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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Gabbott, Dennis D.
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "Died Aug. 17, 1897, Aged 28 yrs.”; Shares stone with Ann Jackson.
Born: 1869
Died: 1897
Age: 28
Note: Dennis Gabbott was born July 1869 in Lancashire, England to Margret and Richard Gabbott. He arrived in this country in about 1893. He died August 17, 1897 in Denver, Colorado at the age of 28 and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: "Died Aug. 17, 1897, Aged 28 yrs.”; Shares stone with Ann Jackson.
Born: 1869
Died: 1897
Age: 28
Note: Dennis Gabbott was born July 1869 in Lancashire, England to Margret and Richard Gabbott. He arrived in this country in about 1893. He died August 17, 1897 in Denver, Colorado at the age of 28 and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Jackson, Ann
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: “Wife of John A. Jackson, Died Feb. 28, 1898, Aged 56 yrs., Be you also ready for in such an hour you know not the Son of man cometh”; Shares stone with Dennis Gabbott.
Born: 1842
Died: 1898
Age: 56
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: “Wife of John A. Jackson, Died Feb. 28, 1898, Aged 56 yrs., Be you also ready for in such an hour you know not the Son of man cometh”; Shares stone with Dennis Gabbott.
Born: 1842
Died: 1898
Age: 56
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Gage, Beatrice Dragoo
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Feb. 23, 1901 - Dec. 8, 1992; Gage, Beatrice Dragoo"
Plot: Block 4 Lots 8 and 9
Born: Feb. 23, 1901
Died: Dec. 8, 1992
Age: 91 y's, 9 m's, 15 d's
Note: Beatrice was Frank Shurter Sr.'s older sister. She grew up with Frank in Michigan. She had to quit school after the eighth grade like many did during that time in our history. She married and moved to the west coast. In her later years she became legally blind. She moved to Sheridan to be around family. During the years she had her eyesight she painted beautiful pictures, wrote a book for children and made costume jewelry. She was a very talented woman. She died in the Sheridan, Wyoming hospital, but was buried in the Hanna, Wyoming cemetery. (Shurter Family)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Feb. 23, 1901 - Dec. 8, 1992; Gage, Beatrice Dragoo"
Plot: Block 4 Lots 8 and 9
Born: Feb. 23, 1901
Died: Dec. 8, 1992
Age: 91 y's, 9 m's, 15 d's
Note: Beatrice was Frank Shurter Sr.'s older sister. She grew up with Frank in Michigan. She had to quit school after the eighth grade like many did during that time in our history. She married and moved to the west coast. In her later years she became legally blind. She moved to Sheridan to be around family. During the years she had her eyesight she painted beautiful pictures, wrote a book for children and made costume jewelry. She was a very talented woman. She died in the Sheridan, Wyoming hospital, but was buried in the Hanna, Wyoming cemetery. (Shurter Family)
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Gaskell, Florence
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: Gaskell Family Stone
Plot: 118
Born: Unknown
Died: May 31, 1924
Age: 14 y's
Note: On May 31st, Florence Gaskell, age 14, died at the Hanna Hospital of complicated illnesses. Services were held at St. Mark's Episcopal church by S. L. Morgan. Pallbearers were members of the Hanna school, namely, Grace Moore, Eileen Lucas, Edith Whiles [While], Annie Meekin, Alice Harrison and Edna Clark. The entire community is in sympathy with the bereaved mother, sister and brother in their sad loss. (UPCCEM July, 1924)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: Gaskell Family Stone
Plot: 118
Born: Unknown
Died: May 31, 1924
Age: 14 y's
Note: On May 31st, Florence Gaskell, age 14, died at the Hanna Hospital of complicated illnesses. Services were held at St. Mark's Episcopal church by S. L. Morgan. Pallbearers were members of the Hanna school, namely, Grace Moore, Eileen Lucas, Edith Whiles [While], Annie Meekin, Alice Harrison and Edna Clark. The entire community is in sympathy with the bereaved mother, sister and brother in their sad loss. (UPCCEM July, 1924)
Gaskell, Francis
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: Gaskell Family Stone
Plot: 118
Age: unknown
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: Gaskell Family Stone
Plot: 118
Age: unknown
Gaskell, Mary
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: Gaskell Family Stone
Born: Unknown
Died: January 20, 1947 (Leedy, Robin)
Plot: 118
Age: unknown
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: Gaskell Family Stone
Born: Unknown
Died: January 20, 1947 (Leedy, Robin)
Plot: 118
Age: unknown
Gaskell, Richard
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: Gaskell Family Stone
Born: Unknown
Died: April 18, 1917 (Leedy, Robin)
Plot: 118
Age: unknown
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: Gaskell Family Stone
Born: Unknown
Died: April 18, 1917 (Leedy, Robin)
Plot: 118
Age: unknown
Gaskell, Ellen, aka: Gaskell, Nell
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: Gaskell Family Stone
Plot: 118
Born: July 8, 1903
Died: July 18, 1935
Age: 32 y's, 10 d's
Note: The funeral of Miss Nell Gaskell was held at the Methodist Church on Saturday, July 20. The deceased had been ill for a few weeks at the home of her brother (Albert Gaskell) and was taken to the Rawlins Hospital, where she passed away on July 18th. She was born in England on July 8, 1903 and came to Hanna in 1905 with her parents. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary Gaskell, and four brothers. (UPCCEM, September 1935)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: Gaskell Family Stone
Plot: 118
Born: July 8, 1903
Died: July 18, 1935
Age: 32 y's, 10 d's
Note: The funeral of Miss Nell Gaskell was held at the Methodist Church on Saturday, July 20. The deceased had been ill for a few weeks at the home of her brother (Albert Gaskell) and was taken to the Rawlins Hospital, where she passed away on July 18th. She was born in England on July 8, 1903 and came to Hanna in 1905 with her parents. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary Gaskell, and four brothers. (UPCCEM, September 1935)
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Gaskell, John W.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Apr. 21, 1913 - Mar. 20, 2006; Dad; Married Dec. 25, 1940" Shares a stone with Ruth L. Gaskell.
