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Coal Miner

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Coal Miner
Tilman Thomas Cloud, Jr. standing on coal train tressel. Circa 1953. He was a coal miner until 1960. We moved to Louisville, Kentucky that year.
Date & Place: in Harlan County, Kentucky USA
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Portia Cloud-Banach
My greatgrandfather, my grandfather, my father and I were born in Harlan County, Kentucky. We all grew up in Dizney, Kentucky. My surnames are Cloud, Presley, Hall, Brewer, Hale, Shoemaker, Middleton.
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