at his ranch near Elk Mountain, known as the Seven Mile Ranch. On Tuesday afternoon, October 16 Mr. Fisher passed away in the hospital in this city following injuries which he received when an automobile in which he was riding turned over. The funeral was held at Carbon cemetery last Saturday afternoon and interment took place in that cemetery. Friends from all over Carbon County were present for the funeral of this worthy old man, one who is well known and well liked all over the county. (Rawlins Republican, October 25, 1917)
Note: James Fisher was born November 1848 in England. He arrived in this country about 1876. He married Maria J. Widdowfield November 28, 1881 in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming. James died October 16, 1917 in Rawlins, Carbon, Wyoming at age 71 from an automobile accident. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Fisher, Matilda R.
Headstone: "1902 - 1931"
Plot: 117
Born: 1902
Died: 1931
Age: 29 y's
Headstone: "1902 - 1931"
Plot: 117
Born: 1902
Died: 1931
Age: 29 y's
(Image by Bob Leathers)
Fisher, Mariah Widdowfield
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: Metal Cross
Born: 1851
Death: May 10, 1919
Age: 68 y's
Note: Fisher, Mariah Widdowfield was born in 1851 to James W. and Ann (Widowfield) Fisher. In 1900, Maria was age 49 and living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming. She came to this country in 1870 and married James Fisher in 1881. She had 11 children over her lifetime. She died in 1919 in Hanna, Carbon, Wyoming at the age of 68 from an Intestinal Obstruction and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Note: Miriah Widdowfield Fisher [Maria J. Fisher] died May 10, 1919 in Hanna, Carbon, Wyoming at age 68 from an Intestinal Obstruction. (Wyoming Death Records)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: Metal Cross
Born: 1851
Death: May 10, 1919
Age: 68 y's
Note: Fisher, Mariah Widdowfield was born in 1851 to James W. and Ann (Widowfield) Fisher. In 1900, Maria was age 49 and living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming. She came to this country in 1870 and married James Fisher in 1881. She had 11 children over her lifetime. She died in 1919 in Hanna, Carbon, Wyoming at the age of 68 from an Intestinal Obstruction and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Note: Miriah Widdowfield Fisher [Maria J. Fisher] died May 10, 1919 in Hanna, Carbon, Wyoming at age 68 from an Intestinal Obstruction. (Wyoming Death Records)
(Image by Bob Leathers)
Fisher, Richard R.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1892 - 1952"
Plot: 117
Born: 1892
Died: 1952
Age: 60 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1892 - 1952"
Plot: 117
Born: 1892
Died: 1952
Age: 60 y's
(Image by Bob Leathers)
Fisher, Robert
Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "1871 - 1927"
Born: 1871
Died: Oct. 11, 1927
Age: 56 y's
Note: The death of Bob Fisher marked the passing away of an old timer of Carbon and Hanna. He worked in Hanna for 16 years. Death claimed him on October 11th, at the age of 56, as the result of a short illness. He leaves to mourn his death a sister of Knoxville, Iowa, besides a host of friends who will miss him, as he was known and like by all. The funeral was held at the Episcopal Church and interment made at the Carbon cemetery. (UPCCEM, December1927)
Note: Robert Fisher died in Hanna but was buried in Carbon. (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "1871 - 1927"
Born: 1871
Died: Oct. 11, 1927
Age: 56 y's
Note: The death of Bob Fisher marked the passing away of an old timer of Carbon and Hanna. He worked in Hanna for 16 years. Death claimed him on October 11th, at the age of 56, as the result of a short illness. He leaves to mourn his death a sister of Knoxville, Iowa, besides a host of friends who will miss him, as he was known and like by all. The funeral was held at the Episcopal Church and interment made at the Carbon cemetery. (UPCCEM, December1927)
Note: Robert Fisher died in Hanna but was buried in Carbon. (BL)
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Fisher, William
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "1836 - 1911"
Born: April 1836
Died: 1911
Age: 75 y's
Note: William "Bill" Fisher was born April 1836 in England. He arrived in this country in 1867-1869. In the 1900 US Census; He was age 63; born 1837 in England; living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming, widowed, 31 years in the United States; living alone; a Coal Miner by occupation. Bill died in 1911 and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "1836 - 1911"
Born: April 1836
Died: 1911
Age: 75 y's
Note: William "Bill" Fisher was born April 1836 in England. He arrived in this country in 1867-1869. In the 1900 US Census; He was age 63; born 1837 in England; living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming, widowed, 31 years in the United States; living alone; a Coal Miner by occupation. Bill died in 1911 and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
(Image by Bob Leathers)
Fitch, Valene
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1893 - 1917; Wife of S.J. Fitch; Asleep with Jesus"
Plot: 67
Born: 1893
Died: 1917
Age: 24 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1893 - 1917; Wife of S.J. Fitch; Asleep with Jesus"
Plot: 67
Born: 1893
Died: 1917
Age: 24 y's
(Image by Bob Leathers)
Flint, Thomas (Inquest) (MIR); Aka: Flint, T. (MM)
Born: 1877
Died: Mar. 28, 1908
Age: 31 y's
Hanna Monument: At the top of Hanna No. 1 Hill stands a Memorial Monument dedicated to the men who lost their lives in the explosions of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 Mine in Hanna. The Monument also marks the area where 28 of the men - like Thomas Flint - were killed, but not recovered and their bodies remain at the bottom of the mine.