Plot: 376.1
Born: Apr. 21, 1913
Died: Mar. 20, 2006
Age: 92 y's, 10 m's, 29 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Apr. 21, 1913 - Mar. 20, 2006; Dad; Married Dec. 25, 1940" Shares a stone with Ruth L. Gaskell.
Plot: 376.1
Born: Apr. 21, 1913
Died: Mar. 20, 2006
Age: 92 y's, 10 m's, 29 d's
Gaskell, Ruth L.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Sept. 11, 1918 - Mar. 6, 2005; Mom; Married Dec. 25, 1940" Shares a stone with John W. Gaskell.
Plot: 376.1
Born: Sept. 11, 1918
Died: Mar. 6, 2005
Age: 86 y's, 5 m's, 25 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Sept. 11, 1918 - Mar. 6, 2005; Mom; Married Dec. 25, 1940" Shares a stone with John W. Gaskell.
Plot: 376.1
Born: Sept. 11, 1918
Died: Mar. 6, 2005
Age: 86 y's, 5 m's, 25 d's
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Gaston, Duane Lee
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1969 - 1971; Our Baby"
Plot: 347
Born: 1969
Died: 1971
Age: 2 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1969 - 1971; Our Baby"
Plot: 347
Born: 1969
Died: 1971
Age: 2 y's
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Gaston, Harry E.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1933 - 2001; Dad" Shares a stone with Shirley M. Gaston.
Plot: Block 4 Lot 12
Born: 1933
Died: 2001
Age: 68 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1933 - 2001; Dad" Shares a stone with Shirley M. Gaston.
Plot: Block 4 Lot 12
Born: 1933
Died: 2001
Age: 68 y's
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Gaston, Shirley M.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1937 - 1997; Mom" Shares a stone with Harry E. Gaston.
Plot: Block 4 Lot 12
Born: 1937
Died: 1997
Age: 60 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1937 - 1997; Mom" Shares a stone with Harry E. Gaston.
Plot: Block 4 Lot 12
Born: 1937
Died: 1997
Age: 60 y's
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Gaston, Marvin R.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1963 - 1995; In Loving Memory; Son & Brother"
Plot: Block 4 Lot 12
Born: 1963
Died: 1995
Age: 32 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1963 - 1995; In Loving Memory; Son & Brother"
Plot: Block 4 Lot 12
Born: 1963
Died: 1995
Age: 32 y's
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Gay, Basil
Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "Our Baby. Son of S.H. & Addie Gay, Died Jan. 4, 1898. Aged 7 m's, 11 d's"
Born: May 23, 1897
Died: Jan. 4, 1898
Age: 7 m's, 11 d's
Note: Basil Gay was born in December 1897 in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming to Stephen and Adeline (Watkins) Gay. He died January 4, 1898 in Carbon at age 7 months and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Monument: "Our Baby. Son of S.H. & Addie Gay, Died Jan. 4, 1898. Aged 7 m's, 11 d's"
Born: May 23, 1897
Died: Jan. 4, 1898
Age: 7 m's, 11 d's
Note: Basil Gay was born in December 1897 in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming to Stephen and Adeline (Watkins) Gay. He died January 4, 1898 in Carbon at age 7 months and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Giatrakis, Gust (Monument) (MIR) Aka: Giatrakis, G. (MM)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1877 - Jun. 3, 1930; Kalxia Greece"
Plot: 135
Born: 1877
Died: June 3, 1930
Age: 53 y's
Note: June 3, 1930 - Gust Giatrakis. Findings of investigation of fatal accident at the No. 2 Mine, Hanna, property of the Union Pacific Coal Company, on June 3, 1930, which resulted in the death of Gust Giatrakis, Greek, age 52, married, two dependent children. Giatrakis and Wm. Crombie were engaged in pulling slope stumps and were working in the second crosscut below the entry. On the morning of the accident when both men reported to the fire boss prior to entering the mine, they were told that there was some loose coal and cap rock in their place and to be careful. On reaching their working place they examined it and finding, as they were told, loose top coal and cap rock they proceeded to take down this coal in order to make the place safe so that they could use a ladder and get up to take down the loose rock. Giatrakis was working on the loose coal and Crombie was holding a portable light so that he could see better what he was doing. While Giatrakis was trying to bar down this loose coal a piece of coal directly above him measuring 5' 3" x 1' 8" fell on him and caused injuries having occurred at 7:45 A. M. He died in the hospital at 9:55 A.M. (MIR)
Note: Gust Giatrakis was killed in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 2 mine in Hanna. He was buried in Plot 135 in the Hanna cemetery. (BL)
More at: Hanna Miner Monument
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1877 - Jun. 3, 1930; Kalxia Greece"
Plot: 135
Born: 1877
Died: June 3, 1930
Age: 53 y's
