Breakman for Buffalo Eagle Coal Company. Died of Internal injuries, fractured pelvis and right arm. Probably from mine accident. Death certificate lists parents as Frank Hager and Sarah Smith. I found Sarah Smith in the 1910 Lincoln County, Census as widowed. I have now made the connection of Sarah and her children to Frank Hager. The informant for the death was also Rufus Hager further making the connection and the body was removed to Midkiff, Lincoln County, West Virginia.
Van Gale - Apr 15, 2006
Categories: History Here is the Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=991148&Type=Death) for Mitchell Hager.
At age 16 he was hired as a brakeman for a mine in Logan County and was killed in an accident on his first day at work. The death certificate proves this family story except for the "first day of work" bit.
His father Frank Hager was a Revenue agent and also met an untimely death, being shot in his front yard by a relative while wrestling over a gun. Witnesses say both Frank and the other party claimed it was accidental. He died a few days later, probably because that's how long it took to get him to a hospital in Huntington. He's buried at the John McKinley "Shug" Hager cemetary at Ninemile.
Name: Mitchell Hager
Death date: 1923
Death place: LOGAN, LOGAN, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age at death: 16 years
Birth date: 1907
Birth place: W.Va.
Marital status: Single
Spouse name:
Father name: Frank Hager
Father birth place: W.Va.
Mother name: Sarah Smith
Mother birth place: Ky.
Occupation: Brakeman
Street address:
Residence:
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Midkiff, Lincoln, W.Va.
Burial date:
Film number: 571279
Digital GS number: 4130637
Image number: 70
Reference number: v 3 p 98
Source: County Records
Collection: West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970
Van Gale - Apr 15, 2006
Categories: History Here is the Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=991148&Type=Death) for Mitchell Hager.
At age 16 he was hired as a brakeman for a mine in Logan County and was killed in an accident on his first day at work. The death certificate proves this family story except for the "first day of work" bit.
His father Frank Hager was a Revenue agent and also met an untimely death, being shot in his front yard by a relative while wrestling over a gun. Witnesses say both Frank and the other party claimed it was accidental. He died a few days later, probably because that's how long it took to get him to a hospital in Huntington. He's buried at the John McKinley "Shug" Hager cemetary at Ninemile.
Name: Mitchell Hager
Death date: 1923
Death place: LOGAN, LOGAN, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age at death: 16 years
Birth date: 1907
Birth place: W.Va.
Marital status: Single
Spouse name:
Father name: Frank Hager
Father birth place: W.Va.
Mother name: Sarah Smith
Mother birth place: Ky.
Occupation: Brakeman
Street address:
Residence:
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Midkiff, Lincoln, W.Va.
Burial date:
Film number: 571279
Digital GS number: 4130637
Image number: 70
Reference number: v 3 p 98
Source: County Records
Collection: West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970
Breakman for Buffalo Eagle Coal Company. Died of Internal injuries, fractured pelvis and right arm. Probably from mine accident. Death certificate lists parents as Frank Hager and Sarah Smith. I found Sarah Smith in the 1910 Lincoln County, Census as widowed. I have now made the connection of Sarah and her children to Frank Hager. The informant for the death was also Rufus Hager further making the connection and the body was removed to Midkiff, Lincoln County, West Virginia.
Van Gale - Apr 15, 2006
Categories: History Here is the Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=991148&Type=Death) for Mitchell Hager.
At age 16 he was hired as a brakeman for a mine in Logan County and was killed in an accident on his first day at work. The death certificate proves this family story except for the "first day of work" bit.
His father Frank Hager was a Revenue agent and also met an untimely death, being shot in his front yard by a relative while wrestling over a gun. Witnesses say both Frank and the other party claimed it was accidental. He died a few days later, probably because that's how long it took to get him to a hospital in Huntington. He's buried at the John McKinley "Shug" Hager cemetary at Ninemile.
Name: Mitchell Hager
Death date: 1923
Death place: LOGAN, LOGAN, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age at death: 16 years
Birth date: 1907
Birth place: W.Va.
Marital status: Single
Spouse name:
Father name: Frank Hager
Father birth place: W.Va.
Mother name: Sarah Smith
Mother birth place: Ky.
Occupation: Brakeman
Street address:
Residence:
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Midkiff, Lincoln, W.Va.
Burial date:
Film number: 571279
Digital GS number: 4130637
Image number: 70
Reference number: v 3 p 98
Source: County Records
Collection: West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970
Van Gale - Apr 15, 2006
Categories: History Here is the Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=991148&Type=Death) for Mitchell Hager.
At age 16 he was hired as a brakeman for a mine in Logan County and was killed in an accident on his first day at work. The death certificate proves this family story except for the "first day of work" bit.
His father Frank Hager was a Revenue agent and also met an untimely death, being shot in his front yard by a relative while wrestling over a gun. Witnesses say both Frank and the other party claimed it was accidental. He died a few days later, probably because that's how long it took to get him to a hospital in Huntington. He's buried at the John McKinley "Shug" Hager cemetary at Ninemile.
Name: Mitchell Hager
Death date: 1923
Death place: LOGAN, LOGAN, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age at death: 16 years
Birth date: 1907
Birth place: W.Va.
Marital status: Single
Spouse name:
Father name: Frank Hager
Father birth place: W.Va.
Mother name: Sarah Smith
Mother birth place: Ky.
Occupation: Brakeman
Street address:
Residence:
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Midkiff, Lincoln, W.Va.
Burial date:
Film number: 571279
Digital GS number: 4130637
Image number: 70
Reference number: v 3 p 98
Source: County Records
Collection: West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970
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