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Died in the Virden Massacre IL426 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
ERNST KAEMMERER
DIED IN THE VIRDEN MASSACRE, OCTOBER 12, 1898
"He Thought It Better To Be Dead, To Die For Liberty and
His Friends, Than To Live In Bondage or Just For Bread."
JOSEPH GITTERLE
DIED IN THE VIRDEN MASSACRE, OCTOBER 12, 1898
"Life To Him Was Sweet, and Fair As the Autumn Sky,
But Duty Called, and, Bravely, He Answered; 'AYE.'"
E. W. SMITH
DIED IN THE VIRDEN MASSACRE, OCTOBER 12, 1898
"Twas Not Because He Loved Life Less, But Because He Loved
His Friends and Freedom More, That He Gave His All."
E. F. LONG
DIED IN THE VIRDEN MASSACRE, OCTOBER 12, 1898
Buried in Edwardsville, Illinois.
"GENERAL" ALEXANDER BRADLEY
BORN NOVEMBER 29, 1866
DIED APRIL 1, 1918
"The Fittest Way For Man To Die Is To Give His Life For Man,
For To Live In the Hearts We Leave Behind-Is Not To Die."
Erected by Sub District 5 & 6 to the Memory of Miners Killed at the Virden Massacre, Oct 12, 1891; United Mine Workers of America.
US-66 & Old Reservoir Rd., Miners Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Macoupin County Illinois
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