Note: June 3, 1930 - Gust Giatrakis. Findings of investigation of fatal accident at the No. 2 Mine, Hanna, property of the Union Pacific Coal Company, on June 3, 1930, which resulted in the death of Gust Giatrakis, Greek, age 52, married, two dependent children. Giatrakis and Wm. Crombie were engaged in pulling slope stumps and were working in the second crosscut below the entry. On the morning of the accident when both men reported to the fire boss prior to entering the mine, they were told that there was some loose coal and cap rock in their place and to be careful. On reaching their working place they examined it and finding, as they were told, loose top coal and cap rock they proceeded to take down this coal in order to make the place safe so that they could use a ladder and get up to take down the loose rock. Giatrakis was working on the loose coal and Crombie was holding a portable light so that he could see better what he was doing. While Giatrakis was trying to bar down this loose coal a piece of coal directly above him measuring 5' 3" x 1' 8" fell on him and caused injuries having occurred at 7:45 A. M. He died in the hospital at 9:55 A.M. (MIR)
Note: Gust Giatrakis was killed in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 2 mine in Hanna. He was buried in Plot 135 in the Hanna cemetery. (BL)
More at: Hanna Miner Monument
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Gillispie, J. Nathan
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1887 - 1959"
Plot: 295
Born: 1887
Died: 1959
Age: 72 y's
Note: Nathan Gillispie was a Hanna coal miner and an official of the African American - Black Baptist / Episcopal Church at Hanna. (BL)
More at: African American - Black Baptist / Episcopal Church
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1887 - 1959"
Plot: 295
Born: 1887
Died: 1959
Age: 72 y's
Note: Nathan Gillispie was a Hanna coal miner and an official of the African American - Black Baptist / Episcopal Church at Hanna. (BL)
More at: African American - Black Baptist / Episcopal Church
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Gillispie, James Nathan
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Baby" no dates
Plot: 295
Age: unknown
Note: Sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Gillespie in the death of their infant son. (UPCCEM, December 1928)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Baby" no dates
Plot: 295
Age: unknown
Note: Sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Gillespie in the death of their infant son. (UPCCEM, December 1928)
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Gillispie, Lucille Belle
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: no dates
Plot: 295
Born: July 9, 1925
Died: May 28, 1933
Age: 7 y's, 10 m's, 19 d's
Note: Lucille Belle Gillespie was born in Hanna, Wyoming, July 9, 1925, and journeyed to the Great Beyond, May 28, 1933. She had been sick for some time and had been taken to several doctors, but no help could be given. Her death was the result of complications from scarlatina. The funeral services were held at the Baptist church, in charge of the Rev. Wilson of the Methodist church. Interment was made in the Hanna cemetery. The pallbearers were her playmates: Farmer Garrett of Laramie, Wyo., Jesse B. Owens, Johnny Owens, and Cecil Robinson of Hanna, Wyoming. Out of town people who attended the funeral were Mr. And Mrs. Garrett and family and Lloyd Lockhart of Laramie, Mrs. Cora Tinsel, Mrs. Daisy Ashford and Mrs. Hazel Lockhart of Rawlins, Wyo. She will be greatly missed by her loved ones and her many playmates. Her parents wish to express hearty thanks to the many friends who assisted them in the time of their bereavement as well as to those who contributed the beautiful floral offerings. (UPCCEM, July 1933)
More at: Remembering Lucille Belle Gillispie
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: no dates
Plot: 295
Born: July 9, 1925
Died: May 28, 1933
Age: 7 y's, 10 m's, 19 d's
Note: Lucille Belle Gillespie was born in Hanna, Wyoming, July 9, 1925, and journeyed to the Great Beyond, May 28, 1933. She had been sick for some time and had been taken to several doctors, but no help could be given. Her death was the result of complications from scarlatina. The funeral services were held at the Baptist church, in charge of the Rev. Wilson of the Methodist church. Interment was made in the Hanna cemetery. The pallbearers were her playmates: Farmer Garrett of Laramie, Wyo., Jesse B. Owens, Johnny Owens, and Cecil Robinson of Hanna, Wyoming. Out of town people who attended the funeral were Mr. And Mrs. Garrett and family and Lloyd Lockhart of Laramie, Mrs. Cora Tinsel, Mrs. Daisy Ashford and Mrs. Hazel Lockhart of Rawlins, Wyo. She will be greatly missed by her loved ones and her many playmates. Her parents wish to express hearty thanks to the many friends who assisted them in the time of their bereavement as well as to those who contributed the beautiful floral offerings. (UPCCEM, July 1933)
More at: Remembering Lucille Belle Gillispie
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Gillispie, Susie
