Harlan in Harlan County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Harlan County Coal Miner Memorial

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 4, 2021

1. Harlan County Coal Miner Memorial (front)

Inscription. In honor of the Harlan County Coal Miners who sacrificed their lives while supporting a family and a nation.

1912 • Alex Hobarth • 1914 • John N. Scott • Ray Shackleford • Lee Little • 1915 • Bony Harris • Edward Barens • Edgar France • W.M. Miller • Fred Cain • T.M. Banks • Ray Stanley • 1916 • Buel C. Jones • 1917 • Pearl Unthank • John Cox • 1918 • Willie Sparkman • William Brown • Burly Greech • Louis Cease • John Vasaki • Everet Krodn • Roy Lewis • W.A. Moor • John Vargo • Will Denney • 1919 • James Logan • Shelby Wagers • Carl Standridge • William Maggard • Joe Teller • Alex Kestukevich • Frank Milovich • Joe Tutak • Louds Ellis • Fred Washington • Dill Collete • 1920 • John Caudle • James Arthur Hampton • Orbe Barrett • Joe Balazs • Willard Davidson • James R. Higdon • John Harper • Elbert Combs • John Smith • Ledford Mopes • Emil Keller • Reuben Lavender • Walter Reynolds • Levi Whitehead • Steve Salazi • Frank Supucke • Martin Halcomb • Steve Shook • T.E. Withrow • Christopher C. Wolfe

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• Jessie Griggs • Theodore Kivoss • Will Kemp • Adam Miller • W.R. Hull • Arthur Roberts • D.T. Davison • 1921 • William R. Reed • Finley Seymore • G.W. Davis • William Hurst • James Murphy • R.H. Groves • Alen Walden • Ike Jamieson • Ervin Moore • D.L. Chumly • G.W. Turner • Ed Palfreyman • George Carter • Herd Copeland • J. C. Coldiron • W.R. Holcomb • Karl W. Bulton • Frank Carter • W.M. Brock • Dewey Martin • James P. Haslerig • Z.T. Morris • Harry Lazar • John Davis • Robert Black • Joe Chocky • Noah Miller • Charlie Burl • Julius Jasper • C.F. Brabson • Willie Strickland • 1922 • E.C. Brittain • J.H. Ward • Charlie Baker • Joe Johns • Boyd King • John Scalvin • Edward Bates • W.L. Haste • Albert Bourdeau • Thomas Thurmond • Wallace Francis • Nick Scoffer • Robert Elmore • John Maryanchik • John Scott • Jesse Pace • Robert Faulkner • Bricsol Washington • Chad N. Nolan • Mike Jelovac • Pearl Henson • • 1922 • Elisha S. Slusher • James Owens • 1923 • Jose Penande • William J. Carter • John Koretz

Harlan County Coal Miner Memorial (back) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 4, 2021

2. Harlan County Coal Miner Memorial (back)

• Rовеrт Намlan • J.M. Hays • J.V. Gross • W.M. Day • Will Brock • Manuel D. Leon • Thomas Winchester • Manuel Marques • Otis Stafford • G.L. Curry • Guy Coleman • Alex C. Ford • Fred Rose • Jefe Trail • Willie Vaughn • Hubert Garrett • M.C. Potts • Bryan Keil • Clarence Howard • James E. Cox • 1924 • Charles Williams • Jack Williams • Sam Johnson • Willie Lewis • William Carter • Leslie Mullins • Charlie Sizemore • Isaac Denison • Benjiman Baker • John B. Curry • Hozia Anderson • Eugene Pinder • J.W. Parks • Arthur Baldwin • John Jackson • Mike Kerpovich • John Wagner • John Moore • Carl Wasalewski • Andrew J. Gentry • Chester Lasley • Walter Suits • W.P. Creech • Dewey Isabelle • Arnocky Craft • 1925 • J.R. Hammond • Thomas Lovelace • William Boggs • Reuben Morris • J.B. McLananhan • Charles Spurlock • Dean Maddox • N.T. Sparkman • Walter Bryant • W.B. Broughton • L.B. King • Gilbert Collett • Joe Dudchock • Jimmie Dawkins • Alonzo Miller • John Goree • Anthony Williams