Note: Thomas Flint worked as a Mason in the No. 1 mine. On Saturday, March 28th, while the mine was idle, a fire crew consisting of 18 men including Thomas entered the Number 1 mine to put out a fire burning in entry number 10. The mine exploded about three in the afternoon killing all the men in the fire crew. A rescue crew was organized and entered the mine to search for survivors. A second explosion occurred the same day about ten thirty in the evening killing an additional 41 men. Thomas' body was not removed from the mine. (BL)
Note: Thomas Flint was born in Penrith, Cumberland, England in 1877. He was the son of Joseph and Jessie [nee Walmsley]. They married in Bury, Lancashire, England in 1871. Thomas had three siblings. Joseph James, born 1872, in Bury, Lancashire, England. Elizabeth Emma, born Penrith, Cumberland, England in 1875, died 1875. Jane Ann, born Penrith, Cumberland, England 1875, died 1875. There is no trace of Joseph and Jessie Flint since the birth of Thomas in 1877. Joseph James is living with his Aunt Elizabeth Howarth in St Annes, Lancashire, England in 1881. Thomas married Hannah Warburton in 1896 in Chorley, England. They had four children while residing in Chorley and Bolton. Joseph, born 1897. James, born 1899. Thomas, born 1901. The entire family arrived in New York on their way to Hanna on the 5th May, 1904. They were sponsored by Hannah’s brother Robert Warburton. There were two more additions to the family. Jessie, born 1905 in Hanna. Robert, born in 1908 after his father’s death. In 1912 Hannah married Thomas Scilk a miner from Ireland and moved to Arizona. (John Baldwin, England)
Note: Thomas was killed in the 1908 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 Mine in Hanna. His body was not removed from the mine. (BL)
More at: Hanna Miner Monument
More at: Hanna Mine Explosion Monument on Hanna No. 1 Hill
Born: 1877
Died: Mar. 28, 1908
Age: 31 y's
Hanna Monument: At the top of Hanna No. 1 Hill stands a Memorial Monument dedicated to the men who lost their lives in the explosions of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 Mine in Hanna. The Monument also marks the area where 28 of the men - like Thomas Flint - were killed, but not recovered and their bodies remain at the bottom of the mine.