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1905 - 1966"
Plot: 295
Born: 1905
Died: 1966
Age: 61 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1905 - 1966"
Plot: 295
Born: 1905
Died: 1966
Age: 61 y's
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Glad, Henrik (Inquest); Aka: Glaat, Henry (MIR); Glaat, G. H. (MM)
Cemetery: Hanna
Born: 1864
Died: June 30, 1903
Age: 39 y's
Note: Henrik Glad, a Finnish miner, metal mine identification check #151, married, was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. He was found at entry 17 dip, identified and removed from the mine on August 8, 1903, day 40 after the explosion. He was buried in one of the many unmarked graves in the Hanna cemetery. (BL)
More at: Hanna Miner Monument
More at: Unknown Miner Monument and Grave Headstones in the Hanna Cemetery
Cemetery: Hanna
Born: 1864
Died: June 30, 1903
Age: 39 y's
Note: Henrik Glad, a Finnish miner, metal mine identification check #151, married, was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna. He was found at entry 17 dip, identified and removed from the mine on August 8, 1903, day 40 after the explosion. He was buried in one of the many unmarked graves in the Hanna cemetery. (BL)
More at: Hanna Miner Monument
More at: Unknown Miner Monument and Grave Headstones in the Hanna Cemetery
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Glad, Jack N.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1905 - 1937"
Plot: 312
Born: Apr. 5, 1905
Death: 1937
Age: 32 y's
Nationality: Finnish
Note: The community was shocked by the accidental death of J. N. Glad, who was shot by a supposedly unloaded gun in Laramie on April 4. Mr. Glad, who was 32 years old, was born in Hanna, where he had lived most of his life. He was married to Miss Hazel Mickelson, of Laramie, two years ago. They had made their home in Hanna, where Mr. Glad was employed in No. 4 Mine. Funeral services were held in Hanna on April 7, and interment made in Hanna cemetery. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, one sister, Mrs. Floyd Fosdick, and one brother, Neil Glad, all of Hanna. (UPCCEM, May 1937)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1905 - 1937"
Plot: 312
Born: Apr. 5, 1905
Death: 1937
Age: 32 y's
Nationality: Finnish
Note: The community was shocked by the accidental death of J. N. Glad, who was shot by a supposedly unloaded gun in Laramie on April 4. Mr. Glad, who was 32 years old, was born in Hanna, where he had lived most of his life. He was married to Miss Hazel Mickelson, of Laramie, two years ago. They had made their home in Hanna, where Mr. Glad was employed in No. 4 Mine. Funeral services were held in Hanna on April 7, and interment made in Hanna cemetery. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, one sister, Mrs. Floyd Fosdick, and one brother, Neil Glad, all of Hanna. (UPCCEM, May 1937)
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Glad, Jacob
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1872 - 1933; Father" Shares a stone with Liisa Glad.
Plot: 312
Born: 1872
Died: 1933
Age: 61 y's
Note: Jacob Glad (Jack) died February 8th at Hanna. Mr. Glad was born in Finland and upon landing in this country entered the service at Dana in 1890, and also worked at Carbon and Hanna. His last employment at Hanna was as a tracklayer. He had a 40-year gold button presented to him at the Old Timers Reunion in 1931 and in May of the year following he was retired on a pension. Our sympathy is extended to the widow and children in the hour of their bereavement. (UPCCEM, March 1933)
More at: Remembering Jacob Glad
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1872 - 1933; Father" Shares a stone with Liisa Glad.
Plot: 312
Born: 1872
Died: 1933
Age: 61 y's
Note: Jacob Glad (Jack) died February 8th at Hanna. Mr. Glad was born in Finland and upon landing in this country entered the service at Dana in 1890, and also worked at Carbon and Hanna. His last employment at Hanna was as a tracklayer. He had a 40-year gold button presented to him at the Old Timers Reunion in 1931 and in May of the year following he was retired on a pension. Our sympathy is extended to the widow and children in the hour of their bereavement. (UPCCEM, March 1933)
More at: Remembering Jacob Glad
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Glad, Liisa
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1881 - 1936; Mother" Shares a stone with Jacob Glad.
Plot: 312
Born: 1881
Died: 1936
Age: 55 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1881 - 1936; Mother" Shares a stone with Jacob Glad.
Plot: 312
Born: 1881
Died: 1936
Age: 55 y's
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Glad, Lilja M.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1906 - 1906" Shares a stone with Milja and Martta Glad.
Plot: 312
Born: 1906
Died: 1906
Age: 0 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1906 - 1906" Shares a stone with Milja and Martta Glad.
