Worked as a coal miner. started in the mines at about the age of 8 or 9 as a water boy. The water boy carried water to the men and the mules. He later dug coal and in his senior years, became a "driver", driver of bulky mules which carried the men and coal. Uncle Bill (Janet's dad was apprentice to Grandpa). Grandpap used to walk as far as 11 miles to get to work. Once he was caught in a cave-in, when the roof of the mine collapsed. He did make it out although he was in Homestead Hospital for quite a while with head concussions, a fractured collar and shoulder bone and all of his ribs fractured. Some ribs were completely cracked off. When he later retired he became a gentleman of leisure tending to his large vegetable gardens, berries, and trees. He also maintained a good stock of chickens, rabbits and hunting dogs. His youngest son Leslie apprenticed in the mines to Bill(the oldest son) when he was about 15. According to a family source one of the mines Pup worked in was Lincoln Place.
Worked as a coal miner. started in the mines at about the age of 8 or 9 as a water boy. The water boy carried water to the men and the mules. He later dug coal and in his senior years, became a "driver", driver of bulky mules which carried the men and coal. Uncle Bill (Janet's dad was apprentice to Grandpa). Grandpap used to walk as far as 11 miles to get to work. Once he was caught in a cave-in, when the roof of the mine collapsed. He did make it out although he was in Homestead Hospital for quite a while with head concussions, a fractured collar and shoulder bone and all of his ribs fractured. Some ribs were completely cracked off. When he later retired he became a gentleman of leisure tending to his large vegetable gardens, berries, and trees. He also maintained a good stock of chickens, rabbits and hunting dogs. His youngest son Leslie apprenticed in the mines to Bill(the oldest son) when he was about 15. According to a family source one of the mines Pup worked in was Lincoln Place.
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