Note: Thomas Flint worked as a Mason in the No. 1 mine. On Saturday, March 28th, while the mine was idle, a fire crew consisting of 18 men including Thomas entered the Number 1 mine to put out a fire burning in entry number 10. The mine exploded about three in the afternoon killing all the men in the fire crew. A rescue crew was organized and entered the mine to search for survivors. A second explosion occurred the same day about ten thirty in the evening killing an additional 41 men. Thomas' body was not removed from the mine. (BL)
Note: Thomas Flint was born in Penrith, Cumberland, England in 1877. He was the son of Joseph and Jessie [nee Walmsley]. They married in Bury, Lancashire, England in 1871. Thomas had three siblings. Joseph James, born 1872, in Bury, Lancashire, England. Elizabeth Emma, born Penrith, Cumberland, England in 1875, died 1875. Jane Ann, born Penrith, Cumberland, England 1875, died 1875. There is no trace of Joseph and Jessie Flint since the birth of Thomas in 1877. Joseph James is living with his Aunt Elizabeth Howarth in St Annes, Lancashire, England in 1881. Thomas married Hannah Warburton in 1896 in Chorley, England. They had four children while residing in Chorley and Bolton. Joseph, born 1897. James, born 1899. Thomas, born 1901. The entire family arrived in New York on their way to Hanna on the 5th May, 1904. They were sponsored by Hannah’s brother Robert Warburton. There were two more additions to the family. Jessie, born 1905 in Hanna. Robert, born in 1908 after his father’s death. In 1912 Hannah married Thomas Scilk a miner from Ireland and moved to Arizona. (John Baldwin, England)
Note: Thomas was killed in the 1908 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 Mine in Hanna. His body was not removed from the mine. (BL)
More at: Hanna Miner Monument
More at: Hanna Mine Explosion Monument on Hanna No. 1 Hill
Hanna Mine Explosion Monuments on Hanna No. 1 Hill. (Image by Bob Leathers. Sept. 2023)
Memorial Monument to Mine Explosion Victims (Image by Bob Leathers)
Flynn, Walter B.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1874-1932; Walter B. Flynn"
Plot: 124
Born: 1874
Died: 1932
Age: 58 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1874-1932; Walter B. Flynn"
Plot: 124
Born: 1874
Died: 1932
Age: 58 y's
(Image by Bob Leathers)
Ford, F. E.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Jul. 20, 1881 - Dec. 2, 1937; F. E. Ford"
Plot: 109
Born: July 20; 1881
Died: Dec. 2, 1937
Age: 56 y's, 4 m's, 12 d's
Note: The community of Hanna was shocked by the sudden death of Mr. F.E. Ford at Rochester, Minnesota, on December 2nd, after undergoing a major operation. Mr. Ford was born at Maryville, Missouri, July 20, 1881. He came to Hanna in 1919 and was employed by The Union Pacific Coal Company. He was married to Mrs. Mary Stebner on February 3, 1921. He then went into the hotel business, in which he engaged until his death. He had a frank and friendly disposition and greeted all who came to the hotel with a cheery smile and every courtesy. He was interested in Labor Unions and had attended several Labor conventions prior to his career as a hotel manager. Mr. Ford was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, the Lions Club and the Izaak Walton League. He was a lover of outdoor sports, and many of his friends enjoyed hunting and fishing trips with him. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Mrs. Mary Ford, of Hanna, and one brother in Iowa. Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church on December 5th with Rev. Brown officiating; Knights of Pythias, Rathbone Lodge No. 14, also held their services in the church. Interment was made in the Hanna cemetery. (UPCCEM, January 1938)
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Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Jul. 20, 1881 - Dec. 2, 1937; F. E. Ford"
Plot: 109
Born: July 20; 1881
Died: Dec. 2, 1937
Age: 56 y's, 4 m's, 12 d's
Note: The community of Hanna was shocked by the sudden death of Mr. F.E. Ford at Rochester, Minnesota, on December 2nd, after undergoing a major operation. Mr. Ford was born at Maryville, Missouri, July 20, 1881. He came to Hanna in 1919 and was employed by The Union Pacific Coal Company. He was married to Mrs. Mary Stebner on February 3, 1921. He then went into the hotel business, in which he engaged until his death. He had a frank and friendly disposition and greeted all who came to the hotel with a cheery smile and every courtesy. He was interested in Labor Unions and had attended several Labor conventions prior to his career as a hotel manager. Mr. Ford was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, the Lions Club and the Izaak Walton League. He was a lover of outdoor sports, and many of his friends enjoyed hunting and fishing trips with him. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Mrs. Mary Ford, of Hanna, and one brother in Iowa. Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church on December 5th with Rev. Brown officiating; Knights of Pythias, Rathbone Lodge No. 14, also held their services in the church. Interment was made in the Hanna cemetery. (UPCCEM, January 1938)