Plot: 312
Born: 1906
Died: 1906
Age: 0 y's
Glad, Martta E.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1904 - 1904" Shares a stone with Milja and Lilja Glad.
Plot: 312
Born: 1904
Died: 1904
Age: 0 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1904 - 1904" Shares a stone with Milja and Lilja Glad.
Plot: 312
Born: 1904
Died: 1904
Age: 0 y's
Glad, Milja M.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1902 - 1904" Shares a stone with Martta and Lilja Glad.
Plot: 312
Born: 1902
Died: 1904
Age: 2 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1902 - 1904" Shares a stone with Martta and Lilja Glad.
Plot: 312
Born: 1902
Died: 1904
Age: 2 y's
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Glad, Neil L. (Monument); Aka: Glad, Neilo (MIR); Glad, N. (MM)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1912 - 1941"
Plot: 312
Born: June 1912
Died: Nov. 6, 1941
Age: 29 y's
Note: On November 6, 1941, Neilo Glad, age 28, American, no dependents, was instantly killed when struck by a piece of falling coal; which measured twenty-four inches by thirty-six inches. The total amount of coal in the fall was about four tons. This accident took place about 4:30 P.M. in Room 10, K Plane, off 3 North Entry, Hanna No. 4 Mine, property of the Union Pacific Coal Company. Glad who had been instructed by Thomas Rimmer, unit foreman, to get two grease guns and grease the loading machine, had secured the guns and was walking towards the machine indicated when the top coal fell which caused his death. Mr. Rimmer and one of the loading crew testified at the inquest that the roof had been properly tested and found to be solid and in good condition. There are numerous slips in most of the rooms in this section and from careful observation, we believe that No. 10 Room was subject to the slips more so than the adjoining rooms. The rooms in this mine are driven for a distance of eight, nine and ten hundred feet and the height of coal removed in first mining averages about eight feet when the room has been driven its full distance. Removal of what is known as subtop is then mined for a like distance of the first mining. Upon the removal of this coal, the brushing down of what is known as the top proper is then commenced. In the room where Glad met his death, the shooting down of subtop had just commenced and the distance from the load point to where the top coal fell was sixty feet. The brushing of the subtop had taken place at a distance of 550 feet from the room neck. The posting of these rooms has never, at any time, be considered a necessity. Occasionally, props have been set at various intervals and only in cases where the top became extra heavy. Upon being questioned regarding instructions from his operators in connection with the posting of this room, Mr. Rimmer, unit foreman, stated that he had been given instruction but felt that there was no need of securing the top by setting props, as the place in his judgement was in good condition. Recommendation: This department believes that in all present rooms where subtop coal has not yet been started, these rooms should be secured by properly posting same with suitable timber and cap pieces, and that in all future development, instructions must be given to all unit foremen and crew members that their places must be properly secured by timber before work commences. (J.M. Sampson, State Coal Mine Inspector and Robert T. Real, Deputy Coal Mine Inspector. 1941 MIR)
Note: Neil Glad also met death in the Hanna Mine by a fall of coal on November 6th. He was born in Hanna in June 1912, and had lived there all his life, attending the Hanna School, of which he was a graduate in the class of 1930. He had been employed in the mine for the past several years. He leaves to mourn his untimely passing a sister, Mrs. Floyd C. Fosdick, and two nieces, besides numerous friends. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church on Sunday, November 9th, with Rev. Richard Palmer officiating, and interment was in the Hanna cemetery. (UPCCEM, December 1941)
Note: Neil Glad was killed November 6, 1941 in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 4 mine in Hanna. He was buried in Plot 312 in the Hanna cemetery. (BL)
More at: Hanna Miner Monument
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1912 - 1941"
Plot: 312
Born: June 1912
Died: Nov. 6, 1941
Age: 29 y's
Note: On November 6, 1941, Neilo Glad, age 28, American, no dependents, was instantly killed when struck by a piece of falling coal; which measured twenty-four inches by thirty-six inches. The total amount of coal in the fall was about four tons. This accident took place about 4:30 P.M. in Room 10, K Plane, off 3 North Entry, Hanna No. 4 Mine, property of the Union Pacific Coal Company. Glad who had been instructed by Thomas Rimmer, unit foreman, to get two grease guns and grease the loading machine, had secured the guns and was walking towards the machine indicated when the top coal fell which caused his death. Mr. Rimmer and one of the loading crew testified at the inquest that the roof had been properly tested and found to be solid and in good condition. There are numerous slips in most of the rooms in this section and from careful observation, we believe that No. 10 Room was subject to the slips more so than the adjoining rooms. The rooms in this mine are driven for a distance of eight, nine and ten hundred feet and the height of coal removed in first mining averages about eight feet when the room has been driven its full distance. Removal of what is known as subtop is then mined for a like distance of the first mining. Upon the removal of this coal, the brushing down of