This photograph contains two Gatens brothers Hugh and Patrick in front
of a mine opening in Kanawha County. They moved from Putnam County to
Campbells Creek to work the mines. Patrick is in the first row, second
from the right. Hugh is sitting in the middle on top of the opening.
These Gatens brothers were sons of William Gatens and Hannah McMahon
from Putnam County, and the brother of Cornelius Gatens all moving to
Kanawha County to work in the mines. Cornelius F. Gatens and Della Agnes
Dewees were the parents of William James Gaten (Kanawha County Deputy
Tax Assessor, and WWII-Purple Heart recipient) still living in Kanawha
City.