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Ford, Mary E.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1890 - 1984"
Plot: 109
Born: 1890
Died: 1984
Age: 94 y's
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Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1890 - 1984"
Plot: 109
Born: 1890
Died: 1984
Age: 94 y's
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Foster, Harry (Inquest); (MIR); Aka: Foster, H. (MM)
Cemetery: Hanna
Born: 1881
Died: Mar. 28, 1908
Age: 27 y's
Note: Harry Foster worked as a Laborer in the No. 1 mine. On Saturday, March 28th, while the mine was idle, a fire crew consisting of 18 men entered the Number 1 mine to put out a fire burning in entry number 10. The mine exploded about three in the afternoon killing all the men in the fire crew. A rescue crew was organized and entered the mine to search for survivors. A second explosion occurred the same day about ten thirty in the evening. Harry and 41 other members of the rescue crew were killed in the second explosion. His body was found on Thursday July 16, 1908, on day 111 after the explosion, identified and removed from the mine. He was buried in an unmarked grave in the Hanna cemetery. (BL)
Note: Harry Foster was killed in the 1908 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 1 mine in Hanna. He was buried in one of the many unmarked graves in the Hanna Cemetery. (BL)
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Cemetery: Hanna
Born: 1881
Died: Mar. 28, 1908
Age: 27 y's
Note: Harry Foster worked as a Laborer in the No. 1 mine. On Saturday, March 28th, while the mine was idle, a fire crew consisting of 18 men entered the Number 1 mine to put out a fire burning in entry number 10. The mine exploded about three in the afternoon killing all the men in the fire crew. A rescue crew was organized and entered the mine to search for survivors. A second explosion occurred the same day about ten thirty in the evening. Harry and 41 other members of the rescue crew were killed in the second explosion. His body was found on Thursday July 16, 1908, on day 111 after the explosion, identified and removed from the mine. He was buried in an unmarked grave in the Hanna cemetery. (BL)
Note: Harry Foster was killed in the 1908 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 1 mine in Hanna. He was buried in one of the many unmarked graves in the Hanna Cemetery. (BL)
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UNKNOWN MINER PLAQUES THAT TODAY MARK THE GRAVES OF THOSE BURIED IN UNMARKED GRAVES IN THE HANNA CEMETERY (Image by Bob Leathers)
Fouros, Gust (MIR); Aka: Fouros, G. (MM)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "May 16, 1943; WYOMING; PVT 163 INF 44 DIV"
Plot: 134
Born: 1895 in Greece (Ancestry)
Born: May 21, 1894 (UPCCEM)
Died: May 16, 1943
Age: 48 y's, 11 m's, 25 d's
Note: Gust Fouros, age 48, Greek and single was fatally injured on May 16, at 9:55 p.m. and died at 11:30 p.m. the same day at the Hanna Hospital. The accident occurred in No. 8 room of K 2 Plane, Hanna No. 4 Coal Mine, operated by the Union Pacific Coal Company. On May 17, Hugh McLeod, made an investigation into the accident resulting in the death of the aforesaid. John Kivi, machine runner; Clifford Frazier, machine helper; and D. J. Stevens, driller; made up the crew who were engaged in cutting and drilling No. 8 room of K 2 Plane, Hanna No. 4 Mine. Kivi and Frazier were cutting the place and when they cut about ten feet from the right side toward the left side, they stopped the machine and moved the tail jack pipe so that Fouros and Stevens could start drilling. When the place was cut the machine was pulled back about thirty feet to load it on the traveling truck. Fouros and Stevens had just finished drilling the seventh hole about center of the place which was twenty-seven feet wide. They then proceeded to sharpen the drill bits. Fouros was standing out four feet from the face looking toward the face and Stevens was standing against the face looking out over the room, when a piece of top coal, without warning, struck Fouros on the back, injuring him severely. Recommendations: Owing to a large amount of top coal that is left in the first mining, very little timber was used in the past, but due to changing condition, because of well-defined slips encountered in the top coal, I feel that it would add to the safety if safety props were set while the men are working, cutting, drilling and shooting. Hugh McLeod, State Mine Inspector. (MIR) (BL)