what is known as the top proper is then commenced. In the room where Glad met his death, the shooting down of subtop had just commenced and the distance from the load point to where the top coal fell was sixty feet. The brushing of the subtop had taken place at a distance of 550 feet from the room neck. The posting of these rooms has never, at any time, be considered a necessity. Occasionally, props have been set at various intervals and only in cases where the top became extra heavy. Upon being questioned regarding instructions from his operators in connection with the posting of this room, Mr. Rimmer, unit foreman, stated that he had been given instruction but felt that there was no need of securing the top by setting props, as the place in his judgement was in good condition. Recommendation: This department believes that in all present rooms where subtop coal has not yet been started, these rooms should be secured by properly posting same with suitable timber and cap pieces, and that in all future development, instructions must be given to all unit foremen and crew members that their places must be properly secured by timber before work commences. (J.M. Sampson, State Coal Mine Inspector and Robert T. Real, Deputy Coal Mine Inspector. 1941 MIR)
Note: Neil Glad also met death in the Hanna Mine by a fall of coal on November 6th. He was born in Hanna in June 1912, and had lived there all his life, attending the Hanna School, of which he was a graduate in the class of 1930. He had been employed in the mine for the past several years. He leaves to mourn his untimely passing a sister, Mrs. Floyd C. Fosdick, and two nieces, besides numerous friends. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church on Sunday, November 9th, with Rev. Richard Palmer officiating, and interment was in the Hanna cemetery. (UPCCEM, December 1941)
Note: Neil Glad was killed November 6, 1941 in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 4 mine in Hanna. He was buried in Plot 312 in the Hanna cemetery. (BL)
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Gobbleman, Hulda Amalia
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: “Dau. of George & Edla Gobbleman, Died Sep. 11, 1887, Aged 6 y’s, 1 mo., 12 days. How we loved her, Gone but not forgotten”
Born: 1881
Died: 1887
Age: 6
Note: Hulda Amalia Gobelman was born on July 30, 1881, in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming to George and Edna Gobelman. She died September 8, 1887, in Carbon and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: “Dau. of George & Edla Gobbleman, Died Sep. 11, 1887, Aged 6 y’s, 1 mo., 12 days. How we loved her, Gone but not forgotten”
Born: 1881
Died: 1887
Age: 6
Note: Hulda Amalia Gobelman was born on July 30, 1881, in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming to George and Edna Gobelman. She died September 8, 1887, in Carbon and was buried in the Carbon cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Golder, John R.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1941 - 1981"
Plot: 392
Born: 1941
Died: 1981
Age: 40 y's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "1941 - 1981"
Plot: 392
Born: 1941
Died: 1981
Age: 40 y's
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Grabenhorst, Henriette
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: 1845 - 1904
Born: Sept. 1845
Died: Jan. 1904
Age: 59 y's
Note: Henriette Grabenhorst was born September 1845 in Germany. - In the 1900 US Census: H. Grabenhorst was age 59; born in Germany; living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming; white; female; sister in law to Law to Louis Meyer. A housekeeper by occupation. - She died January 1904 and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming cemetery. She was later disinterred and moved to Denver and reburied in the Fairmount cemetery in Denver. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: 1845 - 1904
Born: Sept. 1845
Died: Jan. 1904
Age: 59 y's
Note: Henriette Grabenhorst was born September 1845 in Germany. - In the 1900 US Census: H. Grabenhorst was age 59; born in Germany; living in Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming; white; female; sister in law to Law to Louis Meyer. A housekeeper by occupation. - She died January 1904 and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming cemetery. She was later disinterred and moved to Denver and reburied in the Fairmount cemetery in Denver. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Graham, Donna Joyce
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: " Jan. 1, 1949 - Nov. 1, 2013"
Plot: Block 2 Lot 22
Born: Jan. 1, 1949
Died: Nov. 1, 2013
Age: 64 y's, 10 m's
Note: Obituary: Hanna - Funeral services for Donna Joyce Graham, 64, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. at the First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Kevin Coleman officiating. She died Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Interment will follow in the Hanna cemetery. (Casper Star Tribune)
Note: Donna Joyce Graham was born Jan. 1, 1949. She died Nov. 1, 2013. She is buried in the Hanna, cemetery. (Ancestry)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: " Jan. 1, 1949 - Nov. 1, 2013"
Plot: Block 2 Lot 22
Born: Jan. 1, 1949
Died: Nov. 1, 2013
Age: 64 y's, 10 m's
Note: Obituary: Hanna - Funeral services for Donna Joyce Graham, 64, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. at the First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Kevin Coleman officiating. She died Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Interment will follow in the Hanna cemetery. (Casper Star Tribune)
