My great grandfather, John Lester Beer, worked for the Consolidated Coal Company in Buxton, Iowa
Jennifer Jones's List: Paternal Genealogy
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Sep 22, 08
John Lester Beer and James Elliot Beer Smith
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James Elliot Beer was born in england in 1839. He married Mary Ann Beard in Yorkshire England, 1 June 1867. they came to the US --separatly--their living children were--eliza--mrs WS Melville of Chariton IA
James of Lockman IA--Married Mary Ruttan
Andrew of Bluff Cree, IA--Married Virginia Gillma
Esther--Mrs. John Tedas of Lovilia Ia the only one not born in england
John of bluff Creek--married Sigrid Olsen
He and James moved eventually to colorado.
I would love to hear from decendants of any of these families. e-mail me at kluann@juno.com
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Oct 13, 08
Hobleton parishes where I might find the Beer Smith information in Devon county, England
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Sep 21, 08
My great grandfather, John Lester Beer, worked here
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Most coal mining communities are transitory due to the demands of the mining industry. However, that was not the case with Buxton, Iowa, a coal mining colony with a large black population that grew in southern Iowa at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Beginning in the 1890s Ben Buxton, the President and principal stockholder of the Consolidation Coal Company and North Western Railroad of Chicago, sent agents to the southern states to recruit black laborers to work in the coal mines of Iowa following strikes by white miners. Most of those recruits settled in the town of Buxton, founded by the company in 1895 to house the new arrivals. Most of the miners arrived from the Virginia and West Virginia coal mining regions.
At its peak in 1910, Buxton’s population was between eight and ten thousand people. Although it was usually described as “a black man’s town” it was in fact a multi-ethnic community throughout its history. Swedes, Slovaks and Welsh immigrants were the largest European groups although African Americans were by far the largest ethnic group in the town.
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Sep 21, 08
My great grandfather, John Lester Beer, worked for the Consolidated Coal Company in Buxton, Iowa
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Add Sticky NoteMonroe County was an active coal-mining center in the late 1800's and early 1900's. At one point there were 21 mines within an 11-mile radius of Albia; Albia Coal Company, Buxton, Central Coal Company, Coalfield Mine, Foster, Fraker, Hiteman, Hocking, Iowa Central Ryzerville, Lockman, National Union, Smoky Hollow Coal Company, Star, and White Ash to name a few. These mines employed a total of appro-ximately 4,000 men loading 2.5 million tons of coal annually with a payroll expense of $300,000 monthly.
The miner would leave his home before daylight and arrive home after dark. There was always the worry that a slate-fall or blasting disaster would occur and they would go home during the day for a burial. It was hard work for low pay; about $1.75 a day. The museum pays tribute to the "coal-digger" with a replica of a coal mining room, actual mine cars, bituminous coal, drills, and other mining tools. -
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