Annie and John Tate: Hanna Old Timers
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Mrs. Annie Dexter Tate: Hanna Old Timer (UPCCEM, April 1943)
Tate, Annie
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Jan. 11, 1853 - Feb. 22, 1943"
Plot: 376
Born: Jan. 11, 1853
Died: Feb. 22, 1943
Age: 90 y's, 1 mo., 10 d's
Note: The Hanna community was again saddened by the passing of another of its beloved Old Timers, when Mrs. Annie Dexter Tate passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Fearn, on February 22nd, at the age of 90 years. Mrs. Tate was born January 11, 1853, at New Brindley, Nottinghamshire, England. She was married to John Thomas Tate in 1872, and came to Almy, Wyoming, in 1885, later moving to Spring Valley, Wyoming, where they lived until the mine there was finished. The Tate family moved to Hanna in 1905, and Mr. Tate was killed in the 1908 mine explosion. Mrs. Tate was the mother of eleven children, five of whom are living. She was an ardent member of the Latter-Day Saints Church, and lived an honest, exemplary life, one worthy of glory and praise among her friends and neighbors. She is survived by three sisters in England and two sons and three daughters, John W. Tate, of Ogden, Utah, James P. Tate, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Mrs. James Fearn, Mrs. R.L. Bedford, and Mrs. Eva Penman, all of Hanna, forty grandchildren and 53 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church at Hanna on February 25th, with Elder Ira Stevens, of the Latter-Day Saints Church, presiding, assisted by Lyman Fearn, Ed Bradshaw and Ernest Bradshaw. Music was furnished by the Methodist choir. The pallbearers were her grandsons, Ernest Bedford, Floyd Penman, Geo. Penman, Jr., Grant Tate, Dwain Tate and Charlie Tate. Henry Peterson was in charge of funeral arrangements, and interment was in the Hanna cemetery. Sympathy is extended to the family in their bereavement. (UPCCEM, April 1943)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Jan. 11, 1853 - Feb. 22, 1943"
Plot: 376
Born: Jan. 11, 1853
Died: Feb. 22, 1943
Age: 90 y's, 1 mo., 10 d's
Note: The Hanna community was again saddened by the passing of another of its beloved Old Timers, when Mrs. Annie Dexter Tate passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Fearn, on February 22nd, at the age of 90 years. Mrs. Tate was born January 11, 1853, at New Brindley, Nottinghamshire, England. She was married to John Thomas Tate in 1872, and came to Almy, Wyoming, in 1885, later moving to Spring Valley, Wyoming, where they lived until the mine there was finished. The Tate family moved to Hanna in 1905, and Mr. Tate was killed in the 1908 mine explosion. Mrs. Tate was the mother of eleven children, five of whom are living. She was an ardent member of the Latter-Day Saints Church, and lived an honest, exemplary life, one worthy of glory and praise among her friends and neighbors. She is survived by three sisters in England and two sons and three daughters, John W. Tate, of Ogden, Utah, James P. Tate, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Mrs. James Fearn, Mrs. R.L. Bedford, and Mrs. Eva Penman, all of Hanna, forty grandchildren and 53 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church at Hanna on February 25th, with Elder Ira Stevens, of the Latter-Day Saints Church, presiding, assisted by Lyman Fearn, Ed Bradshaw and Ernest Bradshaw. Music was furnished by the Methodist choir. The pallbearers were her grandsons, Ernest Bedford, Floyd Penman, Geo. Penman, Jr., Grant Tate, Dwain Tate and Charlie Tate. Henry Peterson was in charge of funeral arrangements, and interment was in the Hanna cemetery. Sympathy is extended to the family in their bereavement. (UPCCEM, April 1943)
(Image by Bob Leathers for the Hanna Basin Museum Website)
Tate, John (Inquest) (MIR); Aka: Tate, J. (MM)
Hanna Monument: At the top of Hanna 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 John Tate - were killed, but not recovered and their bodies remain at the bottom of the mine.
Born: 1851
Died: Mar. 28, 1908
Age: 57 y's
Note: John Tate was killed in the March 28, 1908 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 1 mine in Hanna. His body was not recovered from the mine. (BL)
Note: John Tate worked as a Shot Firer 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 including John 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 miners including John. His body was not found and remains in the mine. (BL)
More at: Miners' Monument
Hanna Monument: At the top of Hanna 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 John Tate - were killed, but not recovered and their bodies remain at the bottom of the mine.
Born: 1851
Died: Mar. 28, 1908
Age: 57 y's
Note: John Tate was killed in the March 28, 1908 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company’s No. 1 mine in Hanna. His body was not recovered from the mine. (BL)
Note: John Tate worked as a Shot Firer 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 including John 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 miners including John. His body was not found and remains in the mine. (BL)
More at: Miners' Monument
Memorial Monument to Mine Explosion Victims (Image by Bob Leathers)