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Tragic Smith Family

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Tragic Smith Family
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
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1906 Arkansas - his wife, their mother, was killed by the family cow at age 24.
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!
Minerva was his wife, their mother. This must have been after she died?
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Adorable children ....loving the shoes
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Love these old pictures.
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Sad story. Love any history. Beautiful photo and time
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There's sorrow in that child's eyes
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Sad story
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by a cow?
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Linda Debreto
Yes, some cows can be very aggressive.
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09/23/2019
Linda Debreto yes, I was raised on a farm and used to help in the barn, they can when scared are startled
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08/15/2019
A sad sweet picture.
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So sad, but a nice family!
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that had to bring such hardship for the family
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Holly Noel 🐄=💀!
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That's great!!
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I think I would question that story!!!
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Toni Porta getting pinned against a wall by something that weighed 600 lb brain injury and swelling would kill a person even today -
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.
Our local veterinarian no longer treats cows after getting seriously injured several times by angry mama cows
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This is the reason Scarlett O'Hara was afraid of cows in GWTW. Margaret Mitchell those sweet looking animals could be dangerous.
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Tragic..... He took the time to do their hair!
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One of my father's brothers was killed by a bull when it swung it's head and pinned him to the side of the barn.
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Sharon Young Melaney jesus
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Still how lovingly they are dressed and hair done!
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My aunt made one of those foot stools with large tall soup cans filled with sand
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Deborah Allain I noticed that too🙂
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Tragic.
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Tell me he got married again!
Such a handsome man
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Marie Gonzalez right? And kind looking - he deserves another partner in life!’
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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.
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Karen Nielsen I have one my grandmother made with juice cans. Made with wool and no fringe. It has many little holes in it but still a treasure.
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So tragic. Yes hope he found happiness again and a sweet mummy for his girls
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A picture says a thousand words. 🤒🤒
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Such a sweet looking family....so sad about the mother.
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So sad! Only 24! 😞
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Very sad but they are all together now. Time moves on.
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Love old pic
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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.
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David Scott Rojo horrible
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😢🙏🙏
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Love the children's shoes.
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How tragic
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So sad.
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Cows kill more people than sharks. My former in-laws breed cows and some of them were vicious! Bad cow, bad! 🐮
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Beautiful picture.
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Mark Davis
Who are the kids ??
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Minerva (Pool) Smith
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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