Aaron was born about 1860 in Danesmoor, Derbyshire and was thus in his early 20s when he died. He was a son of Henry & Ann Beeson. Aaron grew up with his family in the Danesmoor/Clay Cross area and lived near the Greyhound Pub. His siblings included John, Samuel, Miriam, Bertha Ann, Mary & Elizabeth. Aaron was a coal miner, as was his father and his two brothers. Aaron was killed, aged 23, in an accident at the Park House Pit in Clay Cross while employed there as a loader. His father Henry and his brother John were also killed in the same accident, an explosion that killed 45 men and boys.
Aaron was born about 1860 in Danesmoor, Derbyshire and was thus in his early 20s when he died. He was a son of Henry & Ann Beeson. Aaron grew up with his family in the Danesmoor/Clay Cross area and lived near the Greyhound Pub. His siblings included John, Samuel, Miriam, Bertha Ann, Mary & Elizabeth. Aaron was a coal miner, as was his father and his two brothers. Aaron was killed, aged 23, in an accident at the Park House Pit in Clay Cross while employed there as a loader. His father Henry and his brother John were also killed in the same accident, an explosion that killed 45 men and boys.
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"This monument is in memory of the forty five men and boys who lost their lives in an explosion at Park House Pit, Clay Cross November 7 1882 and was erected by their fellow workmen and the public 1884."
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