Coy Daniels listed his Birthplace as Oceana, Wyoming WV on his WW1 Dra ft Registration
232-14-1338
1151. Fred C. Daniels
poss SSDI
FRED DANIELS 16 Feb 1918 Jul 1974 (not specified) (none specified) 232-14 -1337 West Virginia or North Carolina
1152. Preston Daniels
233-24-7807
The Register Herald
Obituaries for Friday, August 3, 2007Anna Bell Daniels
CYCLONE - Anna Bell Daniels departed this life Tuesday, July 31, 200 7, at the age of 79 years, 5 months and 10 days following a long illness.
Born Feb. 21, 1928, in Cyclone, she was the daughter of the late Oley and Blanche Bailey Osborne.
Mrs. Daniels was a homemaker and a member of Bright Pro-spect Missionary Baptist Church. She was a devoted wife and a caring mother.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Preston Daniels; four sisters, Etta Lusk, Lella Gunnoe, May Bailey and Tressie Osborne; two brothers, Shelly Osborne and Nathan Osborne; and a great-grandchild, Miranda Bailey.
Those left to cherish her memory are a son, Preston Paul Daniels of Cyclone; a daughter, Joann Brown and her husband, Edwin, of Cyclone; two brothers, Acie Osborne of Cyclone and Robert Osborne of Ripley; a sister, Doriselene Perry of Cyclone; three grandchildren, Suzett Bailey and her husband, Randall, Edwina Adkins and her husband, Everett, and Victor Brown and his wife, Pam; six great-grandchildren, Randall Keith Bailey, Derek Evett Adkins, Andrea Evett Adkins, Derick Dakota Sizemore, Victoria Dawn Brown and Scott Watson; two great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn Bailey and Hunter Bailey; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
A celebration of Mrs. Daniels? life will be 1 p.m. today at Adam Toler Memorial Chapel, Oceana, with the Rev. Rick Lusk and the Rev. Randall Bailey officiating. Burial will follow in Cook Cemetery, Toney Fork.
Casketbearers will be Victor Brown, Randall Bailey, Everett Adkins, Keith Bailey, Derek Adkins and Derrick Sizemore.
The family will receive friends 11 a.m. until time of service today at the funeral home.
A video tribute and guest book at www.adamTolermemorialfuneralhome.com.
Services entrusted to Adam Toler Memorial Funeral Home, Oceana.
1153. Stacy Elbert Daniels
Register Herald Obituaries for July 21, 1999
Stacy E. Daniels
CYCLONE - Stacy Elbert Daniels, 75, died Monday, July 19, 1999, at his hom e
following a long illness.Born Dec. 28, 1923, he was the son of the late Coy and Bertha Lusk Daniels .
Mr. Daniels was a retired coal miner, member of UMWA Local 7604, Distri ct 17,
and worked for Eastern Associated Coal for 33 years.He was a member of the Church of God, Cyclone.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Wavy Gay Daniels; four brother s,
Preston, Fred, Dewey and Eldon Daniels; and a grandson, Brian Daniels.Survivors include his wife, Marsha Todd Daniels; five sons, Willis Daniels
and his wife, Geneva, of Cyclone, Wannis Daniels and his wife, Glennda, of
Cyclone, Stacy Eugene Daniels of Lexington, N.C., Braden Daniels and his
wife, Tammy, of Ravencliff and Minnis Osborne and his wife, Charlotte, of
Cyclone; two daughters, Juanita Toler of Cyclone and Lucinda Price and her
husband, Herbert "Buddy," of Portsmouth, Va.; two stepsons, Steven Scott a nd
Benji Scott, both of Cyclone; a stepdaughter, Crystal Lusk and her husband ,
Loren, of Brandywine; two brothers, Coy Daniels Jr. and Homer Daniels, bot h
of Cyclone; a sister, Lena Osborne of Cyclone; 21 grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Church of God, Cyclone, with the R ev.
Kennis Lusk officiating. Burial will follow in Brown Cemetery, Cyclone.Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the church.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Evans and Evans Funeral Directors, Oceana.
234-32-5736
1154. William Coy Daniels
poss SSDI
COY DANIELS 19 Jan 1926 22 Sep 2000 (V) 24827 (Cyclone, Wyoming, WV) (no ne specified) 233-40-5012 West Virginia
Jinetta Daniels
CYCLONE - Jinetta Daniels, 78, departed this life Wednesday, September 8, 2010, following a long illness.
