A photo of Columbus Edward Smith and his children with Minerva (Pool) Smith. Minerva was milking a cow in 1906 at her farm in the Packsaddle community in Scott County, AR. The cow was easily scared and was skittish. Minerva climbed into the loft to throw down some hay to busy the spooked cow.
She evidently lost her footing and fell into the stall where the cow was tied. She was kicked repeatedly. The cow tore up the barn, stomping the milk bucket almost unrecognizable.
She made her way into the house but never regained true consciousness and died of a brain hemorrhage two weeks later at the age of 24.
People in photo include: Columbus Edward Smith
Date & Place:
in Scott County, Arkansas United States
What a truly tragic and sad story. How did you come across this story? Was it passed verbally down at family gatherings or did you run across it in an article? Is the younger or elder child in this photo Minerva? Thanks for sharing!
Apparently, you've never been in close contact with a cow. Or fallen out of a hay loft. The fall alone can knock you unconscious, as it did my mother when she fell out of one. Fortunately, there was no cow below, but the pitchfork fell with her and stuck into the ground...with the tines going through her hair. It looked as though the tines had pierced her head, but they missed that and only left cuts along her scalp.
Ever watch a rodeo? If you have, did you notice that in the bull riding competition, there are rodeo clowns who jump into action to distract the bull when the rider gets bucked off? That's to keep the rider from being trampled to death.
One kick to the head or chest from a cow or horse can kill an adult human.
Notice the stool. My 96 yr old mother used to make them out of coffee cans wired together and the fringe was jut material scraps. Likely she made it for her girls like my mother made ours.
Here ya go: A photo of Columbus Edward Smith and his children with Minerva (Pool) Smith. Minerva was milking a cow in 1906 at her farm in the Packsaddle community in Scott County, AR. The cow was easily scared and was skittish. Minerva climbed into the loft to throw down some hay to busy the spooked cow.
She evidently lost her footing and fell into the stall where the cow was tied. She was kicked repeatedly. The cow tore up the barn, stomping the milk bucket almost unrecognizable.
She made her way into the house but never regained true consciousness and died of a brain hemorrhage two weeks later at the age of 24.
Minerva (Pool) Smith was born in 1882, and died at age 24 years old in 1906. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Minerva (Pool) Smith.
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