Oakey Bartlett Litton

1880 - 1935  (54 years)

• Name	Oakey Bartlett Litton
  Born	15 Oct 1880	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jan 1935  [1]
  Notes	Description: Locomotive Boiler Explosion at McDunn Montgomery News January 3, 1935 Death Toll In Train Blast Is 18; 21 Of Victims Still In Hospital Most Serious Industrial Accident in Valley Since Boomer Mine Explosion November 30, 1915, When 23 Men Were Killed, Occurred Thursday Morning in Work Train Blast at MacDunn The death this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Coal Valley Hospital of Okey V. Litton, 54, of Powellton, where he had resided the past six months, brought the total deaths in the explosion of a locomotive boiler at MacDunn, on Armstrong Creek, Thursday morning, December 27, up to eighteen. It was stated this afternoon following Litton's death, by hospital physicians, that all of the others who were injured in the accident, and now in the hospital would recover barring unforeseen and unexpected complications. Litton's body was turned over to a Milton undertaker and taken there for burial Saturday afternoon.... [from Daryl Litton]
  Person ID	I49926	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2006

  
  

  Father	Llewellyn Litton,   b. 2 Feb 1861, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 18 Feb 1937, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Sophronia Estleline Rhodes,   b. Abt 1858, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	15 Jan 1880	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	1880 Jackson, WV page I/59 #88-88 L, 20, farmer, (Gay) Jxn Sophronia E, 21 1910 Teays Valley, Putnam, WV # 182 Litton, Llewellyn 49 m1- 30y WV WV WV Safrona 51 m1- 30y 8-8 children Pearl W da 22 William son 18 Freddie A son 17 Bertha J da 15 Scott, Johnson boarder, 19 VA VA VA
  Family ID	F1645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Wymer,   b. 26 Feb 1883, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1906
  Notes	Oakey Bartlett Litton b. 15 Oct 1880 Gay WV, d. 1931. Signed up for WWI Draft Sep 12 1918, full name and birth date on card, living at Hurricane WV, self-employed farmer, nearest relative wife Emma. 1910 Teays Valley, Putnam, WV # 186 Litton, Okey B 30 m1- 4y Emma 26 m1- 4y 1-1 child Floyd 2 Wymer, Harry boarder 9
  Children	1. Floyd C Litton,   b. 5 Jan 1908, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 1984, Fostoria, OH  (Age 76 years)   2. Crystal Litton
  Family ID	F13873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S400] Daryl Lytton. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.