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Crawford, Joe


Funeral Home Data

Deceased:Crawford, Joe
Died:Feb 06 1921
Age:11
Remarks:died Feb 6, 1921, of skull fracture, age 11. Charge to William Searl, of Commerce. Burial place not noted.
Record Source:Mitchelson Funeral Home
(Funeral Record)Commerce, Ottawa County, OK

Abstract Data

Little Joseph Crawford, 10 years old son of Mrs. W. M. Searles, whose head was crushed when the boy became wedged between two sump cars at the Skelton Mine at Century Oklahoma last Thursday, died Sunday morning at the Miami Baptist hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Searles, who were in Texas looking for a location when the accident occurred arrived here Saturday. The unfortunate boy was playing with other children at the Skelton Mine when he suffered the fatal injury. Funeral services were held Monday morning at 10 o'clock and burial was near Neosho Missouri.

Miami Record Herald — Miami, OK

Feb 11 1921 · p.2 · col.3

Book: Mitchelson Funeral Home, Commerce, Oklahoma July 1916 - August 1957 — S J Mahurin

ISBN: 1-892744-93-7