In a message dated 12/16/2000 11:01:22 PM Pacific Standard Time,
INGREENE-D-request(a)rootsweb.com writes:
<< Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 20:09:03 EST
From: ArvilH(a)aol.com
To: INGREENE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Message-ID: <9b.e504d13.276d6c2f(a)aol.com>
Subject: Re: Newark Boiler Explosion l877
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In a message dated 12/15/00 10:38:49, RBRICKROOM(a)aol.com writes:
<< From Owen County Journal, March 22, l877:
Ed. Journal: I arrived at the late mill site three miles west of Newark,
Greene
County, known as Hunter's mill, last Friday, l6th inst. just after the
boiler
exploded and in time to witness one of the most heartrending and sickening
scenes
our country every witnessed.
>
Thank you for posting this. My father, Frank Hancock, was born 4 Nov
1889
in Highland Twp., near Newark. He was a son of Samuel Wesley Hancock and
Mary
Ann Walls Hunter, the widow of Alfred Hunter, one of those injured in the
explosion. Alfred died 1 Dec 1880 of tuberculosis. He was a son of Daniel
Washington Hunter and Laurana Starks. The James S. Hunter who married Mary
Ann Clark was a brother of Alfred. The S. was for Starks.
Arvil Hancock
>
I may be wrong on this, but I am under the impression that this Hunter Mill
was established by some Hunter brothers who came late to Greene County and
were of no connection to the original John Hunter family descendants.
What do you think ?
Dave Chandler