Born August 27, 1932, in Three Forks, WV, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Hazel Lusk.
Jinetta was a homemaker, a member of Bright Prospect Missionary Baptist Church, and loved to hear Josh Tuner sing.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Coy Daniels; two brothers, Harold and Robbie Lusk; three sisters, Brandy Lusk, Clara Deskins and Virginia Hatfield; a great-granddaughter, Bethany Plumley.
Those left to cherish her memory are a son, Tommy Daniels of Rocky Mount, VA; six daughters, Audrey Gunnoe and husband, Lacy, of VA, Dana Plumley and husband, Rio, of Abraham, Janet Acord of Beckley, Margaret Plumley and husband, Jackson, of Cyclone, Beverly Daniels and fiance, James, of VA, and Mandy Smoot and husband, Douglas, of Davin; four brothers, Marlon Lusk and wife, Brenda, of Wharton, Dennis Lusk and wife, Bonnie, of TN, Freddie Lusk and wife, Donna, and Michael Lusk and wife, Susan, all of Cyclone; four sisters, Anna Gibson of Wharton, Juanita Fox of Oceana, Jackie Bailey and husband, Stevie, and Betty Bailey and husband, Johnny, all of Cyclone; twelve grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; seven stepgreat-grandchildren; and a host of family and friends.
A celebration of Jinetta’s life will be 1 p.m. Sunday, September 12, 2010, at Adam Toler Memorial Chapel with Rev. Henry Harvey and Allen Harvey officiating. Jinetta will be laid to rest in Brown Cemetery, Cyclone.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until time of service Sunday at the funeral home.
A video tribute, guestbook and condolences www.adamtolermemorialfuneralhome.com.
Services entrusted to Adam Toler Memorial Funeral Home, Oceana, WV.
1156. Homer Daniels
poss SSDI
HOMER W DANIELS 04 Apr 1932 31 May 2004 (V) 24827 (Cyclone, Wyoming, W V) (none specified) 236-48-5081 West Virginia
1157. Dewey Daniels
poss SSDI
DEWEY DANIELS 11 Jul 1936 Mar 1991 25635 (Man, Logan, WV) 25635 (Man, Log an, WV) 236-54-7176 West Virginia
1159. Fannie Hatfield
Joel Hager's Southern West Virginia Research June 2008
1162. Pearle Hatfield
Could be daughter of Smith Hatfield and Rose Barker??(Pearl Nancy
Hatfield)
541. John Kenna Hatfield
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Birth: «tab»Mar. 25, 1878, USA
Death: «tab»Dec. 3, 1912, USASon of John Wesley Hatfield (1839-1861) & Mary Ann Cline-Hatfield (1840-Deceased).
Brother of Alexander A. Hatfield (1859-1924), Parthenia Hatfield (1863-Deceased), Jackson Hatfield (1865-Deceased), Evermont Ward Hatfield (1866-1950), Levi Hatfield (1867-1877), Humphrey Leander Hatfield (1870-Deceased), James Ferguson Hatfield (1875-Deceased), & Sarah Elizabeth Hatfield (1879-Deceased).
Married to Almeda Godfrey-Hatfield-Shannon (1885-1954) on April 25, 1901 in Wyoming County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1901, Page 203, Application Date: April 23, 1901).
Father of Carl E. Hatfield (1905-1985), Willie E. Hatfield, Matilda E. "Tilda" Hatfield, Luther E. Hatfield (1909-1989), Callie E. Hatfield, & Kennie Everett Hatfield (B. 1912).
1168. Kennie E. Hatfield
Register Herald Obituaries for July 23, 1999
Kennie E. Hatfield
HANOVER - Kennie E. Hatfield, 86, of P.O. Box 111, died Tuesday, July 20,
1999, in a Charleston hospital.Born Dec. 18, 1912, in Hanover, he was the son of the late John Kenna and
Meda Godfrey Hatfield.Mr. Hatfield was a retired superintendent of schools for Wyoming Co..