Note: Donna Joyce Graham was born Jan. 1, 1949. She died Nov. 1, 2013. She is buried in the Hanna, cemetery. (Ancestry)
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Graves, Mary Viola
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Apr. 20, 1913 - Mar. 19, 1968; Daughter"
Plot: 438
Born: Apr. 20, 1913
Died: Mar. 19, 1968
Age: 54 y's, 10 m's, 29 d's
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Apr. 20, 1913 - Mar. 19, 1968; Daughter"
Plot: 438
Born: Apr. 20, 1913
Died: Mar. 19, 1968
Age: 54 y's, 10 m's, 29 d's
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Griffith, Joseph LeRoy (MIR); Aka: Griffith, J. L. (MM)
Cemetery: Medicine Bow, Wyoming
Plot: Unknown
Born: June 3, 1889
Died: May 27, 1942 in Hanna
Age: 52 y's, 11 m's, 24 d's
Note: Joseph LeRoy Griffith was killed in the No. 4 mine in Hanna, but buried in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. He has a monument in the Medicine Bow cemetery. (BL)
Note: Joseph Griffith was killed in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 4 mine in Hanna. He was buried in the Trails End cemetery in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. (BL)
Note: Fatal Accident Involving Joseph LeRoy Griffith. On May 26, 1942, Joseph LeRoy Griffith, American, age 53, married, wife and seven dependent children, was seriously injured at 11:45 p.m. when he was caught between the top of a motor and the loading boom of a Joy loading machine. Griffith died in the Miner Hospital in Hanna about 1:00 a.m. on May 27, 1942. The accident took place in No. 8 Room, "J-1" Plane of the Hanna No. 4 Mine, property of the Union Pacific Coal Company. Griffith who was employed as a motor man, was working with a Joy crew. They had cleaned up No. 8 Room and were moving the Joy loader and motor together: the motor furnishing the power. This was being done in order to expedite the work of pulling the cable after the Joy had reached the room neck. Griffith had been instructed by the Joy loader runner to put his locomotive in the cross-over switch, in order that the joy could pass and would be in the lead when they reached the room neck. However, it appears that there were too many empty cars in the crossover parting for the motor to have sufficient clearance to enable the Joy to pass. Consequently, both mechanical devices went out towards the room neck, with the motor in the lead instead of the loading machine. What happened after these machines reached the room neck is mere conjecture on the part of witnesses who testified at the inquisition. Nothing was brought out by the coroner as to whether or not the Joy had been advanced further than was common practice in this transfer of the machinery from one room to the other, or whether or not the motorman had traveled such a distance that he was unable to apply the brakes sufficiently to hold the motor on the incline and was compelled to use the power. When the officers of the State Mine Inspection Department reached the scene of the accident, the cause, namely the Joy and the locomotive, had been removed. Since no one saw this accident, there is nothing left with which to determine the cause excepting the testimony given by the men who were working in the room. Recommendations: 1. This Department feels that in the future, when locomotives and Joy loader are being transferred, each unit shall travel on its own power and be transferred from the place that is being vacated to the next working place without interruption, and whatever unit is in the rear shall be compelled to remain a safe distance at all times until the unit in the lead has been taken to the place where it is to be used. 2. This Department will appreciate all evidence being left at the scene of the accident until such time as an investigation can be made. 3. The motorman in all cases should be a least the entire length of his locomotive away from the loading boom of the Joy loader. J. M. Sampson, State Coal Mine Inspector. Robert T. Real, Deputy Coal Mine Inspector. (MIR)
Note: Joseph Leroy Griffith Sr. Birth Date: June 3, 1889 in Nemaha County, Nebraska. Death Place: Hanna, Carbon County, Wyoming. Cemetery: Trails End Cemetery, Medicine Bow, Carbon County, Wyoming. Spouse: Hester Josephine Griffith. Mother: Sarah Ann Randall. Father: William E. Griffith. (Ancestry)
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Cemetery: Medicine Bow, Wyoming
Plot: Unknown
Born: June 3, 1889
Died: May 27, 1942 in Hanna
Age: 52 y's, 11 m's, 24 d's
Note: Joseph LeRoy Griffith was killed in the No. 4 mine in Hanna, but buried in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. He has a monument in the Medicine Bow cemetery. (BL)
Note: Joseph Griffith was killed in the Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 4 mine in Hanna. He was buried in the Trails End cemetery in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. (BL)
