10. Cappelli, W.E.


William E. CAPELLI(1,2)  was born about 1895 in Italy.(3)  He was employed as a coal miner for the Kemmerer Coal Company and was killed in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 28 in Frontier, Wyoming.(3,4)  He was buried on 17 August 1923 in the Kemmerer City Cemetery in an unmarked grave.(1,2,3,4)  According to his death certificate, he was single.(3)

Sources:
      (1) Kemmerer Republican, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 1, microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.
        (2) Sneddon Robert T.  Inspector (Dist 1) & Robert V. Hotchkiss Inspector (Dist2), "State Coal Mine Inspectors Of Wyoming, Districts No. 1 and 2," year:  1923; report, 1923; , Wyoming State Archives, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
        (3) William Capello, death certificate file no. 1416 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.
        (4) Kemmerer City Cemetery (Kemmerer City, Lincoln, Wyoming), Lincoln County Historical Societies, Lincoln County Historical Societies, index cards (: online 6 March 2018), W.E. Capelli.

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