He was a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, a former
commander at the Bluefield Army Reserve Garrison and a World War II vetera n.Mr. Hatfield was of the Protestant faith.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Bess Armstrong Hatfield; five brothe rs,
Carl, Luther and Willie Hatfield, and Joe and Lonnie Shannon; and a sister ,
Lettie Hatfield.Survivors include three sons, Dean Hatfield and his wife, Holly, of Raleig h,
N.C., Jack Hatfield and his wife, Myra, of Ripley and Kennie Hatfield J r. and
his wife, Marge, of West Palm Beach, Fla.; three daughters, Mary Hatfie ld of
Charleston, Rachael Minor and her husband, Mark, of Indialantic, Fla., and
Geraldine Mahoney and her husband, Patrick, of Ontario, Canada; three
sisters, Tilda Harvey of Simon, Callie Trent of Cincinnati and Becky Ber ry of
Hanover; and 12 grandchildren, Jimmy, Kennie Dean, Maria, Jackie, Josh, De an
Alex, Sarah Hatfield, Megan and Emily Minor, and Nancy, Kelly and Katie
Mahoney.Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Mounts Funeral Home Chapel, Gilbert,
with the Rev. Vernon Adams officiating. Committal services will be at the
family home in Hanover. Military graveside rites will be conducted by Sand y
River District, American Legion Post No. 175, Bradshaw.Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Joe Short,
James H. "Buck" Harless, Jesse Houck, James Morgan, Lewis D'Antoni, Eddie
Luckabill, Jack Phinney and Carl Lambert.In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the
scholarship fund to be established in his name at Matewan National Bank,
Gilbert.Arrangements by Mounts Funeral Home, Gilbert.
They had the following children:
M i Jennings B. Lester Sr was born on 18 Apr 1897.
F ii Elmira F. "Ella" Lester was born in Sep 1899 in Wyoming Co.,WV. [N otes]
M iii Jesse Lester was born in 1901 in Wyoming Co. , WV. [Notes]
M iv Forest S. Lester was born on 28 Mar 1903. He died in Jul 1974.
M v Homer B. Lester was born in 1905 in Wyoming Co. , WV. [Notes]
F vi Jane Lester was born in 1909 in Wyoming Co. , WV. [Notes]
1173. Homer B. Lester
Homer B. Lester
Birth: Apr. 13, 1907
Wyoming Co
West Virginia
Death: Nov. 12, 1960
West VirginiaSon of Alonzo Calvin Lester (1871-1911) and Sarah Elizabeth Hatfield Lest er (B. 1879).
Brother of Jennings B. Lester Sr. (B. 1896-1970), Elmira "Ella" F. Lest er (B. 1899), Jesse Lester (B. 1901), Forest S. Lester (1903-1974), & Ja ne Lester (B. 1909).Married to Viva L. Brooks (1914-1992).
Burial:
Lester Little Loop Cemetery - Hanover Rt. 52-7, Wyoming Co., West Virgi nia
Viva L. Brooks Lester
Birth: Feb. 8, 1914
Death: Aug. 20, 1992Married to Homer B. Lester (1907-1960).
Burial:
Lester Little Loop Cemetery - Hanover Rt. 52-7
Wyoming Co
West Virginia
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=2198665&GRi d=16873180&
571. John Jay Bailey
[Baileytest.FTW]
John was a farmer and a teacher. At the time of the 1900 census for Wyoming Co., WV, he was living in Baileysville District, Family #74
1930 United States Federal Census
about John J Bailey
Name: John J Bailey
Home in 1930: Baileysville, Wyoming Co., WV
Age: 53
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Goldie
Race: WhiteJohn J Bailey 53
Goldie Bailey 46
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Town, Raleigh, West Virginia; Roll: 2553; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 24; Image: 1022.0.-Paul age 13
573. Sr. William Calhoun Bailey
1930 United States Federal Census
about W C Bailey
Name: W C Bailey
Home in 1930: Baileysville, Wyoming Co., WV
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Kate
Race: WhiteW C Bailey 52
Kate Bailey 48
Bill Bailey 26
Theo Bailey 20
Garnet Lee Bailey 16
Katheleen Bailey 11
Helen Bailey 9
Bettie Joe Bailey 6
1185. Garnett Lea Bailey
GARNETT L MORGAN 30 Nov 1913 21 Dec 2000 (V) 24874 (Pineville, Wyoming, WV) (none specified) 233-70-8040 West Virginia
1186. Georgia Augusta Bailey
[Baileytest.FTW]
Georgia died 3 months after her birth.
575. Judge Robert Darius Bailey
Robert was the Judge in the Matewan Trials - Coal Mine Wars in the 1920's.
