Martin Victor "Mortie" FORNASH
- Born: 28 Apr 1893, Buckhannon, Upshur Co., WV 5232,5233
- Marriage (1): Margurite POST
- Marriage (2): Annie Marie MARTENEY on 7 Nov 1936 in Everettesville, Monongalia Co., WV 5230
- Died: 7 Feb 1941, Philippi, Barbour Co., WV at age 47 5234
- Buried: 9 Feb 1941, Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Carrollton, Barbour Co., WV 5234
Cause of his death was cardiac decomposition.5234
General Notes:
The Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday, 15 November 1924
UNION MINER GETS 5-YEAR SENTENCE
Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Destroy Coal Tipple Near Clarksburg
CLARKSBURG; Nov. 15. - Martin Fornash, 31, a union coal miner, of Wyatt, was sentenced to serve five years in the state penitentiary, at Moundsville, yesterday by Judge John C. Southern in Harrison county criminal court, when he entered a plea of guilty to conspiring to destroy the coal tipple of the Josephine mine, a non-union operation, situated near Wyatt and operated by the Wyatt-Bingamon Coal company.
The penalty for the offense to which Fornash pleaded guilty is from two to 10 years in the state prison.
Mortie married Margurite POST.
Mortie next married Annie Marie MARTENEY on 7 Nov 1936 in Everettesville, Monongalia Co., WV.5230 (Annie Marie MARTENEY was born in 1912 in Barbour Co., WV 5231 and died on 26 Jun 1963 in Monongalia Co., WV 5231.). The cause of her death was subarachnoid hemorrhage.5234
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