Harlan County Coal Miner Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 4, 2021

3. Harlan County Coal Miner Memorial

• Shepherd Fitts • H.C. Brown • W.A. Yeager • George W. Baker • Oakley Bayes • William Britts • Morgan Carter • James Saylor • John Benge • John Burgle • Dewey Sharp • I.J. Hicks • S.B. Brooks • John Milsap • Everett Vaughn • John Bennett • W.M Harris • Clyde Ayers • Ted Moore • Pink Able • Taft Swanson • Chad Dixon • Frank Richardson • Hugh Cureton • Mike Tonka • Amos Eldridge • G. Garland Madden • Sam Howard • Grad Kelly • 1926 • George Ramsey • R.B. Gilburth • John Lopensky • Fred Hicks • John Novoselich • Joe Pike • Ewell Napier • H.V. Garrett • John Satterfield • Estil Jarvis • Owen Cooper • Henry Hensley • Benjamin Higgins • Arthur Warpielo • Cal Walker • Clarence E. Walls • Mike Sabo • James E. Higgins • Richard Strange • Will Setzer • M.C. Robinson • W.H. Taylor • Lucian Bledsoe • • 1926 • Heilden Lester • Antonia Segodnνια • Oscar Grady • Karl Weisshon • Ed Hawkins • W.M. Earl • A.M. Morrison • Floyd McFarland • Emmet Zellers • Fred Parsle • Alf Fultz • Burgin C. Collett • Daniel

