John Edward Pick Sr. (1893 - 1947)

Born 21 Mar 1893 in Hallidayboro, Elk Township, Jackson, Illinois, United States

Husband of Clara (Woolbright) Pick — married 16 May 1914 in Marion, Illinois, United States

Died 25 Mar 1947 at age 54 in Wamac, Clinton, Illinois, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1893.

He worked as a coal miner. John passed away in 1947, perishing in the coal mine disaster of Mine No. 5, near Centralia, Illinois. He is buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois.

Notes

Article on Centralia Mine Disaster: https://drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2017/03/centralia-illinois-mine-5-disaster-of.html?m=1#:~:text=%20THE%20VICTIMS%20OF%20THE%20CENTRALIA%20MINE%20DISASTER%3A,years%2C%20married%2C%20He%20leaves%20a%20widow.%20More%20

Centralia Mine Disaster, 1947

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4J-F5S : accessed 9 June 2021), John Pick in household of Ed Pick, Centralia Township Centralia city Ward 1-3, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 19A, family 410, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,327.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK6N-PKS : accessed 9 June 2021), John Pick in household of Edward Pick, Mouth Olive, Macoupin, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 56, sheet 8B, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 309; FHL microfilm 1,374,322.
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFLM-CVJ : 19 February 2021), John Pick and Clara M. Woolbright, 16 May 1914; citing Marion, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,010,519.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:791Y-HGPZ : 23 February 2021), John Pick, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJHF-L7J : 1 February 2021), John Pick, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS1C-NQL : accessed 9 June 2021), John Pick, Centralia, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 7A, line 18, family 167, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 543; FHL microfilm 2,340,278.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWCF-7G2 : 8 January 2021), John Pick, Centralia, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-7, sheet 19B, line 60, family 429, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 852.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1KD-KJT : 13 March 2020), John Pick, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQBB-9FW : 8 March 2018), John Pick, 25 Mar 1947; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,991,770.
• [1] Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/85238061/john-pick : accessed 08 June 2021), memorial page for John Pick Sr. (21 Mar 1893–25 Mar 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85238061, citing Hillcrest Memorial Park, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Larry & Susan M. (contributor 47684522) .