Note: Fouros, Gust, Greek, age 49, single, driller, Section No. 2, Hanna No. 4-A Mine. FATAL. The working place was a strike room in pioneer work. Some very pronounced slips, running nearly parallel to the room, are present in this area. Four men, who composed the cutting and drilling crew, came into this room, and the top was tested while the tracklayers were completing the track. The face was cut, the machine pulled back, and the drillers had completed drilling on the right side of the face. They were standing in front of the last hole drilled, sharpening a drill bit, when a large piece of coal broke off from one of the slips in the top. Gust was caught by the fall of coal. (UPCCEM, July 1943)
Note: The funeral of Gust Fouros was held in the Episcopal Church on May 20th. Mr. Fouros was born in Chania, Crete, on May 21, 1894, and came to the United States in 1913. He was a veteran of World War I, having served in the U.S. Army. He is survived by a cousin, Joe Berakis, of Rock Springs. Interment was made in the Hanna Cemetery. (UPCCEM, July 1943)
Note: Gust's father was Jim Fouros and his mother Annie (Zavis) Fouros. (Ancestry)
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Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "May 16, 1943; WYOMING; PVT 163 INF 44 DIV"
Plot: 134
Born: 1895 in Greece (Ancestry)
Born: May 21, 1894 (UPCCEM)
Died: May 16, 1943
Age: 48 y's, 11 m's, 25 d's
Note: Gust Fouros, age 48, Greek and single was fatally injured on May 16, at 9:55 p.m. and died at 11:30 p.m. the same day at the Hanna Hospital. The accident occurred in No. 8 room of K 2 Plane, Hanna No. 4 Coal Mine, operated by the Union Pacific Coal Company. On May 17, Hugh McLeod, made an investigation into the accident resulting in the death of the aforesaid. John Kivi, machine runner; Clifford Frazier, machine helper; and D. J. Stevens, driller; made up the crew who were engaged in cutting and drilling No. 8 room of K 2 Plane, Hanna No. 4 Mine. Kivi and Frazier were cutting the place and when they cut about ten feet from the right side toward the left side, they stopped the machine and moved the tail jack pipe so that Fouros and Stevens could start drilling. When the place was cut the machine was pulled back about thirty feet to load it on the traveling truck. Fouros and Stevens had just finished drilling the seventh hole about center of the place which was twenty-seven feet wide. They then proceeded to sharpen the drill bits. Fouros was standing out four feet from the face looking toward the face and Stevens was standing against the face looking out over the room, when a piece of top coal, without warning, struck Fouros on the back, injuring him severely. Recommendations: Owing to a large amount of top coal that is left in the first mining, very little timber was used in the past, but due to changing condition, because of well-defined slips encountered in the top coal, I feel that it would add to the safety if safety props were set while the men are working, cutting, drilling and shooting. Hugh McLeod, State Mine Inspector. (MIR) (BL)
Note: Fouros, Gust, Greek, age 49, single, driller, Section No. 2, Hanna No. 4-A Mine. FATAL. The working place was a strike room in pioneer work. Some very pronounced slips, running nearly parallel to the room, are present in this area. Four men, who composed the cutting and drilling crew, came into this room, and the top was tested while the tracklayers were completing the track. The face was cut, the machine pulled back, and the drillers had completed drilling on the right side of the face. They were standing in front of the last hole drilled, sharpening a drill bit, when a large piece of coal broke off from one of the slips in the top. Gust was caught by the fall of coal. (UPCCEM, July 1943)
Note: The funeral of Gust Fouros was held in the Episcopal Church on May 20th. Mr. Fouros was born in Chania, Crete, on May 21, 1894, and came to the United States in 1913. He was a veteran of World War I, having served in the U.S. Army. He is survived by a cousin, Joe Berakis, of Rock Springs. Interment was made in the Hanna Cemetery. (UPCCEM, July 1943)
Note: Gust's father was Jim Fouros and his mother Annie (Zavis) Fouros. (Ancestry)
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Fredrichs, Henry F.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1860 - 1894; Henry F. Fredrichs"
Plot: 160
Born: 1860
Died: 1894
Age: 34 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1860 - 1894; Henry F. Fredrichs"
Plot: 160
Born: 1860
Died: 1894
Age: 34 y's
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Fredrichs, Rosa
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1890 - 1894; Rosa Fredrichs"
Plot: 160
Born: 1890
Died: 1894
Age: 4 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1890 - 1894; Rosa Fredrichs"
Plot: 160
Born: 1890
Died: 1894
Age: 4 y's
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Freeman, Catherine
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Aug. 16, 1891 - Jan. 13, 1968"