West Virginia's Mine Wars
Compiled by the West Virginia State ArchivesOn March 12, 1883, the first carload of coal was transported from Pocahont as in Tazewell Co., VA, on the Norfolk and Western Railway. This n ew railroad opened a gateway to the untapped coalfields of southwestern We st Virginia, precipitating a dramatic population increase. Virtually overn ight, new towns were created as the region was transformed from an agricul tural to industrial economy. With the lure of good wages and inexpensive h ousing, thousands of European immigrants rushed into southern West Virgini a. In addition, a large number of African Americans migrated from the sout hern states. The McDowell Co. black population alone increased from 0.1 pe rcent in 1880 to 30.7 percent in 1910.
Most of these new West Virginians soon became part of an economic system c ontrolled by the coal industry. Miners worked in company mines with compa ny tools and equipment, which they were required to lease. The rent for co mpany housing and cost of items from the company store were deducted fr om their pay. The stores themselves charged over-inflated Prices, since th ere was no alternative for purchasing goods. To ensure that miners spent t heir wages at the store, coal companies developed their own monetary syste m. Miners were paid by scrip, in the form of tokens, currency, or credi t, which could be used only at the company store. Therefore, even when wag es were increased, coal companies simply increased Prices at the company s tore to balance what they lost in pay.
Miners were also denied their proper pay through a system known as cribbin g. Workers were paid based on tons of coal mined. Each car brought from t he mines supposedly held a specific amount of coal, such as 2,000 pound s. However, cars were altered to hold more coal than the specified amoun t, so miners would be paid for 2,000 pounds when they actually had broug ht in 2,500. In addition, workers were docked pay for slate and rock mix ed in with the coal. Since docking was a judgment on the part of the check weighman, miners were frequently cheated.
In addition to the poor economic conditions, safety in the mines was of gr eat concern. West Virginia fell far behind other major coal-producing stat es in regulating mining conditions. Between 1890 and 1912, West Virginia h ad a higher mine death rate than any other state. West Virginia was the si te of numerous deadly coal mining accidents, including the nation's wor st coal disaster. On December 6, 1907, an explosion at a mine owned by t he Fairmont Coal Company in Monongah, MarionCo., killed 361. One histori an has suggested that during World War I, a U.S. soldier had a better stat istical chance of surviving in battle than did a West Virginian worki ng in the coal mines.
In response to poor conditions and low wages in the late 1800s, worke rs in most industries developed unions. Strikes generally focused on a spe cific problem, lasted short periods of time, and were confined to small ar eas. During the 1870s and 1880s, there were several attempts to combine lo cal coal mining unions into a national organization. After several unsucce ssful efforts, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) was formed in Col umbus, Ohio, in 1890. In its first ten years, the UMWA successfully organi zed miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Attempts to organ ize West Virginia failed in 1892, 1894, 1895, and 1897.
In 1902, the UMWA finally achieved some recognition in the Kanawha-New Riv er Coalfield, its first success in West Virginia. Following the union succ esses, coal operators had formed the KanawhaCo Coal Operators Associati on in 1903, the first such organization in the state. It hired private det ectives from the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency in Bluefield as mine guar ds to harass union organizers. Due to these threats, the UMWA discourag ed organizers from working in southern West Virginia.
By 1912, the union had lost control of much of the Kanawha- New River Coal field. That year, UMWA miners on Paint Creek in KanawhaCo demanded wages e qual to those of other area mines. The operators rejected the wage increa se and miners walked off the job on April 18, beginning one of the most vi olent strikes in the nation's history. Miners along nearby Cabin Creek, ha ving previously lost their union, joined the Paint Creek strikers and dema nded:
the right to organize
recognition of their constitutional rights to free speech and assembly
an end to blacklisting union organizers alternatives to company stores
an end to the practice of using mine guards prohibition of cribbing
installation of scales at all mines for accurately weighing coal unio ns be allowed to hire their own checkweighmen to make sure the companie s' checkweighmen were not cheating the miners.
When the strike began, operators brought in mine guards from the Baldwin-F elts Detective Agency to evict miners and their families from company hous es. The evicted miners set up tent colonies and lived in other makeshift h ousing. The mine guards' primary responsibility was to break the stri ke by making the lives of the miners as uncomfortable as possible.As the intimidation by mine guards increased, national labor leaders, incl uding Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, began arriving on the scene. Jones, a na tive of Ireland, was already a major force in the American labor moveme nt before first coming to West Virginia during the 1897 strikes. Althou gh she reported the year of her birth as 1830, recent research indicates s he was probably born in 1845. As a leader of the UMWA's efforts to organi ze the state, Jones became known for her fiery (and often obscene) verb al attacks on coal operators and politicians.
