Alfred Grass Chauncey was a son of William D. and Clarison Grass Chauncey. By 1870 the family was in Neosho, Cherokee, Kansas. Alfred married Clorinda Osborn in Carthage, Missouri, on August 29, 1878. Alfred worked as a harness maker, zinc miner and farmer during his adult life.
BIOGRAPHY: From Mine Accidents and Deaths In The Southwestern Area of Jasper County, Missouri, 1868-1906, Volume 1, compiled by The Webb City Area Genealogical Society, 101 S. Liberty Street, Webb City, MO 64870
May 4, 1891. This afternoon at 3:30 while AL CHAUNCY was working on a swinging platform in the Myers and Jennison's new shaft about 10 feet from the surface, the platform tipped with him and he fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 100 feet. His leg was broken, but whether he is seriously injured is unknown. The only thing that saved him from instant death was there was 14 feet of water in the bottom of the shaft.
BIOGRAPHY: From Mine Accidents and Deaths In The Southwestern Area of Jasper County, Missouri, 1868-1906, Volume 1, compiled by The Webb City Area Genealogical Society, 101 S. Liberty Street, Webb City, MO 64870
May 4, 1891. This afternoon at 3:30 while AL CHAUNCY was working on a swinging platform in the Myers and Jennison's new shaft about 10 feet from the surface, the platform tipped with him and he fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 100 feet. His leg was broken, but whether he is seriously injured is unknown. The only thing that saved him from instant death was there was 14 feet of water in the bottom of the shaft.
Alfred Grass Chauncey was a son of William D. and Clarison Grass Chauncey. By 1870 the family was in Neosho, Cherokee, Kansas. Alfred married Clorinda Osborn in Carthage, Missouri, on August 29, 1878. Alfred worked as a harness maker, zinc miner and farmer during his adult life.
BIOGRAPHY: From Mine Accidents and Deaths In The Southwestern Area of Jasper County, Missouri, 1868-1906, Volume 1, compiled by The Webb City Area Genealogical Society, 101 S. Liberty Street, Webb City, MO 64870
May 4, 1891. This afternoon at 3:30 while AL CHAUNCY was working on a swinging platform in the Myers and Jennison's new shaft about 10 feet from the surface, the platform tipped with him and he fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 100 feet. His leg was broken, but whether he is seriously injured is unknown. The only thing that saved him from instant death was there was 14 feet of water in the bottom of the shaft.
BIOGRAPHY: From Mine Accidents and Deaths In The Southwestern Area of Jasper County, Missouri, 1868-1906, Volume 1, compiled by The Webb City Area Genealogical Society, 101 S. Liberty Street, Webb City, MO 64870
May 4, 1891. This afternoon at 3:30 while AL CHAUNCY was working on a swinging platform in the Myers and Jennison's new shaft about 10 feet from the surface, the platform tipped with him and he fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 100 feet. His leg was broken, but whether he is seriously injured is unknown. The only thing that saved him from instant death was there was 14 feet of water in the bottom of the shaft.
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