WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
CHESTER MARION "C.M." FLICKINGER
(oil well driller and powder man)
BIOGRAPHY
[Note: The last name was frequently misspelled as Flickenger, Fleckinger, Flitchinger, ...]Chester M. Flickinger was born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania on October 27, 1884.
He was the soon of Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Flickinger.
His father was an oil man and C.M. followed that career.
C.M. came from Long Beach to work in the Virgin Oil Fields about 1932.
C.M.'s wife was Margaret M. Flickinger and they were living in Virgin with their two children.
C.M. was employed by the Arrowhead Petroleum Corporation.
He was the driller and powder man supervising shooting of the Escalante Well
5 miles south of St. George when it exploded on March 6, 1935.
He was an expert in his line of work and was brought in at an unusually high salary.
C.M. was one of the 10 people killed when the well exploded.
Graveside services were held at 10:00 am on Friday, March 8, 1935.
He was buried in Plot C-3-3-6 at the St. George City Cemetery.
FAMILY
|
Parents and Siblings:
William Henry Flickinger Elizabeth Ettie Johnson Flickinger Chester Marion Flickinger Gilbert Flickinger Bert Dewey Flickinger Dwight Wright Flickinger |
(5/11/1858-1/24/1908) (married xx/xx/1883) (8/20/1867-3/5/1911) (10/27/1884-3/6/1935) (married as shown below) (5/8/1888-10/14/1936) (married Josephine Xxxxxxxx) (3/9/1898-2/xx/1960) (married Grace Davis) (6/27/1906-2/15/1999) (married Fanny Violet Goodsell) |
|
First Wife and Children: Mary Adams Flickinger Ensil Flickinger Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
(4/15/1882-12/8/1903) (married xx/xx/1900) (11/1/1901-12/25/1974) (married Cleo Jones) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) |
|
Second Wife and Children: Margaret Mae Cummings Flickinger Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
(3/xx/1892-xx/xx/xxxx) (married 1/9/1911) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) |
PHOTOS
TBDREFERENCES
FamilySearch entry for Chester Marion FlickingerC. M. Fleckinger obituary
Washington County News, March 14, 1935, Page 4
Find-A-Grave entry for Chester M. Flickinger
BillionGraves entry for Chester M. Flickinger
Washington County Tombstone Project cemetery entry for Chester M. Flitchinger