Sunday, January 17, 2016

Deneen, John D - 1889

Killed in the Mines

John D. Deneen, of Paradise, near Greensburg, was instantly killed in the mines south of Greensburg last Saturday morning [ May 18, 1889 ] by a heavy fall of slate. He was buried in the St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Sunday afternoon [ May 19, 1889 ]. Trovilla Council No. 158 Jr. O.U.A.M., of which he was a member, and the Greensburg Council, of the same order, attended his funeral in a body. He was about 40 years of age and leaves a wife and four children.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 1, Column 8

You can visit the memorial page for John D Deneen.

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