Plot: 72
Born: Aug. 16, 1891
Died: Jan. 13, 1968
Age: 76 y's, 4 m's, 27 d's
Note: Catherine (Jones) Freeman was born August 16, 1891. She married William "Bill" Freeman. She died January 13, 1968 at age 77 and was buried in the Hanna, Wyoming cemetery in the Jones plot 72. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Aug. 16, 1891 - Jan. 13, 1968"
Plot: 72
Born: Aug. 16, 1891
Died: Jan. 13, 1968
Age: 76 y's, 4 m's, 27 d's
Note: Catherine (Jones) Freeman was born August 16, 1891. She married William "Bill" Freeman. She died January 13, 1968 at age 77 and was buried in the Hanna, Wyoming cemetery in the Jones plot 72. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Freeman, Mary Jane
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Feb. 6, 1918 - Mar. 26, 1918; Mary Jane Freeman"
Plot: 72
Born: Feb. 6, 1918
Died: March 26, 1918
Age: 1 mo., 20 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Feb. 6, 1918 - Mar. 26, 1918; Mary Jane Freeman"
Plot: 72
Born: Feb. 6, 1918
Died: March 26, 1918
Age: 1 mo., 20 d's
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Freeman, William John
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Nov. 18, 1909 - Mar. 6, 1951; William John Freeman"
Plot: 72
Born: Nov. 18, 1909
Died: Mar. 6, 1951
Age: 41 y's, 3 m's, 18 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Nov. 18, 1909 - Mar. 6, 1951; William John Freeman"
Plot: 72
Born: Nov. 18, 1909
Died: Mar. 6, 1951
Age: 41 y's, 3 m's, 18 d's
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Freeman, William
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Jan. 4, 1890 - Dec. 26, 1944; William Freeman"
Plot: 72
Born: Jan. 4, 1890
Died: Dec. 26, 1944
Age: 54 y's, 11 m's, 22 d's
Note: William Freeman, Old Timer, Dies - The community of Hanna was again saddened on December 26th when William Freeman, another old timer, passed away at his home. He had been ailing for several months and had been to Cheyenne for a short time before, where he received medical attention. William Freeman was born on June 4, 1889, in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He came to Hanna in 1908, where he was employed in the Company Store as butcher; later he was employed in the mine. He was married to Catherine Jones of Hanna in 1909. Mr. Freeman was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church on December 30 with Rev. A. Maxwell officiating and interment was made in the Hanna cemetery. Pall-bearers were Robert Cummings, Lynn Smith, John Reese, James Bamber, George Wales and W.A. Briggs. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, six sons, Corporal Wm. Freeman serving in England, Dave and Joe Freeman of Sinclair, Tom Freeman of Rawlins, and James and Robert of Hanna, and four daughters, Mrs. Alex Pascoe, Mrs. Jack Ligeros, and Margaret of Hanna, and Mrs. H. Brewer of Evanston, Wyoming; also seven grandchildren, three sisters and three brothers. (UPCCEM, February, 1945)
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Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Jan. 4, 1890 - Dec. 26, 1944; William Freeman"
Plot: 72
Born: Jan. 4, 1890
Died: Dec. 26, 1944
Age: 54 y's, 11 m's, 22 d's
Note: William Freeman, Old Timer, Dies - The community of Hanna was again saddened on December 26th when William Freeman, another old timer, passed away at his home. He had been ailing for several months and had been to Cheyenne for a short time before, where he received medical attention. William Freeman was born on June 4, 1889, in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He came to Hanna in 1908, where he was employed in the Company Store as butcher; later he was employed in the mine. He was married to Catherine Jones of Hanna in 1909. Mr. Freeman was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church on December 30 with Rev. A. Maxwell officiating and interment was made in the Hanna cemetery. Pall-bearers were Robert Cummings, Lynn Smith, John Reese, James Bamber, George Wales and W.A. Briggs. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, six sons, Corporal Wm. Freeman serving in England, Dave and Joe Freeman of Sinclair, Tom Freeman of Rawlins, and James and Robert of Hanna, and four daughters, Mrs. Alex Pascoe, Mrs. Jack Ligeros, and Margaret of Hanna, and Mrs. H. Brewer of Evanston, Wyoming; also seven grandchildren, three sisters and three brothers. (UPCCEM, February, 1945)
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Frink, B. L. (Inquest) (MIR) (MM)
Born: 1875
Died: Mar. 28, 1908
Age: 33 y's
Hanna Monument: At the top of Hanna No. 1 Hill stands a Memorial Monument dedicated to the men who lost their lives in the explosions of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 Mine in Hanna. The Monument also marks the area where 28 of the men - like B. L. Frank - were killed, but not recovered and their bodies remain at the bottom of the mine.
