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Mark Hanna Dingus

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Mark Hanna Dingus

Birth
Hite, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
Death
22 Mar 1917 (aged 18)
Hite, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Martin, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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s/o Phillip Marion and Dollie O Osborne Dingus
Killed by a train

When Mark Hanna Dingus was born on March 11, 1899, in Floyd County, Kentucky, his father, Phillip, was 28 and his mother, Dollie Osborne, was 29. He had six brothers and two sisters. He died as a teenager on March 27, 1917, in Kentucky. Killed by a train. I (Mitch Dingus) was told that the day before he was killed that he had said that he was never going to work again. He was drinking with his cousin William Dingus, son of Thomas Jefferson and Amanda Dingus. William lost a leg in the train accident.

KILLED BY TRAIN ON BEAVER LINE

Two young men from Alphoretta, sons of Mr. Thomas Jefferson Dingus and Phillip Marion (Boy) Dingus, met with death and loss of life at Beaver Creek Friday by being hit by C & O train coming down Beaver. Mr P. M. Dingus' son was killed out right and T. J, Dingus' son lost a leg and was injured internally. He is still alive at Dr. Ed Stumbo's hospital with only a slight chance for recovery.
s/o Phillip Marion and Dollie O Osborne Dingus
Killed by a train

When Mark Hanna Dingus was born on March 11, 1899, in Floyd County, Kentucky, his father, Phillip, was 28 and his mother, Dollie Osborne, was 29. He had six brothers and two sisters. He died as a teenager on March 27, 1917, in Kentucky. Killed by a train. I (Mitch Dingus) was told that the day before he was killed that he had said that he was never going to work again. He was drinking with his cousin William Dingus, son of Thomas Jefferson and Amanda Dingus. William lost a leg in the train accident.

KILLED BY TRAIN ON BEAVER LINE

Two young men from Alphoretta, sons of Mr. Thomas Jefferson Dingus and Phillip Marion (Boy) Dingus, met with death and loss of life at Beaver Creek Friday by being hit by C & O train coming down Beaver. Mr P. M. Dingus' son was killed out right and T. J, Dingus' son lost a leg and was injured internally. He is still alive at Dr. Ed Stumbo's hospital with only a slight chance for recovery.


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