29 Friday Sep 2023
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Appalachia, Asbury Stidham, blacksmith, brakeman, C.W. Small, carman, carpenter, Cleve Craddock, coal, Ethel, Jerry Stidham, Logan County, Lou Davis, mine foreman, mining, motorman, West Virginia
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Hi, Brandon,
I’m working with professors from WVA University and Hungary to create several articles about early 2Oth century immigrant coal miners and laborers. Our study of Martin Himler and Himlerville has inspired more research! Do you have details about this photo, such as date taken and where, and is photo part of someone’s collection?
Thank you, Brandon!
Cathy Cassady Corbin ________________________________
Hi, Cathy. I edited information for the photo in order to provide more detail, which was not at my fingertips when I made the original post. If you want to source the photo, it originally appeared in Centennial Program, City of Logan, West Virginia, 1852-1952 (n.p., n.d.), as part of an article titled “U.M.W.A. of Logan County” by Melvin Triola (p. 87). I’m fascinated by the Italian and Hungarian immigrants in the region and have gathered numerous stories about them from the Logan Banner; very few are posted here. I’m also familiar with their graves locally and their descendants. Let me know if I can help.
My paternal grandparents lived in Ethel until ~1927 when they moved to Detroit. My dad’s half-sister, Mary Toth married David Gingise, whose family owned a restaurant in Logan. Grandpa cooked moonshine during prohibition and grandma took the train to Logan to sell it at the Gingise’s restaurant.