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Appalachia, Big Creek, coal, Helen Gibson, history, Ivy White Ash Coal Company, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, W.T. Gibson, West Virginia
Logan (WV) Banner, 2 November 1926.
Compensation for Dead Coal Miner’s Wife (1926)
02 Sunday Jul 2017
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Was this a typical thing and amount….for coal widows to be awarded a “death compensation?” Would she receive it until her death? Was $40 considered a fair amount in 1926…did awards typically run larger or smaller? Interesting newspaper article!
Hi, Kelley. I thought the article was interesting, too. I wish I could answer your questions about compensation for widows but I only know what the article says. I’m so sorry I can’t be more help.