Jepson, James T.

Age44

Smith-Davis Mine

Picher Oklahoma, Oct. 8.--James T. Jepson, an employee of the Davis Mine, is in the Picher hospital in a serious condition as the result of an accident at the mine yesterday. Jepson's skull was fractured and six stitches were taken in it.

J. Jepson, a ground man at the Smith-Davis Mine, suffered a badly injured right arm yesterday. He was taken to the American hospital at Picher in the Todd ambulance from Picher.

J. Jepson, who suffered a badly injured right shoulder at the Smith-Davis Mine Tuesday when struck by a boulder, is much improved. He is at the American hospital at Picher Oklahoma.

Picher Oklahoma, Oct. 15.--James Jepson, 40 years old, died at a local hospital this morning about 8 from injuries received at the U.S. Ritz Mine about one week ago when struck by falling rock. He was married and resided at Miami. The injuries were to his head and back and internal injuries developed. The body is at the Todd undertaking parlors at Picher.

The funeral of James Jepson, 44 years old, who died at a Picher Oklahoma hospital Wednesday from injuries received at the U.S. Ritz Mine, was held from the family home here this afternoon at 1. Burial was in the G.A.R. cemetery, Miami, under direction of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher.

Mr. and Mrs. Sofus Japson, Martinus Japsen and Mrs. Elsie Rasmussen of Racine Wisconsin; Lewis Selle of Canon Missouri, and Lewis Hanson of Tulsa Oklahoma, were called to Miami last week by the death of their brother, James Japsen, who died at a Picher Oklahoma hospital Wednesday from injuries received in a mining accident, left Saturday morning for their homes. Mrs. Lewis Hanson and son, Hager Jepson, of Tulsa Oklahoma, are spending this week with Mrs. Jepson, who will leave Saturday for Kans City, to visit indefinitely with her mother and sister.

Note: News articles are inconsistent, some have the name Jepson and some have the name Japson. Place of employment changes, and kinds of injuries change.

James Japsen, who died in a Picher hospital Oct. 15, was born in Denmark, March 13, 1881. He served six months in the coast artillery in Copenhagen, Denmark. He came to the United States in 1904 and lived in Wisconsin for one year before moving to Gotebo Oklahoma, where he married Miss Matilda Hanson of Hobart Oklahoma. Miami has been the home of Mr. and Mrs. Japsen for the past four years. He is survived by his wife, three brothers and two sisters. Martinus Japsen, Sofus Japsen and Mrs. Elsie Rasmussen of Racine, Wisconsin, Hans Gronfelt Japsen, Iceland and Mrs. Marie Larsen, Elbon, South Dakota.