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10 Jun

Daniel Vincent Maroney was born on Cabin Creek

Labor leader Daniel Vincent Maroney (June 10, 1921-April 29, 1999) was born on Cabin Creek, Kanawha County. With ties to the network of Irish Catholic miners concentrated in the Kanawha Valley communities of East Bank, Coalburg, North Coalburg, an...

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