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Posted by Jonathan Smallwood
on 11/5/2009, 2:32 pm, in reply to "Murder in Bell County Kentucky"
I am the editor of a local publication and would like to add an article about this event to our publication. Please contact me.
Thank you
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: Since the death index did not begin until 1911
: I'm not certain it is Bell County, but think
: it is. My Great Grandfather was trying to
: get the Unions in the Mines. One night after
: a Union meeting he was ambused and killed
: when my Grandmother was ten years old. His
: killer(s) were never caught. My Grandmother
: had to go door to door to beg for food
: because they were left so destitute. She
: then started working in a laundry to help
: feed the family. My Great Grandmother took
: in washing and did ironing to help make ends
: meet. The other children were too young to
: work. For years I have been searching for
: any information into the death/ambush of my
: Great Grandfather. If you find any
: information on his death or place of death
: in your searches, please email me. He worked
: for the Stony Fork Coal Company, Ralston,
: Bell County Kentucky. The mines Operated
: from 1906-1915 and had 120 employees. Also
: the Stony Fork Coal Company, Stony Fork,
: Bell County, Kentucky and operated from
: 1908-1913 and had 30 employees.
: This is the genealogy information I have on
: my Great Grandfather and do not have access
: to any of the old newspaper articles. LEWIS
: VAUGHN son of JAMES VAUGHN and FERIBE HELTON
: was born September 1857 in Clay County,
: Kentucky, and murdered on 24 October 1909 in
: Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky. He
: married (1) LAVINA JANE BLANTON 24 December
: 1878 in Harlan County, Kentucky, daughter of
: ANDREW BLANTON and NANCY SIMPSON. She was
: born 1864 in Harlan County, Kentucky. He
: married (2) RACHEL ARAMINTA
: "MINTIE" THOMAS 1892 in Larue
: County, Kentucky, daughter of BARIED THOMAS
: and DEBORAH BROCK. She was born 10 March
: 1874 in Livingston, Rockcastle County,
: Kentucky, and died 06 October 1932 in Rex,
: Harlan County, Kentucky. If anyone can
: solve the murder mystery and who killed him
: and where it would be a dream come true.
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