Samuel Johnson

Died 28 Sep 1893 in Mansfield, Iron County, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Samuel Johnson was killed in the Mansfield Iron Mine In rush of Water on 9/28/1893

Samuel was one of twenty-seven miners killed on 28 Sept 1893 in the Mansfield Iron Mine disaster. The miners were drowned when an inrush of water flooded the mine. He is commemorated at Mansfield Mine Memorial, Mansfield, Iron County, Michigan.^[1]

See Mansfield Mine Disaster for more information.

• YouTube video of Memorial site
• Mansfield Mine Disaster Newspaper Article
• Forty-Five Lost, Mansfield Mine Disaster
• Swallowed up in the Bowels of the Earth

Research Notes

Identity uncertain, these are possible men or miners living in Michigan who have no known death date on Family Search. There were hundreds of Samuel Johnsons living in Michigan in 1880. Eliminate each one and move on.

Could have been from Sweden or Denmark.

Sources

1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #131589236 (accessed 8 May 2024)
   Memorial page for Samuel Johnson (unknown-28 Sep 1893), citing Mansfield Mine Memorial, Mansfield, Iron County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Joanne Morehouse (contributor 47292329).