Note: Mr. Frink worked as a Pumper in the No. 1 mine. On Saturday, March 28th, while the mine was idle, a fire crew consisting of 18 men entered the Number 1 mine to put out a fire burning in entry number 10. The mine exploded about three in the afternoon killing all the men in the fire crew. A rescue crew was organized and entered the mine to search for survivors. A second explosion occurred the same day about ten thirty in the evening. Mr. Frink and 41 other members of the rescue crew were killed in the second explosion. His body was not found and not removed from the mine. (BL)
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Born: 1875
Died: Mar. 28, 1908
Age: 33 y's
Hanna Monument: At the top of Hanna No. 1 Hill stands a Memorial Monument dedicated to the men who lost their lives in the explosions of the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 Mine in Hanna. The Monument also marks the area where 28 of the men - like B. L. Frank - were killed, but not recovered and their bodies remain at the bottom of the mine.
Note: Mr. Frink worked as a Pumper in the No. 1 mine. On Saturday, March 28th, while the mine was idle, a fire crew consisting of 18 men entered the Number 1 mine to put out a fire burning in entry number 10. The mine exploded about three in the afternoon killing all the men in the fire crew. A rescue crew was organized and entered the mine to search for survivors. A second explosion occurred the same day about ten thirty in the evening. Mr. Frink and 41 other members of the rescue crew were killed in the second explosion. His body was not found and not removed from the mine. (BL)
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Hanna Mine Explosion Monuments on Hanna No. 1 Hill. (Image by Bob Leathers. Sept. 2023)
Memorial Monument to Mine Explosion Victims (Image by Bob Leathers)
Fryer, Fern Woolsey
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1899 - 1924"
Plot: 107
Born: 1899
Died: Apr. 21, 1924
Age: 25 y's
Note: The many friends of Mrs. George Fryer were shocked and grieved to learn of her death at her home here on April 21st. Mrs. Fryer grew to womanhood among us and had been in poor health for a number of months, and while her passing was not sudden or unexpected it grieved her loved ones and friends. Her remains were laid to rest in the Hanna cemetery on Friday, April 23rd. The deceased leaves a mother, husband one sister, and a host of friends to mourn her death. The floral offerings were many and beautiful and bore evidence of the high esteem in which she was held. (UPCCEM, June 1924)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1899 - 1924"
Plot: 107
Born: 1899
Died: Apr. 21, 1924
Age: 25 y's
Note: The many friends of Mrs. George Fryer were shocked and grieved to learn of her death at her home here on April 21st. Mrs. Fryer grew to womanhood among us and had been in poor health for a number of months, and while her passing was not sudden or unexpected it grieved her loved ones and friends. Her remains were laid to rest in the Hanna cemetery on Friday, April 23rd. The deceased leaves a mother, husband one sister, and a host of friends to mourn her death. The floral offerings were many and beautiful and bore evidence of the high esteem in which she was held. (UPCCEM, June 1924)
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Fujinami, Seilkichi
Cemetery: Unknown
Born: 1887
Died: June 12, 1951
Age: 64 y's
Note: Seikichi Fujinami died on June 12, 1951, Lyman Fearn, State Coal Mine Inspector, made an investigation into the cause of the injury which occurred to Seikichi Fujinami, Japanese, age 64, married, no children, from which injuries he passed away the same day. Lyman Fearn was accompanied by William Roberts, Federal Coal Mine Inspector, Frank Peternall, Safety Engineer, John Hughes, General Superintendent, Hodge Burress, Mine Superintendent. The men found that Seikichi Fujinami was employed by the Union Pacific Coal Company in the No. 4A Mine in Hanna, as a track man. He was working the 1 North Entry laying track for the Joy unit working the above entry. He had finished his work and was standing on the high side of the entry waiting until the Joy loader had completed the loading of the trip. While in this waiting period a fall of roof and rib coal took place, catching him and causing his injuries. The place at the point of injury was 15 feet wide and 8 feet high. The coal that fell was 18 inches thick, 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, going out in a feathered edge. Three men claimed that the roof in that section had been examined by them personally during the day and that the roof appeared to be good. The members of the crew were: Ted Crombie, John Ever Matson, John F. Reynolds, Wallace Frye with Marion Telin as Unit Foreman. This department recommends that due to the character of the coal in this section being quite wet and does not reveal by sound the true condition of the roof and rib coal, that all lips be sheared or timbered and well-trimmed. (MIR)
