1895 Obituary of a Son of William Travis Cherry of Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 12/2004


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1895 Obituary of a Son of W. L. Cherry of Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana
Farmerville "Gazette", issue of Wednesday, 20 March 1895, page 3
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We are informed by Messrs. J. A. Carroll and R. W. Goyne, of Spearsville, of a 
lamentable accident that happened near the townof Spearsville last Thursday. A little 
six year old boy, son of Mr. W. L. Cherry, was playing on a bale of cotton that was 
headed up, but which was standing in a leaning position. From the top of the bale he 
crawled off on the side which was inclined towards the ground and as he was small he 
came down feet foremost and hung to the top of the bale with his hands. The cotton 
fell over on him and when he was found by his mother he was nearly dead, breathing 
only once after she rolled the bale off of him.

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NOTE:
The article above is transcribed as it was published in the original newspaper. 
However, there is a typographical error - the father of the boy that was killed 
should be "W. T. Cherry", not "W. L. Cherry". William Travis Cherry (17 Oct 1854 - 
10 June 1939) and his wife Martha Ann Heard (6 July 1857 - 3 May 1933) were the 
parents of Thomas Powell Cherry (10 Dec 1833 - 14 Mar 1895). Tom Cherry was 
undoubtedly the unfortunate boy who was killed by the bale of cotton.

Thanks to Gene Barron for catching this mistake in the newspaper.


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