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Cobb, Jacob R.

Age 48

Skelton Mine No. 7

Miami News Record · Aug 26 1927

Picher Oklahoma, Aug. 26. Jacob R. Cobb, 48 years old, died at a local hospital at 6 last night as the result of injuries received Aug. 13 at the Skelton Mine No. 7. Surviving are two sons, Otis Cobb and Paul Cobb, of Enid Oklahoma, and one daughter, Mrs. Fay Allen of Corsicans, Texas. The body will be sent to Jenny Lind Arkansas, by the Todd undertaking company, of Picher for burial.

Miami News Record · Aug 28 1927 · Pg 5 · Col 5

Funeral services for Jacob R. Cobb, 48 years old, who died Thursday as the result of injuries received at the Skelton Mine No. 7, were held at the Pentecostal church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon with the Rev. Jesse McGuire officiating. The body was sent to Jenny Lind Arkansas for burial. The funeral was under the direction of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher Oklahoma.

Disclaimer: If you search for these articles somewhere else, searches should be done by date in the city of Miami Oklahoma. The clippings have "Miami Newspapers, Miami Oklahoma." The paper changed names several times making it difficult to search by title. Most of the Hard Rock Lead and Zinc Fatalities newspaper clippings are from the personal files of I. D. Hulvey, former powderman in the Picher mine and then owner of the Hulvey Insurance Agency.