[rockrr]

I’m confused by your comment. My maternal G-Grandfather was a coal miner in West Virginia. He left to mine gold (but ended up mining copper in Montana).

[ml/nj]

My maternal G-Grandfather was a coal miner in West Virginia. He left to mine gold (but ended up mining copper in Montana).

He must have left at a ripe old age then. I'm 74. My maternal G-Grandfather died in 1943. He was four year old at emancipation.

ML/NJ