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.
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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