38. Itow, K.


K. ITOW(1-2) was born about 1891 in Japan.(3-4)  He immigrated in 1913.(4)  He appeared in the census in 1920 in Lincoln County, Wyoming as a single coal miner renting a home at the #6 coal mine.(4)   Between the 1920 census and his death, Itow married, however it is unknown who or when he married.(2-4) K. Itow died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 32 in Frontier, Lincoln, Wyoming.(3)  He was buried on 17 August 1923 in Kemmerer, Wyoming.(3)

Sources: 
            1. Kemmerer Republican, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 1, microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.
            2. Sneddon Robert T.  Inspector (Dist 1) & Robert V. Hotchkiss Inspector (Dist2), "State Coal Mine Inspectors Of Wyoming, Districts No. 1 and 2," year:  1923; report, 1923; , Wyoming State Archives on microfilm, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
            3. K Itow, death certificate file no. 1444 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.
            4. 1920, , population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Election District 5, Lincoln, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2027; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 58, K Ito; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 13 August 2011); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

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