Champion Patterson (1899 - 1945)

Born 27 Nov 1899 in Bell, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Dec 1945 at age 46 in Fourmile, Bell, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Champion Patterson was born in Appalachia, in Kentucky. See Appalachia Project.

Champion Patterson was killed in the Belva No. 1 Mine Disaster, Fourmile, Kentucky, 1945 category due to a explosion on 26 Dec 1945

Champ was born in 1899. He was raised in his maternal grandfather's home by his mother. According to 1900 Knox County, Kentucky census, Sarah, Champ's mother, was not married to Mr. Hammonds.

By 1920, Champ was married to his wife, Martha and working as a coal miner. According to the 1930 census, Champ and Martha were married when he was 16 and she was 24.

He worked as a coal miner at the Belva No. 1 Coal Mine in Fourmile, KY. On 26 Dec 1945, there was a mine explosion. Champ's body was never recovered.

Sources

• Champ Patterson, Kentucky, US Death Records 1852-1965

• John Patterson, head, 1900; Census Place: Upper Stinking Creek, Knox, Kentucky; Roll: 536; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0064.

• William Parton, head, 1910; Census Place: Messer, Knox, Kentucky; Roll: T624_489; Page: 5a; Enumeration District: 0107.

• Champ Patterson, head, 1920; Census Place: Elys, Knox, Kentucky; Roll: T625_585; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 119

• Champ Patterson, 1930; Census Place: District 2, Bell, Kentucky; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0007.

• Champ Patterson, 1940; Census Place: Bell, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01279; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 7-5.