Montgomery County IL Archives Obituaries.....Oberkfell, Jacob January 22, 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000719 July 14, 2012, 9:11 pm Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900 January 22, 1900, Jacob Oberkfell, miner, aged 42 years, married, lost his life in the Coffeen Coal and Coke Co.'s mine, at Coffeen, Montgomery county. He was killed by an explosion of powder. It was supposed deceased was making a cartridge, and that a spark from his lamp fell into the powder; he was alone at the time of the explosion. He leaves a widow and two children. Additional Comments: Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900, Also the Second Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices; David Ross, Secretary. Springfield, ILL: Phillips Bros, State Printers; 1901 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/montgomery/obits/o/oberkfel901nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb