Andrew Watson Jewett (1851 - 1882)

Born 10 Aug 1851 in Midlothian, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA

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Died 3 Feb 1882 at age 30 in Midlothian, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Married Beulah Clayton. He was killed in a mine accident which also killed his brother George and his brother-in-law James Brown.

Coal Field, Va., Feb. 3 -- An explosion occurred at the Grove shaft of the Midlothian coal mines, about a mile and a half from here, at about 1 o'clock this afternoon. Thirty-two men were caught in the shaft, and there is little or no hope that any of them will be got out alive. The gas testers went down nearly to the bottom of the pit three times, but were forced to return on account of the smoke and gas, which were suffocating. They report the pit on fire, but they will make another effort in the morning to search for the unfortunate men. The news of the disaster spread very rapidly, and in a short time a crowd had gathered at the shaft, and the scene was most distressing, as nearly every one had some relative or friend among the entombed miners.

Sources

• Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume II, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pg. 1070.