Sam's date of birth* comes from the two pension applications that have been uploaded in the Photos section.
His month and day of death come from a 1907 report for the Mining Department. His death was the result of exposure to lethal gas during some black-powder explosions in the mine at Windrock, Tennessee.
He was the son of Andrew Jackson and Malinda "Lynn" (Patterson) Russell.** His mother, Lynn, married Luther Lively on November 26, 1883, in Anderson County, Tennessee (her surname was listed as "Brown").
(*His month of birth in the 1900 Morgan County, Tennessee, Census was "May." His year of birth on his headstone is "1873.")
(**They were married on July 17, 1871, in Anderson County, Tennessee.)
His month and day of death come from a 1907 report for the Mining Department. His death was the result of exposure to lethal gas during some black-powder explosions in the mine at Windrock, Tennessee.
He was the son of Andrew Jackson and Malinda "Lynn" (Patterson) Russell.** His mother, Lynn, married Luther Lively on November 26, 1883, in Anderson County, Tennessee (her surname was listed as "Brown").
(*His month of birth in the 1900 Morgan County, Tennessee, Census was "May." His year of birth on his headstone is "1873.")
(**They were married on July 17, 1871, in Anderson County, Tennessee.)
Sam's date of birth* comes from the two pension applications that have been uploaded in the Photos section.
His month and day of death come from a 1907 report for the Mining Department. His death was the result of exposure to lethal gas during some black-powder explosions in the mine at Windrock, Tennessee.
He was the son of Andrew Jackson and Malinda "Lynn" (Patterson) Russell.** His mother, Lynn, married Luther Lively on November 26, 1883, in Anderson County, Tennessee (her surname was listed as "Brown").
(*His month of birth in the 1900 Morgan County, Tennessee, Census was "May." His year of birth on his headstone is "1873.")
(**They were married on July 17, 1871, in Anderson County, Tennessee.)
His month and day of death come from a 1907 report for the Mining Department. His death was the result of exposure to lethal gas during some black-powder explosions in the mine at Windrock, Tennessee.
He was the son of Andrew Jackson and Malinda "Lynn" (Patterson) Russell.** His mother, Lynn, married Luther Lively on November 26, 1883, in Anderson County, Tennessee (her surname was listed as "Brown").
(*His month of birth in the 1900 Morgan County, Tennessee, Census was "May." His year of birth on his headstone is "1873.")
(**They were married on July 17, 1871, in Anderson County, Tennessee.)
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