Coal Miners Memorial, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Jamison 20, Pleasant Unity, Unity Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA

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Coal Miners Memorial
Jamison No. 20 Mine,
Jamison No. 20,
Pleasant-Unity,
Unity Township,
Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Jamison No. 20 Mine, Jamison No. 20, Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian, Editor,
Ryan P. Washlaski, Technical Editor,

Updated Sept. 25, 2008

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Jamison No. 20 Mine

Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Jamison No. 20 Mine, Jamison No. 20, Pleasant-Unity, Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co., PA. The coal miners names have been researched and complied from various sources by Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian: newspaper obits, newspaper articles, Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines Reports, township histories, and names of coal miners submitted by various people, etc.. No coal company employee records exist, or haven't been found to date.
The Nationalities listed for various miners, are taken directly from "Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA" as reported for the various years. Those listed as American, could be either native born or naturalized citizens.
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Since 1870, Pennsylvania's Annual Report on Mining Activities has recorded 51,483 deaths from mining accidents-- 31,113 deaths in anthracite mines and 20,370 deaths in bituminous mines.

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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
JAMISON NO. 20 MINE

[ A ]
Ackerman, Frank
(Miner, ca.1929, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife, Dorothy Reynolds Ackerman.)
Adamrovich, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Allshouse, Alfred
(Miner, ca. early 1940's, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.)
Allshouse, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ B ]
Bair, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Barnett, Owen J. "Ownie"
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA,);
(b. May 3, 1909 - d. Aug. 13, 1993.)
[ C ]
Casteel, Paul
(Miner, ca.1919-1936, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Nell Casteel.)
Cutlip, Kenneth
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Minnie F. Cutlip.)
[ D ]
Daugherty, John Thomas
(Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1920, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Catherine Murphy Daugherty, 4 children.);
(b. Jan., 1894 - d. ca.1970.)
Davis, Clifford
(Miner, ca. early 1940's to early 1950's, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Dzatko, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
Falbo, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Freeline, Fred
(Company Store Employee, Butcher at the Jamison No. 20 Mine Company Store, Westmoreland Co., PA, ca.1940's, during World War II.)
[ G ]
Graham, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ H ]
Hajduk, Mary
(See: Wolk, Anthony; wife of Anthony Wolk.)
Harris, George
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hass, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Heide, August H.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, lived in Weltytown, PA.)
Heide, Edward H.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, lived in Weltytown, PA.)
Heide, George G.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, lived in Pleasant Unity, PA.)
Heide, John J.
(Miner, ca.1918-ca.1949, Motorman, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Dora Stairs Heide, 5 children.);
(Lived in coal company House No.21, in Jamison No. 20, PA.)
Heide, Lewis J.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, lived in Norvelt, PA.)
Heide, Samuel E.
(Miner, July 12, 1936 to Feb. 10, 1942, Worked on the Tipple, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company house No.21, in Jamison No. 20, PA.);
(Son of John Heide.)
Heide, William A.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived in a coal company house, in Jamison No. 20 , PA.)
Hill, Ivy B.
(Worked for Jamison Coal & Coke Company, at Jamison No. 20 Mine, Company Store, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hricik, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hricik, Tom
(Company Store Employee, Delivery Man, ca.1940's, during World War II, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hudak, John B.
(Miner, ca.1940's, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Marie Kapura Hudak, from Mutual, PA.)
Hyde, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ I ]
Immel, William McKinley
(Miner, ca.1942, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 45, married, wife Bessie D. Keslar Immel.);
(Killed. Fatally injured in a mining accident, in the Jamison No. 20 Mine, Nov.10, 1942, Died Nov.11, 1942.);
(William McKinley Immel lived in Lycippus, PA.)
[ J ]
Johnson, Norman F.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in a coal company house in the Jamison No. 20, PA.)
Jones, Alvy
(Miner, ca.early 1940's, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Section Boss, ca.1951 Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Killed. Died in the Jamison No. 20 Mine of a heart attack in June, 1951.)

