Saturday, January 1, 2011

Edwin Enoch Bracewell*

Danville Commercial News ~ June 15, 1943
*Retired Miner Dead at 82
A retired coal miner, Edwin Enoch Bracewell, 82, died at 7 p.m. Monday at the family residence (cannot read) South Danville, after a year’s illness. He had been bedfast the past five weeks.
He was born April 12, 1861, in Middleport, Ohio the son of James and Mary Jones Bracewell. After coming to Danville he worked in many mines in the locality, the last being the Black Diamond Mine.
Surviving are the widow, Jessie; three sons, ______, ______ and ________, all of Danville; one daughter, __________, Danville; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Watkins and Mrs. Jessie Comrie, both of this city; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The body was taken to the Berhalter Funeral Home and then to the family residence Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services are to be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the First Congregational Church with the Rev. R. E. Emmert officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.

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