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Former Knoxville man killed in Cherry Illinois mine disaster
G A Atherton, once Knoxville’s bookseller and city schools official son, was assistant clearing wreckage at Cherry Illinois mine. A discharged worker shot him three times early Monday, he died at La Salle hospital Tuesday. He spent boyhood in Knoxville and was known as an early newspaper seller.
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Charles H. Atherton
Cherry
Illinois
la Salle
Knoxville
I. Y. Atherton
Charley
Athenton
St. Paul
Atherton
Major Atherton
I. H. Garretson