Note: Seilkichi Fujinami was killed in the Union Pacific Coal Company's 4A mine in Hanna. It is unknown where he is buried in. (BL)
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Cemetery: Unknown
Born: 1887
Died: June 12, 1951
Age: 64 y's
Note: Seikichi Fujinami died on June 12, 1951, Lyman Fearn, State Coal Mine Inspector, made an investigation into the cause of the injury which occurred to Seikichi Fujinami, Japanese, age 64, married, no children, from which injuries he passed away the same day. Lyman Fearn was accompanied by William Roberts, Federal Coal Mine Inspector, Frank Peternall, Safety Engineer, John Hughes, General Superintendent, Hodge Burress, Mine Superintendent. The men found that Seikichi Fujinami was employed by the Union Pacific Coal Company in the No. 4A Mine in Hanna, as a track man. He was working the 1 North Entry laying track for the Joy unit working the above entry. He had finished his work and was standing on the high side of the entry waiting until the Joy loader had completed the loading of the trip. While in this waiting period a fall of roof and rib coal took place, catching him and causing his injuries. The place at the point of injury was 15 feet wide and 8 feet high. The coal that fell was 18 inches thick, 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, going out in a feathered edge. Three men claimed that the roof in that section had been examined by them personally during the day and that the roof appeared to be good. The members of the crew were: Ted Crombie, John Ever Matson, John F. Reynolds, Wallace Frye with Marion Telin as Unit Foreman. This department recommends that due to the character of the coal in this section being quite wet and does not reveal by sound the true condition of the roof and rib coal, that all lips be sheared or timbered and well-trimmed. (MIR)
Note: Seilkichi Fujinami was killed in the Union Pacific Coal Company's 4A mine in Hanna. It is unknown where he is buried in. (BL)
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Died in Hanna No. 4A Mine - Burial Place Unknown
Fulbright, Debbra E.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "December 25, 1957 - May 13, 1992; Beloved mother of Christopher & Dustin"
Plot: Block 4 Lot 17
Born: Dec. 25, 1957
Died: May 13, 1992
Age: 34 y's, 4 m's, 18 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "December 25, 1957 - May 13, 1992; Beloved mother of Christopher & Dustin"
Plot: Block 4 Lot 17
Born: Dec. 25, 1957
Died: May 13, 1992
Age: 34 y's, 4 m's, 18 d's
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Fuller, Jessie Mae
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "Dau, of W.C. & M.S. Fuller, May 11, 1899 - Mar. 10, 1908"
Born: May 11, 1899
Died: Mar. 10, 1908
Age: 8 y's, 9 m's, 29 d's
Note: Jessie Mae Fuller was born on May 11, 1899, in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming to William and Mary Fuller. She had two brothers and two sisters. She died March 10, 1908 at age 8 from Whooping Cough and was buried in Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "Dau, of W.C. & M.S. Fuller, May 11, 1899 - Mar. 10, 1908"
Born: May 11, 1899
Died: Mar. 10, 1908
Age: 8 y's, 9 m's, 29 d's
Note: Jessie Mae Fuller was born on May 11, 1899, in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming to William and Mary Fuller. She had two brothers and two sisters. She died March 10, 1908 at age 8 from Whooping Cough and was buried in Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Fuller, W. C.
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "Born Mar. 11, 1849, Died Feb. 2, 1901"
Born: Mar. 11, 1849
Died: Feb. 2, 1901
Age: 51 y's, 8 m's, 21 d's
Note: William Channing Fuller was born March 11, 1849 in Louisiana to Eugene and Anna Fuller. He married Mary Spillman in 1890 at Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming. They had 5 children over 11 years. In the 1900 U.S. Census: William C. fuller age 51; born in Louisiana; living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming; married to Mary S. Fuller; married in 1890; 10 years married and a Post Master by occupation. He died on February 2, 1901, in Carbon, at the age of 51, and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "Born Mar. 11, 1849, Died Feb. 2, 1901"
Born: Mar. 11, 1849
Died: Feb. 2, 1901
Age: 51 y's, 8 m's, 21 d's
Note: William Channing Fuller was born March 11, 1849 in Louisiana to Eugene and Anna Fuller. He married Mary Spillman in 1890 at Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming. They had 5 children over 11 years. In the 1900 U.S. Census: William C. fuller age 51; born in Louisiana; living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming; married to Mary S. Fuller; married in 1890; 10 years married and a Post Master by occupation. He died on February 2, 1901, in Carbon, at the age of 51, and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
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