Not only did the UMWA send speechmAkers, it also contributed large amoun ts of weapons and ammunition. On September 2, Governor William E. Glassco ck imposed martial law, dispatching 1,200 state militia to disarm both t he miners and mine guards. Over the course of the strike, Glasscock se nt in troops on three different occasions.
Both sides committed violent acts, the most notorious of which occurr ed on the night of February 7, 1913. An armored train, nicknamed the "Bu ll Moose Special," led by coal operator Quin Morton and KanawhaCo Sheri ff Bonner Hill, rolled through a miners' tent colony at Holly Grove on Pai nt Creek. Mine guards opened fire from the train, killing striker Cesco Es tep. After the incident, Morton supposedly wanted to "go back and give th em another round." Hill and others talked him out of it. In retaliation, m iners attacked a mine guard encampment at Mucklow, present Gallaghe r. In a battle which lasted several hours, at least sixteen people died, m ostly mine guards.
On February 13, Mother Jones was placed under house arrest at Pratt for in citing to riot. Despite the fact she was at least sixty-eight years old a nd suffering from pneumonia, Governor Glasscock refused to release he r. On March 4, Henry D. Hatfield was sworn in as governor. Hatfield, a phy sician, personally examined Jones, but kept her under house arrest for ov er two months. During this same period, he released over thirty other indi viduals who had been arrested under martial law.
On April 14, Hatfield issued a series of terms for settlement of the strik e, including a nine-hour work day (already in effect elsewhere in the stat e), the right to shop in stores other than those owned by the company, t he right to elect union checkweighmen, and the elimination of discriminati on against union miners. On April 25, he ordered striking miners to acce pt his terms or face deportation from the state. Paint Creek miners accept ed the contract while those on Cabin Creek remained on strike. The settlem ent failed to answer the two primary grievances: the right to organize a nd the removal of mine guards. After additional violence on Cabin Creek, t hat strike was settled toward the end of July. The only gain was the remov al of Baldwin- Felts detectives as mine guards from both Paint and Cabin c reeks.
The Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike produced a number of labor leaders w ho would play prominent roles in the years to come. Corrupt UMWA leaders w ere ousted and a group of young rank- and-file miners were elected. In Nov ember 1916, Frank Keeney was chosen president of UMWA District 17, and Fr ed Mooney was chosen secretary-treasurer.
Following the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike, the coalfields were relative ly peaceful for nearly six years. U.S. entry into World War I in 1917 spar ked a boom in the coal industry, increasing wages. However, the end of t he war resulted in a national recession. Coal operators laid off miners a nd attempted to reduce wages to pre-war levels. In response to the 1912- 13 strike, coal operators' associations in southern West Virginia had stre ngthened their system for combating labor. By 1919, the largest non-unioni zed coal region in the eastern United States consisted of Logan and Min go counties. The UMWA targeted southwestern West Virginia as its top prior ity. The Logan Coal Operators Association paid LoganCo Sheriff Don Chaf in to keep union organizers out of the area. Chafin and his deputies haras sed, beat, and arrested those suspected of participating in labor meeting s. He hired a small army of additional deputies, paid directly by the asso ciation.
In late summer 1919, rumors reached Charleston of atrocities on the pa rt of Chafin's men. On September 4, armed miners began gathering at Marm et for a march on LoganCo. By the 5th, their numbers had grown to 5,000. G overnor John J. Cornwell and Frank Keeney dissuaded most of the miners fr om marching in exchange for a governmental inVestigation into the alleg ed abuses. Approximately 1,500 of the 5,000 men marched to Danville, Boone Co., before turning back. Cornwell appointed a commission whose findings d id not support the union.
A few months later, operators lowered wages in the southern coalfield s. To compound problems, the U.S. Coal Commission granted a wage increa se to union miners, which excluded those in southwestern West Virginia. No n-union miners in MingoCo went on strike in the spring of 1920 and call ed for assistance from the District 17 office in Charleston. On May 6, Fr ed Mooney and Bill Blizzard, one of the leaders of the 1912-13 strike, spo ke to around 3,000 miners at Matewan. Over the next two weeks, about ha lf that number joined the UMWA. On May 19, twelve Baldwin-Felts detectiv es arrived in Matewan. Families of miners who had joined the union were ev icted from their company-owned houses. The town's chief of police, Sid Hat field, encouraged Matewan residents to arm themselves. Gunfire erupted wh en Albert and Lee Felts attempted to arrest Hatfield. At the end of the ba ttle, seven detectives and four townspeople lay dead, including May or C. C. Testerman. Shortly thereafter, Hatfield married Testerman's wido w, Jessie, prompting speculation that Hatfield himself had shot the mayor.
