Irvin Caskey Bellmon (1923 - 1940)

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Died 1940 at about age 17 in Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Irvin Bellmon died young.

Irvin C. Bellmon was born in 1923. He was the son of George Bellmon and Edith Caskey. He passed away in 1940.

From interview with his brother George, Jr.: We had a brother that was between Henry and I. His name was Irwin, and he graduated in 1940. We were helping a neighbor right south of us harvest his oats. They had a thrashing machine in there, and it was powered by one of these steam engines. They had horses and hay racks they hauled bundles in and pitched them in this thrashing machine. But anyway, during the afternoon, it came up an electrical storm, a thunderstorm. Pretty severe. Our brother was standing in a barn where they would haul the load of oats. They had scooped it in a bin there. He and a couple other men were standing in the driveway of this barn and the lightning struck and hit him pretty directly and killed him. That was quite a calamity in the family.

He was scheduled to go to OSU that fall, wasn’t he?

Yes. Yes, he was.

Was he the youngest, or was Randall the youngest?

He was next to the oldest.

Sources

• "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1968," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2G2-K56T : 17 March 2018), Irvin Bellmon, 1929; citing School enrollment, Red Rock, Noble, Oklahoma, United States, multiple County Clerk offices, Oklahoma school…

• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCW8-M6R : Fri Oct 06 16:18:24 UTC 2023), Entry for George D Bellman and Edith E Bellman, 1930.

• "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1968," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2G2-NR45 : 17 March 2018), Irvin Bellmon, 1931; citing School enrollment, Red Rock, Noble, Oklahoma, United States, multiple County Clerk offices, Oklahoma school…

• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBV1-HY3 : Thu Oct 05 16:10:00 UTC 2023), Entry for George K Bellmon and Edith E Bellmon, 1940.

• George Bellmon, Pat Hoerth, Gail Wynne, and Ann McFerron oral history interview by Tanya Finchum April 11, 2011 at Red Rock, Oklahoma. https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/Farm/id/3827 Also available as an audio recording at https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/Farm/id/3828