Note: Fatal Accident Involving Joseph LeRoy Griffith. On May 26, 1942, Joseph LeRoy Griffith, American, age 53, married, wife and seven dependent children, was seriously injured at 11:45 p.m. when he was caught between the top of a motor and the loading boom of a Joy loading machine. Griffith died in the Miner Hospital in Hanna about 1:00 a.m. on May 27, 1942. The accident took place in No. 8 Room, "J-1" Plane of the Hanna No. 4 Mine, property of the Union Pacific Coal Company. Griffith who was employed as a motor man, was working with a Joy crew. They had cleaned up No. 8 Room and were moving the Joy loader and motor together: the motor furnishing the power. This was being done in order to expedite the work of pulling the cable after the Joy had reached the room neck. Griffith had been instructed by the Joy loader runner to put his locomotive in the cross-over switch, in order that the joy could pass and would be in the lead when they reached the room neck. However, it appears that there were too many empty cars in the crossover parting for the motor to have sufficient clearance to enable the Joy to pass. Consequently, both mechanical devices went out towards the room neck, with the motor in the lead instead of the loading machine. What happened after these machines reached the room neck is mere conjecture on the part of witnesses who testified at the inquisition. Nothing was brought out by the coroner as to whether or not the Joy had been advanced further than was common practice in this transfer of the machinery from one room to the other, or whether or not the motorman had traveled such a distance that he was unable to apply the brakes sufficiently to hold the motor on the incline and was compelled to use the power. When the officers of the State Mine Inspection Department reached the scene of the accident, the cause, namely the Joy and the locomotive, had been removed. Since no one saw this accident, there is nothing left with which to determine the cause excepting the testimony given by the men who were working in the room. Recommendations: 1. This Department feels that in the future, when locomotives and Joy loader are being transferred, each unit shall travel on its own power and be transferred from the place that is being vacated to the next working place without interruption, and whatever unit is in the rear shall be compelled to remain a safe distance at all times until the unit in the lead has been taken to the place where it is to be used. 2. This Department will appreciate all evidence being left at the scene of the accident until such time as an investigation can be made. 3. The motorman in all cases should be a least the entire length of his locomotive away from the loading boom of the Joy loader. J. M. Sampson, State Coal Mine Inspector. Robert T. Real, Deputy Coal Mine Inspector. (MIR)
Note: Joseph Leroy Griffith Sr. Birth Date: June 3, 1889 in Nemaha County, Nebraska. Death Place: Hanna, Carbon County, Wyoming. Cemetery: Trails End Cemetery, Medicine Bow, Carbon County, Wyoming. Spouse: Hester Josephine Griffith. Mother: Sarah Ann Randall. Father: William E. Griffith. (Ancestry)
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Griffiths, Anna A.
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: “Wife of D.A. Griffiths, Died Aug. 12, 1888, Aged 46 years”
Born: 1842
Died: Aug. 12, 1888
Age: 46 y's
Note: Anna A. Griffiths was born 1842 in Wales. She married David A. Griffiths. She died August 12, 1888 at age 46 and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: “Wife of D.A. Griffiths, Died Aug. 12, 1888, Aged 46 years”
Born: 1842
Died: Aug. 12, 1888
Age: 46 y's
Note: Anna A. Griffiths was born 1842 in Wales. She married David A. Griffiths. She died August 12, 1888 at age 46 and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Griffiths, Catherine
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: “Dau. of G. & L. Griffiths, Died Jan. 29, 1885, Aged 4 m’s, 26 d’s”
Born: Sept. 3, 1884
Died: Jan. 29, 1885
Age: 4 m's, 26 d's
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: “Dau. of G. & L. Griffiths, Died Jan. 29, 1885, Aged 4 m’s, 26 d’s”
Born: Sept. 3, 1884
Died: Jan. 29, 1885
Age: 4 m's, 26 d's
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Griffiths, Cora
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: , Died June 28, 1902, Age 8 years; “Like a flower she passed away”
Born: June 28, 1894
Died: June 28, 1902
Age: 8 y's
Note: Cora Griffiths was born in June 1894 in Wyoming to David and Ellen Griffiths. In the 1900 U.S. Census: Cora Griffiths was age 5; born June 1894 in Wyoming; she was living in Hanna, Carbon, Wyoming with her mother and father, David and Ellen Griffiths. She died June 28, 1902 at age 8 and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: , Died June 28, 1902, Age 8 years; “Like a flower she passed away”
Born: June 28, 1894
Died: June 28, 1902
Age: 8 y's
Note: Cora Griffiths was born in June 1894 in Wyoming to David and Ellen Griffiths. In the 1900 U.S. Census: Cora Griffiths was age 5; born June 1894 in Wyoming; she was living in Hanna, Carbon, Wyoming with her mother and father, David and Ellen Griffiths. She died June 28, 1902 at age 8 and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
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Griffiths, D.A.
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: Died Apr 16, 1904, “Sweet be thy slumber, Age 59 years”
Born: May 1845
Died: Apr. 16, 1904
Age: 59 y's
Note: David A. Griffiths was born in 1845 in Wales. He was married to Anna A. Griffiths. In the 1900 U.S. Census: David Griffiths was age 55; born May 1845 in Wales; living in Hanna, Carbon, Wyoming; white; male; immigrated in 1865; married to Ellen Griffiths in 1892; married 8 years; an Engineer Stat by occupation. David died April 16, 1904 at age 59 and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Carbon
Headstone: Died Apr 16, 1904, “Sweet be thy slumber, Age 59 years”
Born: May 1845
Died: Apr. 16, 1904
Age: 59 y's
Note: David A. Griffiths was born in 1845 in Wales. He was married to Anna A. Griffiths. In the 1900 U.S. Census: David Griffiths was age 55; born May 1845 in Wales; living in Hanna, Carbon, Wyoming; white; male; immigrated in 1865; married to Ellen Griffiths in 1892; married 8 years; an Engineer Stat by occupation. David died April 16, 1904 at age 59 and was buried in the Carbon, Carbon, Wyoming cemetery. (Ancestry) (BL)
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