Woodford Cee Skirvin was the son of Zachariah T. and Lousiana Oder Skirvin. The family moved from the Dry Ridge, KY area to the Stultz community near Cabool, MO. Woodford married Belva Lola Dickenson and fathered three sons: Earl Dickenson Skirvin, Ernest Wendell Skirvin, and Weldon Burrel Skirvin. The young family moved to Columbus, KS so Wood could work in the Mirril Mines, at Picher or Hockerville, OK.
Newspaper clipping from Cabool, MO: Rev. J.W. Dickenson and wife, of Stultz, were notified by telegram the 20th (March, 1918) instructing them to come at once to Columbus, Kansas, as their son-in-law, W.C. Skirvin had been killed in a mine accident at Picher, Oklahoma. Later letter states that the body was interred at Columbus, Kansas, the 23rd. The cause of Mr. Skirvin's death was a falling slab. Several men had gone to a water barrel to get a drink when the slab fell on them, killing five or six and injuring a number of others. Mr. Skirvin was one of the well known young men of our county who went west some time ago to work. He was the son of Z.T. Skirvin, of Mountain Grove, was 35 years old and leaves a wife and three little boys. The sympathy of many Texas county friends is extended to the bereaved ones.
Lola Dickenson Skirvin was told by other miners that W.C. saw the slab starting to fall and yelled for others to get out. He was one of the last to try to leave so was killed by the slab. They felt he saved lives with his warning.
Lola wrote: He was a devoted Christian, obeyed Christ at 17. He saw Earl and Ernest immersed at Columbus. He said, "They are brave little soldiers."
Newspaper clipping from Cabool, MO: Rev. J.W. Dickenson and wife, of Stultz, were notified by telegram the 20th (March, 1918) instructing them to come at once to Columbus, Kansas, as their son-in-law, W.C. Skirvin had been killed in a mine accident at Picher, Oklahoma. Later letter states that the body was interred at Columbus, Kansas, the 23rd. The cause of Mr. Skirvin's death was a falling slab. Several men had gone to a water barrel to get a drink when the slab fell on them, killing five or six and injuring a number of others. Mr. Skirvin was one of the well known young men of our county who went west some time ago to work. He was the son of Z.T. Skirvin, of Mountain Grove, was 35 years old and leaves a wife and three little boys. The sympathy of many Texas county friends is extended to the bereaved ones.
Lola Dickenson Skirvin was told by other miners that W.C. saw the slab starting to fall and yelled for others to get out. He was one of the last to try to leave so was killed by the slab. They felt he saved lives with his warning.
Lola wrote: He was a devoted Christian, obeyed Christ at 17. He saw Earl and Ernest immersed at Columbus. He said, "They are brave little soldiers."
Woodford Cee Skirvin was the son of Zachariah T. and Lousiana Oder Skirvin. The family moved from the Dry Ridge, KY area to the Stultz community near Cabool, MO. Woodford married Belva Lola Dickenson and fathered three sons: Earl Dickenson Skirvin, Ernest Wendell Skirvin, and Weldon Burrel Skirvin. The young family moved to Columbus, KS so Wood could work in the Mirril Mines, at Picher or Hockerville, OK.
Newspaper clipping from Cabool, MO: Rev. J.W. Dickenson and wife, of Stultz, were notified by telegram the 20th (March, 1918) instructing them to come at once to Columbus, Kansas, as their son-in-law, W.C. Skirvin had been killed in a mine accident at Picher, Oklahoma. Later letter states that the body was interred at Columbus, Kansas, the 23rd. The cause of Mr. Skirvin's death was a falling slab. Several men had gone to a water barrel to get a drink when the slab fell on them, killing five or six and injuring a number of others. Mr. Skirvin was one of the well known young men of our county who went west some time ago to work. He was the son of Z.T. Skirvin, of Mountain Grove, was 35 years old and leaves a wife and three little boys. The sympathy of many Texas county friends is extended to the bereaved ones.
Lola Dickenson Skirvin was told by other miners that W.C. saw the slab starting to fall and yelled for others to get out. He was one of the last to try to leave so was killed by the slab. They felt he saved lives with his warning.
Lola wrote: He was a devoted Christian, obeyed Christ at 17. He saw Earl and Ernest immersed at Columbus. He said, "They are brave little soldiers."
Newspaper clipping from Cabool, MO: Rev. J.W. Dickenson and wife, of Stultz, were notified by telegram the 20th (March, 1918) instructing them to come at once to Columbus, Kansas, as their son-in-law, W.C. Skirvin had been killed in a mine accident at Picher, Oklahoma. Later letter states that the body was interred at Columbus, Kansas, the 23rd. The cause of Mr. Skirvin's death was a falling slab. Several men had gone to a water barrel to get a drink when the slab fell on them, killing five or six and injuring a number of others. Mr. Skirvin was one of the well known young men of our county who went west some time ago to work. He was the son of Z.T. Skirvin, of Mountain Grove, was 35 years old and leaves a wife and three little boys. The sympathy of many Texas county friends is extended to the bereaved ones.
Lola Dickenson Skirvin was told by other miners that W.C. saw the slab starting to fall and yelled for others to get out. He was one of the last to try to leave so was killed by the slab. They felt he saved lives with his warning.
Lola wrote: He was a devoted Christian, obeyed Christ at 17. He saw Earl and Ernest immersed at Columbus. He said, "They are brave little soldiers."
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