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Coal Miners Memorial
Seger Mine,

Village of Seger,
Derry Township,
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seamsof the Seger Mine, Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian, Editor,
Ryan P. Washlaski, Technical Editor,

Updated Sept. 21, 2008

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the Seger Mine


Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Seger Mine, Village of Seger, Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co., PA.  The coal miners names have been researched and complied from various sources by Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian: newspaper obits, newspaper articles, Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines Reports, township histories, and names of coal miners submitted by various people, etc..
The Nationalities listed for various miners, are taken directly from "Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA" as reported for the various years.  Those listed as American, could be either native born or naturalized citizens.
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Since 1870, Pennsylvania's Annual Report on Mining Activities has recorded 51,483 deaths from mining accidents-- 31,113 deaths in anthracite mines and 20,370 deaths in bituminous mines.

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Please donate any mine records, mine maps or copies of them, pictures of the mines, pictures of miners, stories about the miners, mine memorabilia, books on mining, or tax deductable monetary donations to:
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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL SEGER MINE
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Harkcom, Wade Webster
(Miner, Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Sarah Rebecca Fletcher Harkcom, 10 children.);
(Wade Harkcom also worked at the Ft. Palmer Mines, Wilpen Mines, Atlantic Mines, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Wade Webster Harkcom Sr. also worked in the Atlantic and Seger mines in Derry Township after the Wilpen mines closed.);
(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.)
Harris, Earl T.
(Miner, Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(b. 10 Feb., 1910 - d. 2 Dec.. 1966)
Harris, Elmer
(Miner, ca.1910, Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Moved to Seger, Derry Twp. in 1910 from Latrobe, PA);
(b. 24 Apr., 1890 - d. 5 Aug., 1950)
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Leighty, Jacob "Jake"
(Miner, Mine Foreman, Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Annabell Leighty.)
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Miller, Robert S.
(Miner, ca.1927, Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Francis Jellison Miller.)
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Seger, Samuel
(General Superintendent, ca.1917, Seger Brothers Coal Company, Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, for Seger Brothers Coal Company.)
Skander, John, Jr.
(Miner, ca.1930's, Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Skander, John, Sr.
(Miner, ca.1930's, Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
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Waldron, Tony
(Miner, Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
Waggle, John, Jr.
(Miner, ca.1950's, Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed in a mining accident at the Seger Mine, November 17, 1950)
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Yakopovich, George
(Miner, ca.1930's, Seger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
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