Beckham County, OK - Deaths: M. C. Nichols, 1922
Tuesday, 09 Sep 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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NICHOLS, M. C.
(11 May 1922, Thursday, Erick Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Bad Accident Near Cheyenne
M. C. Nichols was killed and J. R. Fitzwater was scalped yesterday morning
when the motor car on which they were riding jumped the rails and was
ditched.  Cooper and Newby, two other men who were also on the car,
escaped uninjured.  The accident happened between Cheyenne and Strong City
and it is reported the car was going so fast that when it hit curve it
jumped the rails.  Nichols, who lived two hours was taken to Clinton, and
Fitzwater, who will recover from his injuries was taken to the home of his
father-in-law, John Ragain in Strong City. - Cheyenne Star.
(Census, 1920, Oklahoma, Roger Mills Co, Cheyenne Twp, ED 161, pg 8B,
#19/19 (T625-1476):
Strong City (town); Moore Avenue; owns property:
Martin C. Nichols, age 37, b In; f/m b In; Brakeman - railroad;
Emmy M., wife, age 27, b In; f/m b In;
Laura, age 7 yrs 2 mos, b Ok.)

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