[ A ]
Adams, Agnes
(See: Fletcher, George; wife of George Fletcher.)
Alto, Dominick
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Ambrose, Mrs.
(Teacher at the Fort Palmer Public School, Fort Palmer, Westmoreland Co.,
PA.)
[ B ]
Bernett, Frank
(Miner, ca.1934, Ft. Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Nora
Stevens Bernett.)
Bills, Roy
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Aslie Bills.)
Bodnor, Mr.
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived below the Fort Palmer school house, Fort Palmer, PA.)
Bolty, Steve
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Nellie
Bolty.)
[ C ]
Claycomb, Margaret
(See: Dillon, Lloyd; wife of Lloyd Dillon.)
Claycomb, Mr.
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in a double-family house, Mimna Family lived in the other half of
the house.)
Condrich, Joe
(See: Condrick, Joe.)
Condrick, Andy
(Miner, ca.1932, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Played on the ca.1932 Fort Palmer Baseball Team.)
Condrick, Joe
(Miner, ca.1932, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Was the captain of the ca.1932 Ft. Palmer Mine Basaeball Team.);
(See also: Condrich, Joe.)
Condrick, Mike
(Miner, ca.1932, Ft. Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Played on the ca.1932 Ft. Palmer Mine Baseball Team.)
[ D ]
Dillon, Lloyd
(Miner, ca.1934, Ft. Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Margaret
Claycomb Dillon.)
[ E ]
Edmiston, Mr.
(Miner, Ft. Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived below the field at Ft. Palmer.)
Edmundson, Mr.
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
[ F ]
Fedorka, Mr.
(Miner, Ft. Plamer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived below the field at Ft. Palmer.)
Fletcher, George
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Agnes Adams
Fletcher.);
(George and Agnes Fletcher are interred in Fort Palmer Cemetery.)
Fletcher, Sarah Rebecca
(See: Harkcom, Wade Webster; wife of Wade Webster Harkcom.)
Fletcher, Tom
(Miner, ca.1932, Ft. Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Tom Fletcher is the son of George and Agnes Adams Fletcher.);
(Played on the ca.1932, Fort Palmer Mine Baseball Team.)
[ G ]
Gamble, Walter H.
(Miner, ca.1916, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Sarah
Agnes Snyder Gamble.)
Gera, Mike
(Miner, ca.1932, Ft. Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Played on the ca.1932 Fort Palmer Mine Baseball Team.)
Gergely, John "Johnny"
(Miner Boy, ca.1930, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 16.);
(Played on the ca.1932, Ft. Palmer Mine Baseball Team.);
(Also worked at the Wilpen Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA after Ft. Palmer
Mine closed, ca.1936. Moved to Fayette Co., PA, and worked at the Ralph
Mine, Footedale Mine, Fayette Co., PA and Robena Mine, Greene Co., PA.)
Gergely, Andrew, Sr. "Andy"
(Miner, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, Helen Esok
Gergely.);
(Andrew Gergely also worked at the Wilpen Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA after
Ft. Palmer Mine closed, ca.1936.)
Gladys, Mr.
(Miner, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived below the field at Ft. Palmer, PA.)
Graham, Paul
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Dorothy Graham.)
Gray, B. J.
(Miner, ca.1912, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 22.);
(Injured. Injured Left arm broken and laceration on left knee, in the
Wilpen Branch Ligonier Valley Railroad train wreck, July 5, 1912.
Griffith, Jess
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
Gubanich, Mike
(Miner, ca.1932, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Played on the ca.1932, Ft. Palmer Mine Baseball Team.)
[ H ]
Harcolms, Mr.
(Miner, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived below the field at Ft. Palmer, PA.)
Harcom, Eddie
(Miner, ca.1932, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Played on the ca.1932, Fort Palmer Mine Baseball Team.);
(Son of Wade Webster Harkcom.);
(See also: Harkcom, Eddie.)
Harkcom, Eddie
(See: Harcom, Eddie.)
Harkcom, Wade Webster
(Miner, ca.1920, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Sarah
Rebecca Fletcher Harkcom.);
(The house the Harkcoms lived in at Ft. Palmer, was a double house and the
Jess Griffith family lived in the other side of the same house.) His wife
Sarah Fletcher was daughter to George Fletcher, a Ft. Palmer miner and Agnes
Adams Fletcher.);
(Wade Harkcom, Sr was born in Jones Mills, PA on April 30, 1896 and Sarah
was born in Kingston, Latrobe, PA March 2, 1898.);
(Wade and Sarah Harkcom are interred in St. Ann's Cemetery, Wilpen, PA.)
Hofecker, Jess
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hoon, Mr.
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
Huddock, Anna M.
(See: Milyak, John P.; wife of John P. Milyak.)
Hutchison, Charley
(Miner, ca.1932, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Was the manager of the ca.1932 Ft. Palmer Mine Baseball Team.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
Johns, Elsie
(See: Swank, Clarence W.; wife of Clarence W. Swank.)
Johnston, Joe
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Mary
Johnston.)
[ K ]
Kelly, Mr.
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
Konkus, Frank
(Miner, ca.1922, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Mary
Naugle Konkus.)
Konovich, Mr.
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
Kovach, Mike
(Miner, ca.1932, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Played on the ca.1932 Ft. Palmer Mine Baseball Team.)
Krall [Ktal], Julia
(See: Paunovich, Sylvester; wife of Sylvester Paunovich.)
Ktal, Julia
(See: Krall, Julia.)
[ L ]
Leichliter, Lee
(Miner, Foreman, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Leichliter, O. G.
(Superintendent, ca.1914, of the Fort Palmer Mine , Westmoreland Co., PA,
for Westmoreland-Connellsville Coal Company.);
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Fort Palmer No. 1 Mine, Westmoreland
Co., PA, for Westmoreland - Connellsville Coal & Coke Company.)
Leonard, John
(Miner, ca.1917, Diamond No. 2 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Prosecuted for Violations of Mining Laws: Nov. 30, 1917. John
Leonard, miner, Fort Palmer No. 1 Mine, Westmoreland Connellsville Coal &
Coke Company, Westmoreland Co. Charge: Failure to mine
the coal properly before blasting. Arrested. Gave bond in the
sum of $50.00 for his appearance at a hearing. He failed to appear
and therefore forfeited his bond.) |
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[ M ]
McCoy, Mr.
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.);
(A son later owned "The Real McCoys" Tastee Freeze in Fairfield Township)
McCurdy, Charles
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Ruth
McCurdy.)
McDowell, Winfield Scott
(Miner, Coke Oven Worker ca.1923, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,
married, wife Mary Belle Wallace McDowell.);
(Winfield McDowell was born June 13, 1886 in Fairfield Twp. and died on February
23, 1950 in Latrobe, PA.);
(Mary Belle Wallace McDowell was born July 6, 1892 and died January 3, 1934.)
McMasters, Mr.
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.);
(Lived below the field at Fort Palmer, PA.)
Micklow, John
(Miner, ca.1918, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Mary
Tokar Micklow.)
Micklow, Pete
(Miner, ca.1932, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Played on the ca.1932 Fort Palmer Mine Baseball Team.)
Milyak, John P.
(Miner, ca.1914, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Anna
M. Huddock Milyak.)
Mimna, Cavell
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in a double-family house, Claycomb family lived in the other half.)
Mull, J. M.
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Fort Palmer No. 1 Mine, Westmoreland Co.,
PA, for Westmoreland Connellsville Coal & Coke Company.)
[ N ]
Naugle, Mary
(See: Konkus, Frank; wife of Frank Konkus.)
[ O ]
Over, Charles K.
(American Miner Boy, Switchman ca.1917, Fort Palmer No. 1 Mine, Westmoreland
Co., PA, Age 16, single.);
(Killed. Killed by being run over by a mine motor and mine cars on
an entry, in the Fort Palmer No. 1 Mine, Sept. 29, 1917.)
[ P ]
Paunovich, Sylvester
(Miner, ca.1932, ca.1927, Fort Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married,
wife Julia Krall [Ktal] Paunovich.)
Peters, James F.
(Superintendent, of the Fort Palmer No. 1 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, ca.1909,
ca.1910, for Fort Palmer Coal & Coke Company.)
Petrucci, Mr.
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
Petrusiks, Mr.
(Miner, Ft. Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived below the Ft. Palmer school house, Fort. Palmer, PA.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Rakar, John
(Miner, ca.1917, Fort Palmer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Zuzanna
Sichula Rakar.)
Ream, Mr.
(Miner, Ft. Plamer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived below the Ft. Palmer school house, Fort Palmer, Westmoreland Co.,
PA.)
Rheam, Frank
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
Ridilla, John, Sr.
(Miner, ca.1903, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Ann
Semanchek Ridilla.)
Rockers, Mr.
(Miner, Ft. Plamer Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.);
(Lived below the Fort Palmer school house.)
Rushnock, Mr.
(Miner, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
[ S ]
Semanchek, Ann
(See: Ridilla, John, Sr.; wife of John Ridilla, Sr.)
Siard, Paul
(Miner, Supervisor, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
Sichula, Zuzanna
(See: Rakar, John; wife of John Rakar.)
Simonetti, Dominic
(Miner, ca.1932, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Played on the ca.1932 Ft. Palmer Mine Baseball Team.)
Snyder, Sarah Agnes
(See: Gamble, Walter H.; wife of Walter H. Gamble.)
Stair, Mr.
(Miner, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived below the field at Ft Palmer, PA.)
Swank, Clarence W.
(Miner, Coke Oven Leveler ca.1920's-1930's, Ft. Palmer Mines, Westmoreland
Co., PA, married, wife Elsie Johns Swank.);
(Lived in a double house at Ft. Palmer, PA. Their home sat down the
hill from the old school house and approximately across from the Company
Store. Today you can see my grandmother's (Elsie Johns Swank) day lilies
among the tall grasses. When the mine ran out of coal, the family moved to
Wilpen.);
(Father of Robert Swank.);
(Moved to the Wilpen Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA when Fort Palmer Mine closed
ca.1936.);
(Clarence & Elsie Swank are buried at Fort Palmer Cemetery.)
Swank, Robert
(Miner, ca.1932, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Played on the ca.1932 Fort Palmer Mine Baseball Team.)
[ T ]
Taylor, Robert
(Miner, ca.1921, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Anna
Claycomb Taylor.)
[ U ]
[ V ]
Vargo, John
(Miner, ca.1915, Fort Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Anna
Vrabel Vargo.)
Vrabel, Anna
(See: Vargo, John; wife of John Vargo.)
[ W ]
Wallace, Mary Belle
(See: McDowell, Winfield S.; wife of Winfield S. McDowell.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yaney, Lawrence
(American Miner Boy, Company Man ca.1909, Fort Palmer No. 1 Mine, Westmoreland
Co., PA, Age 17, single.);
(Killed. Fell on a coal conveyor and was carried around a sprocket wheel
in the coal crusher, and was crushed to death. Outside Fort Palmer
No. 1 Mine, June 29, 1909.)
[ Z ]
Zurick, John
(Miner, ca.1932, Ft. Palmer Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived below the Ft. Palmer school house.);
(Played on the ca.1932 Ft. Palmer Mine Baseball Team.)
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