[ K ]
Kapura, Marie
(See: Hudak, John B.; wife of John B. Hudak.)
Kashin, Andrew
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Kashin, John, Sr.
(Miner, ca.1925 plus, Jamison No.20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Mary Puskar Kashin, 8 children.);
(Injured. John Kashin, Sr. was severly injured in the Jamison No. 20 Mine, he was pinned between two mine cars, and suffered a crushed kidney. He was off work for about a year, and had 8 children to raise. His mine boss, Mr. Costello, visited him many times, wanting him to get back to work.)
Kashin, John, Jr
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Son of John Kashin Sr. )
Kashin, Thomas
(Company Store Employee, ca.1940's, during World War II, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Son of John Kashin Sr. )
Kashusko, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Keslar, Bessie D.
(See: Immel, William McKinley; wife of William McKinley Immel.)
Kissel, Joseph
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Kline, Henry P.
(Miner, ca.1942, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Helen Wagner Kline, 2 sons.);
(Killed. Fatally injured in a mining accident, in the Jamison No. 20 Mine, Nov.10, 1942, Died Nov. 11, 1942.)
Kriddle, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Kuhar, George
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Kustron, Frank
(Miner, ca.1936, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married.);
(d. ca.1965.)
[ L ]
Lohr, Franklin Webster
(Superintendent, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Son of Samuel J. Lohr.)
Loughner, Marie
(See: Shopsky, William; wife of William Shopsky.)
[ M ]
Milyak, John S.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Mitchell, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ N ]
[ O ]
[ P ]
Paterchak, Michael
(Miner, ca.1932, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Anna Ragac Peterchak.)
Pelar, Michael
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Florence Siemon Pelar.);
(Mike Pelar also worked at the United No. 1 & No. 2 Mines, Standard Shaft Mine, Mutual Mine, Hecla Mines, Trauger Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA and Renton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.)
(Lived in Trauger, PA.);
(B. Nov. 21, 1897 - d. Nov. 4, 1994.);
(Buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Trauger, PA.)
Pillar, Michael
(See: Pelar, Michael.)
Piller, Michael
(See: Pelar, Michael.)
Preshlock, Steve
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Puskar, Joseph Andrew
(Miner, ca.1935, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 35, married, wife Anna B. Simko Puskar, 2 children.);
(Killed. Killed in a mining accident in the Jamison No. 20 Mine, ca.1935.);
(Son of Michael Andrew Puskar, Sr.)
Puskar, Mary
(See: Kashin, John, Sr.; wife of John Kashin, Sr.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Ragac, Anna
(See: Peterchak, Michael; wife of Michael Peterchak.)
Raishart, George
(Miner, ca.1925, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Veronica Raishart.)
Repko, Steve
(Miner, ca.1921, Jamison No. 20, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Anna Seamen Repko.)
Resnik, Vincent
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Ridilla, Joseph "Ciggy"
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Ridsdale, Joseph
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Ridsdale, Tom
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Ridsdale, William
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Ringosh, Andrew
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Rushnock, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ S ]
Sach, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Samanchek, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Seamen, Anna
(See: Repko, Steve; wife of Steve Repko.)
Selesky, Michael
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Selis, Bernard
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA)
Selis, Samuel Ned
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Lived in a coal company house in the Jamison No. 20 patch.)
Shelaske, Frank
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Shopski, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(This is probably the same man as William Shopsky listed below.);
(See: Shopsky, William.)
Shopsky, William
(Miner, ca.1925, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Marie Loughner Shopsky.);
(This is probably the same man as Mr. Shopski listed above.);
(See also: Shopski, Mr.)
Simko, Anna B.
(See: Puskar, Joseph Andrew; wife of Joseph Andrew Puskar.)
Sliz, John "Big John"
(Slovak / Ruthenian Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Anna Hricik Sliz.);
(John Sliz also worked at the Carpentertown Mines, Hostetter Mine, and Whitney Mine, from about 1915 to the late 1940's.)
Snyder, Oscar
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Stairs, Dora
(See: Heide, John J.; wife of John J. Heide.)
Sulasky, Frank
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Swancer, Thomas Leo
(Miner, ca.1940's, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Thomas L. Swancer also worked at the Chamber Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ T ]
Taylor, Albert
(Miner, Mine Electrian & Tipple Dumping Crew ca.1936-1952, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(The Tipple Dumping Crew pulled up the mine cars from the mine to dump them at the tipple.)
Taylor, Jennings
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Taylor, Thomas
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Turtle, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ U ]
[ V ]
Vidocovich, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ W ]
Wagner, Ben
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Washol, Mr.
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Wolk, Anthony
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Mary Hajduk Wolk.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yurik, Thomas
(Miner, Jamison No. 20 Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ Z ]

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