Russell E. BATES
1885 - 1918 (33 years)
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Name Russell E. BATES Born 23 Jul 1885 Harrison Co, WV 
[1, 2] Gender Male Occupation coal miner [1] Residence 1907 Dola, Harrison Co, WV [2] Died 25 Aug 1918 Harrison Co, WV [1] Cause: shock following severe burns from accidental gasoline explosion - Place of death given in the State Bureau of Vital Statistics as Dola, with cause of death stated only as "shock following severe burns." But his Harrison County death record states that his death was "accidental from gasoline explosion," with location Clarksburg. Neither record indicates whether or not the accident was related to his occupation as coal miner.
Buried Dola, Harrison Co, WV - His death record states burial location only as Dola, W.Va. The only two known cemeteries in Dola are the Bennett Cemetery and the Hall Cemetery. Not a cemetery, the Dola Miners Memorial honors the 22 miners killed in an explosion at Clinchfield Coal Company's Compass No. 2 Mine in Dola on 25 April 1963.
Person ID I123221 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 25 Jul 2021
Father Andrew Jackson BATES, b. 22 Jan 1837, Tyler Co, (W)VA , d. 25 Mar 1909, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 72 years) Mother Mary Icephene HARBERT, b. 10 Jan 1852, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 22 Apr 1908 (Age 56 years) Family ID F27822 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ida Alice SWIGER, b. 18 Dec 1890, Dola, Harrison Co, WV , d. 10 Jul 1967, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 76 years) [3] Married 22 Dec 1907 Harrison Co, WV [2] Children + 1. Donovan Daral BATES, b. 16 Oct 1908, Harrison Co, WV Family ID F53194 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1550967&Type=Death.
- [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=16991&Type=Marriage.
- [S1567] Marriage record of son.
- [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1550967&Type=Death.