Bettie Jane Cook Gouge, wife of William Henry Gouge of Coalfield, Tenn. with her triplet sons in 1903. Only one lived to adulthood, Hugh Jinks Gouge. ~ William Henry Gouge and wife Bettie Jane, with son -in-law, Ezra McGlothin, Bessie Gouge McGlothin,Ollie Gouge Sampsel, Saddie Gouge Dill Hall, James Oliver, Robert Elmer, Lewis Arnold, Hugh Jinks. Missing from… Continue reading Gouge, William Henry & Betty Jane Cook Gouge
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Mines & Oil Wells Disasters
MORGAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE MINES, MINE DISASTERS AND OIL WELLS Information gleaned from past issues of the MORGAN COUNTY PRESS AND MORGAN COUNTY NEWS AND OTHER PLACES January 1916 Twelve miners were killed in an explosion of mine #3 of the Dar Dour Coal & Coke Co. at Catoosa. Seventy Five men were in the mines. All escaped except those… Continue reading Mines & Oil Wells Disasters