On July 1, UMWA miners went on strike in the region. By this time, ov er 90 percent of MingoCo's miners had joined the union. Over the next thir teen months, a virtual war existed in theCo. Non-union mines were dynamit ed miners' tent colonies were attacked, and there were numerous deat hs on both sides of the cause. During this period, governors Cornwell a nd Ephraim F. Morgan declared martial law on three occasions.
In late summer 1921, a series of events destroyed the UMWA's tenuous ho ld in southern West Virginia. On August 1, Sid Hatfield, who had been acqu itted of his actions in the "Matewan Massacre," was to stand trial for a s hooting at the Mohawk coal camp in McDowell Co.. As he and a fellow defend ant, Ed Chambers, walked up the steps of the McDowell Co. Courthouse in We lch, shots rang out. Hatfield and Chambers were murdered by Baldwin-Fel ts detectives.
As a result of the Matewan Massacre, Hatfield had become a hero to ma ny of the miners. On August 7, a crowd varyingly estimated from 700 to 5,0 00 gathered on the capitol grounds in Charleston to protest the killing. A mong others, UMWA's leaders Frank Keeney and Bill Blizzard urged the mine rs to fight. Over the next two weeks, Keeney travelled around the state, c alling for a march on Logan. On August 20, miners began assembling at Marm et. Mother Jones, sensing the inevitable failure of the mission, tri ed to discourage the miners. At one point, she held up a telegram, suppose dly from President Warren G. Harding, in which he offered to end the mi ne guard system and help the miners if they did not march. Keeney told t he miners he had checked with the White House and the telegram was a fak e. To this day, it is uncertain who was lying.
On August 24, the march began as approximately 5,000 men crossed Lens Cre ek Mountain. The miners wore red bandanas, which earned them the nicknam e, "red necks." In LoganCo., Don Chafin mobilized an army of deputies, mi ne guards, store clerks, and state police. Meanwhile, after a request by G overnor Morgan for federal troops, President Harding dispatched World W ar I hero Henry Bandholtz to Charleston to survey the situation. On the 26 th, Bandholtz and the governor met with Keeney and Mooney and explained th at if the march continued, the miners and UMWA leaders could be charged wi th treason. That afternoon, Keeney met a majority of the miners at a ballf ield in Madison and instructed them to turn back. As a result, some of t he miners ended their march. However, two factors led many to continue. Fi rst, special trains promised by Keeney to transport the miners back to Kan awhaCo were late in arriving. Second, the state police raided a group of m iners at Sharples on the night of the 27th, killing two. In response, ma ny miners began marching toward Sharples, just across the LoganCo line.
The town of Logan was protected by a natural barrier, Blair Mountain, loca ted south of Sharples. Chafin's forces, now under the command of Colonel W illiam Eubank of the National Guard, took positions on the crest of Bla ir Mountain as the miners assembled in the town of Blair, near the bott om of the mountain. On the 28th, the marchers took their first prisoner s, four LoganCo deputies and the son of another deputy. On the eveni ng of the 30th, Baptist minister John E. Wilburn organized a small armed c ompany to support the miners. On the 31st, Wilburn's men shot and killed t hree of Chafin's deputies, including John Gore, the father of one of the m en captured previously. During the skirmish, a deputy killed one of Wilbur n's followers, Eli Kemp. Over the next three days, there was intense fight ing as Eubank's troops brought in planes to drop bombs.
On September 1, President Harding finally sent federal troops from Fort Th omas, Kentucky. War hero Billy Mitchell led an air squadron from Langley F ield near Washington, D.C. The squadron set up headquarters in a vacant fi eld in the present Kanawha City section of Charleston. Several planes d id not make it, crashing in such distant places as NicholasCo., RaleighCo ., and southwestern Virginia, and military air power played no important p art in the battle. On the 3rd, the first federal troops arrived at Jeffre y, Sharples, Blair, and Logan. Confronted with the possibility of fighti ng against U.S. troops, most of the miners surrendered. Some of the mine rs on Blair Mountain continued fighting until the 4th, at which time virtu ally all surrendered or returned to their homes. During the fighting, at l east twelve miners and four men from Chafin's army were killed.