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Barley • Jonithan Booth • Frank Smith • 1927 • Glorge Daugherty • John E. Martz • Charlie Hounshell • Elmer Parker • Claude Coffee • Joe Bates • Oscar Cavins • Dave Walton • W.A. Campbell • Augustine Antonio • Jacob Sonich • Lemuel Smith • Charles Howard • John Schilo • Ed Day • W.L. Gross • Louis Rednour • Joe Smith • Andy Goodwin • John Y. Blanton • Robert Smith • Joe Walter • John Wallace • Miram J. Brock • Hugh E. Adams • Wayne Headen • Floyd Hasty • Charles M. Lunford • C.W. Aiken • Charlie Monels • John W. Smith • Willie Allen • Pete Genari • John Walls • W.T. Lockard • Pes Serafino • Frank Smith • Earnest M. Morse • Robert Denton • Randolph Noe • Evan Sexton • Elbert Jordon • Hubert Moses • Carter Sargent • Walter Estes • Frank Bryant • Fred Gossett • Andrew Pate • John Pate • Dillard Napier • Henry Carter • Joda Cornett • Bob Bradley • Joe Numan • Charlie Aiken • 1928 • Timothy Cowen • J.B. Adkins • C.J. Luther • Charles J. Luther • Ben Turner • Edgar Parker • Walter Brown • James Marsie • James A. Dalen • Jack Asher • Don Looney • Romeo Carducci • Ed Stewart • James H. Blankenship • Clay Quintrell • Asher Hall • Frank Chow • Elmer Leach • Sam Edwards • Frank Higgins • Frank Romines • Lewis Fogarty • Squib Moore • John M. Palko • Robert Dubase • Nick Kirin • Tom Elliott • Charles Jones • Oscar Howard • Leonard Wilson • Roscoe Hanshell • Henry Sergent • W.H. Hensley • Will Mason • Otis Dowell • Joe Gilbreath • William Mink • Melburn Dixon • William Ditty • Enoch Bailey • A.S. Watkins • Webb Dunning • Robert Ledford • Alvin Haynes • 1929 • Willard Farmer • D. Whitaker • Abner Skidmore • Herman Hargrove • Will Dean • Roscoe Fee • Clyde Yokley • • • 1929 • P.H. Harriston • Richard Harriston • Frank Armistiad • William Delph • Matteo Giviriccin • Jim Word • Ernest Johnson • F.H. Harrington • W.C. Walker • Charles E. Boler • F.E. Maxwell • James T. Rose • Miller • Eddie Kelly • Joe Day • W.T. Disney • Elmo Speers • James Higgins • Esaw Satcher • Byrd Hensley • Jasper Howard • William H. McKnight • Elmer Lyttle • A.M. Osborne • George Nichols • Arthur Sping • Julius Pertilock • Marion Cook • Millard F. Greene • John Doan • Coy Smith • Farris Banks • 1930 • Luther Shoemaker • Bob Shepherd • Harrison Down • J.B. Coppinger • Cam B. Burgess • Doratero Cadarez • Jesse Garnet • Clifford Cox • A.J. Webber • Grant Kelly • Charles A. Kelly • Joe Thomas Scoggeni • Jim Dean, Jr. • Raymond Faulkner • Lee Gilley • Hubert Cross • Gennie Jenkins • Jesus Diaz • Lester Pickrell • Mike Tucker • Clifford Townsley • Clement Bryant • Clifford Fox • Henry Scott • Luther Skidmore • 1931 • John Waller • Jesse J. Osborn • Rex Hammonde • Howard Flanary • Emigdio Sandoval • T.J. Hembree • William Farley • William Jennings • Ben Cornette • Joe E. Hall • Anderson Green • Joe Gap • Charlie High • Russell Mullins • Charles T. Davis • Carter Haynes • John Garrett • Clarence Watts • Floyd Lester • James Barnes • Alvin Elsea • James M. Moore • James E. Crawford • Reed Lee Owens • Scott Edwards • Joe Govendish • 1932 • Julius Baldwin • Shelt Partin • Cecil Sanders • Handy Newell • Henry G. Prewitt • John Sparks • Harvey Hudson • James Dusenia, Sr. • Arthur Robert Cobb • Walter Lewis • Jake Orea • Andrew Douglass • Henry Massingale • Calvin Massingale • Garrett Massingale • Thomas Massingale • Esau Massingale • Campbell Massingale • George Hendrick • Eddie Herman • Charles Davenport • Henry Hibbard • A.O. Romaines • Harold Woods • Arthur Woods • Eugene Woods • Ben Fields • Harrison Jackson • Jim Davis • Mace Turner • Alfred Graves • Will Newell • Robert Benbo • Luther Jones • Clifford Fox • Charles Ray Wilson • • 1933 • • John J.Mcguire • Anderson Gibson • Thomas Lovejoy • Joe Kelly • Dewey Green • James Christopher • John Price • B.C. Posey • George Shellborn • Bama Chessler • William Stewart • Frank Padgett • Earnest C. Angel • Robert Menitt • J.S. Coffman • Carlos Blackwell • Frank Lucus • Jim Qualls • Samuel Means • Ed Smith • Alfred Taylor White • Jess Ashburn • Andrew D. Douglas • Sewell Sutton • Paris Blaylock • William Hardison • John Woodward • 1934 • James L. Peck • Lawrence Creech • Charlie Trosper • Clyde Lester • H.R. Lester • Harry Cheroski • Jesse Lee Seiber • Edward Petterson • Lee Adams • Gamp May • W.F. Brabson • Pearl Burgess • Kermit Browning • Frank Sergent • Ray Wallace • Frank Mitchell • Johnny Bratcher • F.M. Bratcher • Harold Hackler • Jones Martin • Wm. H. Sargent • Edgar Clowers • Arther White • Robert Murr • Cornell Donaldson • Willard Smith • Brooks Frazier • Roosevelt Jones, Jr. • James Harbin • 1935 • • Homas C. Hadges • Allen Helton • James Carr • William V. Propst • Roy Lee Beach • J.F. Harvey • Ernie R. Bryant • Frank Kuznik • Van Lucas • William B. Mann • Norman Lynch • Terry Carr • Cas Smiddy • B.H. Roundtree • Curtis B. McKnight • Caesar Jones • L.J. Brown • Matt Blackwell • Claude Harlan • Robert Miller • Paul B. Thomas • Fanis Frederick • Ellison S. Greene • Payton M. Rogers • Lloyd Ashworth • Robert May • Mason Miller • Robert Lee Franks • Ed Bowling • Aaron Long • Carlo Young • 1936 • Carl Martz • Albert Hogg • Frank Finto • John Pauchaus • Paul Troglen • Rans Farmer • Corbin Adams • Clarence Kindred • Billie Mumford • William H. McCulley • Harvey Lee Elleson • W.M. Breckley • Alonzo Lawson • Henry Huff • Robert J. Staples • William David Conken • Jay Bryan Smith • Nathanial Smith • W. John Richson • William Gaines • Henry Eads • Austin Z. German • Ernest Woods • G.W. Hobbs • Lester Hampion • Herman C. Presson • Samuel Cecil Lentz • Tom Black • Thomas F. Bullock • P.S. Hensley • Henry Searcy • Christopher C. Arnold • • 1936 • Thomas F. Bullock • 1937 • C.C. Chickson • Daughfus Hurley • Hugh D. Hurley • Willie B. Griffin • Earl Jackson • John Kemp • Johnny Ferguson • W.A. Adams • Arnold Combs • Edward Fowler • Perry J Corss • Lace C. Johnson • Mart Rains • Harvey Christian • Tom Jenkins • Abraham Losten • Bill Bryant • Wa Thomas • Fred Hooge • Otis Mitchell • Sherman Smith • Harrison Daniels • Robert Williams • Dewey Hunter • Clarence Chambers • Eugene A. Wilkerson • Owens Combs • James H. Vanmeter • Sewell Miracle • Andy Vaughn • L.V. Banks • William M. Hackler • Jesse Savage • Fred Robner • Frank G. Posey • Eldon Jones • Emit G. Minton • Otis Siagrove • Hugh B. Lansden • Henry T. McClenney • Cliff Cummings • Virgie Ratliff • Olye I. Mays • George Jackson • James Weaver • William C. Ridner • Paul H. Sowder • L.J. Ferguson • Arthur Taylor • Willard Saylor • 1938 • • John Melzoni • Everett Perry • Charles A. Wingfield • Robert M. Roberts • Verda Opaline Thomas • William Polaski • Lige Allen • Ben McFarland • Floyd Mills • Samuel Radovich • Lloyd H. Osborne • Thomas Watkins • John M. Gambrel • Carl McGhee • Schuyler York • William Lang • Macle Padgett • Clinton Dweeten • Earl Sprinkles • Leamon Saylor • Damon P. Morgan • J. Fred Dugger • Orville Blair • Dean Walls • Albert Drown • David Hawthorne • 1939 • • Gyra Peirce • Sam Watters • Harrison Moses • Ben Brown • Claude Adams • Joseph Makion • Henry Dankins • William H. Gray • Albert E. Williams • Chad Warren • Jackie Brown • Reynold Craft • Clarence E. Teinsley • Victor Nelson • Tom Senters • Hobart Selcher • Tom J. Kelly • Edgar Lee Walker • James A. Martin • Henny Roberts • 1940 • • R.B. Smith • Pityman Carter • Everett Blankenship • Albert McIngosh • Wilburne Gatliff • John Clem • Steve Malakas • John Bartolotti • James Wilsy • Frank Cobb • Simon Cummings • Alex Lambert • John M. Orick • Gyra Pierce • G.F. Rose • Vince Suber • Garrett Fugate • Jessie Cupp • Earl White • Willis Brock • Ross McClendon • R.J. Ingle • Otis Daugherty

Erected by Harlan County.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.

Location. 36° 50.808′ N, 83° 19.3′ W. Marker is in Harlan, Kentucky, in Harlan County. It is on South 1st Street just south of East Central Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 104 S 1st St, Harlan KY 40831, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Eastern Kentucky and in the Cumberland Plateau.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: First Car of Coal (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); The L&N Railroad in Harlan County (within shouting distance of this marker); Spirit of the American Doughboy (within shouting distance of this marker); Courthouse Burned (within shouting distance of this marker); Famous People from Harlan County (within shouting distance of this marker); The First Industry of Harlan County (within shouting distance of this marker); County Named, 1819 (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Harlan.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 2,852 times since then and 231 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 11, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.