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Matewan Massacre survivor returns home
by MICHAEL BROWNING, Managing Editor
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MATEWAN - Buddy Jones survived the Matewan Massacre and returned home recently to watch the reenactment.

It brought back a flood of memories for the 96-year-old Cincinnati resident who spent most of his youth in Matewan.

Jones, then an eight-year-old child and one of the few survivors of the infamous battle, remembers his family being forced out of their coal camp homes and into a tent city in the nearby community of Lick Creek and hearing of how the tragic battle went down.

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