Those who surrendered were placed on trains and sent home. However, tho se perceived as leaders were to be held accountable for the actions of a ll the miners. Special grand juries handed down 1,217 indictments, includi ng 325 for murder and 24 for treason against the state. The only treason c onviction was against Walter Allen, who skipped bail and was never capture d. The most prominent treason trial was that of Bill Blizzard, consider ed by authorities to be the "general" of the miners' army. In a chan ge of venue, Blizzard's trial was held in the JeffersonCo Courthouse in Ch arles Town, the same building in which John Brown had been convicted of tr eason in 1859. After several trials in different locations, all charges ag ainst Blizzard were dropped. Keeney and Mooney were also acquitted of murd er charges. John E. Wilburn and his son were convicted of murdering the Lo ganCo deputies. Both were pardoned by Governor Howard Gore after serving o nly three years of their eleven-year sentences.
The defeat of the miners at Blair Mountain temporarily ended the UMWA's or ganizing efforts in the southern coalfields. By 1924, UMWA membership in t he state had dropped by about one-half of its total in 1921. Both Keeney a nd Mooney were forced out of the union, while Blizzard remained a strong f orce in District 17 until being ousted in the 1950s. In 1933, the Nation al Industrial Recovery Act protected the rights of unions and allowed f or the rapid organization of the southern coalfields.
Blair Mountain stands as a powerful symbol for workers to this day. The mi ners who participated vowed never to discuss the details of the march to p rotect themselves from the authorities. For many years, the story of the m arch was communicated by word of mouth as an inspiration to union activist s. It serves as a vivid reminder of the deadly violence so often associat ed with labor-management disputes. The mine wars also demonstrate the inab ility of the state and federal governments to defuse the situations sho rt of armed intervention.
SOLDIERS TO REMAIN FOR MATEWAN TRIAL; War Department Reverses Decisi on on Request of Judge Bailey and Counsel. FIGHT DESCRIBED TO COURT Detect ive and Girl Tell of Shootings Last May and of Threat to Kill Detectives.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.--Orders were issued by the War Department late tod ay to stop preparations for withdrawal of Federal troops from the Weste rn West Virginia coal fields, Senator Sutherland of that State announced a fter having presented to the department a request that the troops be retai ned there during the present trial of mine workers and others at Williamso n[Baileytest.FTW]
Robert was the youngest child of Theodore and Martha Bailey, born at the family home at Baileysville. He attended the local "McGuffey" schools, supplemented by subscription schools, and Concord State Normal, at Athens, West Virginia. He taught a term or two in a one room schol near the mouth of Rockhouse for $25 a month pay. He clerked in his father's store and in the commissary of Buskirk & Wittenberg at HorsecReed and engaged in timbering on contract. For three years he was employed by David Bluestein, of Charleston, as a traveling salesman to buy up ginseng, yellow root, beeswax, and hides. His territory was all of Wyoming and parts of McDowell and Boone Counties. He spent six months of each year traveling and th remaining six months clerking in his father's store.
Early in 1907 he and a friend, Al Toler, went to Huntington, Tennessee to attend law school. After a few days they realized the school did not meet their requirements and left. Months later he entered the University of Valparaiso, at Valparaiso, Indiana, where he took his degree in law two years later. In 1909 he was admitted to practice in the courts of West Virginia.
His first political and public service was as deputy under Sheriff John Ball, 1901-04. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Wyoming Co for a term from 1917 to 1920. In 1917, during World War I, he was chairman of the local Draft Board of Wyoming Co.
In May 1920, violence erupted inthe coal fields of Mingo Co. At Matewan the miners, led by United Mine Workers of America organizers, clashed with the coal operators and Baldwin-Felts detectives employed by them. The armed "battle" began soon after the Baldwin-Felts men stepped off the train and was over in a few minutes with seven men lying on the ground dead.
Prosecution for murders committed in this fray were to come up for trial at Williamson in January 1921. Judge Damron, whose term would expire December 31, 1920 resigned as Judge to resume his law practice at Williamson. Bailey then resigned as prosecuting attorney of Wyoming Co to accept appointment as Circuit Judge in December 1920.
Early in January 1921, young Judge Bailey set out for Williamson to meet his destiny. He was not reluctant to accept the challenge of the important trials to come before him. He had a very strong inate sense of right and wrong and felt that he could adjudicate with fairness and justice the proceedings to be heard by him and decisions to be made relating thereto. One of his first pronouncements concerning the Matewan trial was: "This is going to be a fair trial."
Before his first term of court ended, the "Matewan Trials" and Judge Bailey made headlines and daily news in every big daily in the country, and his reputation as a judge and lawyer was firmly established.
584. Lillie Belle Bailey
Lilly Belle Bailey Stone
Birth: Dec. 13, 1871
West Virginia
Death: Oct. 2, 1907
West VirginiaDaughter of James S. Bailey (1844-1936) & Elizabeth Justice Bailey (1854-1902).
Sister of Alexander Bailey (B. 1873), Otis Van Buren Bailey (1876-1967), Molly Virginia Margaret Bailey (1879-1937), Thomas Leander "Lee" Bailey Sr. (1883-1964), Goldie Augusta Bailey (B. 1886), & Zina D. Bailey (1893-1975).
Married to Elijah Eugene Stone (1854-1908) on Jan. 17, 1889.
Mother of Bessie Stone (B. 1890), Maude Stone (B. 1891), Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Stone (B. 1893), Molly Brooke Stone (1895-1982), Troy L. Stone (1897-1985), James E. Stone (B. 1899), Edgar E. Stone (B. 1899), Charles Stone (B. 1902) & Bernard Stone (B. 1904).
Burial::
Beavers Cemetery
Baileysville
Wyoming Co
West Virginiahttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=121&GScid=2153615&GRid=13406157&
[Baileytest.FTW]Lillie Belle died of "the fever."
Elijah Eugene Stone
Birth: Nov. 4, 1854
Logan Co
West Virginia
Death: Jun. 20, 1908
West VirginiaSon of Levi Stone (B. 1815) & Francis Shepherd (B. 1826).
Brother of Mary Elizabeth Stone (B. 1848), Melvin Levi Stone (B. 1858), Hesteran Stone (B. 1866) & Allen Johnston Stone (B> 1869).
Married to Lilly Belle Bailey (1871-1907) on Jan. 17, 1889.
Father of Bessie Stone (B. 1890), Maude Stone (B. 1891), Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Stone (B. 1893), Molly Brooke Stone (1895-1982), Troy L. Stone (1897-1985), James E. Stone (B. 1899), Edgar E. Stone (B. 1899), Charles Stone (B. 1902) & Bernard Stone (B. 1904).
Burial::
Beavers Cemetery
Baileysville
Wyoming Co
West Virginiahttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=121&GScid=2153615&GRid=13406168&
[Baileytest.FTW]Elijah died shortly after Lillie Bell (Joyce Galloway's father said he died of a broken heart). Elijah and Lillie Belle left eight children, one of them Joyce Galloway's father, at age 6 when his mother died, who was raised by the eldest two girls, Bess and Maude Stone.
Elijah was the postmaster of Baileysville as well as a farmer and a Justice of the Peace.
1194. Maude Stone
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Maude owned and operated The Dollar Store in Mullens, West Virginia for many years. Molly Brooke Stone, her sister, opened the store with Maude. She sold her share to Elizabeth. The name later changed to Stone and Cook. Stone and Cook was operated by Elizabeth's son, Claude, for many years. She and her husband, Bill, had no children.
1198. James E. Stone
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James and Gladys had no children.
585. Alexander E. Bailey
1910 United States Federal Census
about Alexander Bailey
Name: Alexander Bailey
Age in 1910: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Father's Birth Place: West Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: West Virginia
Spouse's name: Harriett
Home in 1910: Center, Wyoming Co., WV
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
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Household Members: Name Age
Alexander Bailey 37
Harriett Bailey 35
Lake Bailey 5
Virgie Bailey 3
Elizabeth Bailey 1
Lloyd Bullion 91920 United States Federal Census
about Alex Bailey
Name: Alex Bailey
Home in 1920: Browns Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Age: 46 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Spouse's name: Harriett J
Father's Birth Place: West Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: West Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 1073
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Household Members: Name Age
Alex Bailey 46
Harriett J Bailey 36
Luke Bailey 16
Minnie Bailey 14
Cecil Bailey 11
Willie Bailey 8
Claud Bailey 4
Mildred Bailey 2