Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Dolie Bonner, 1904
14 Sep 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) 

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BONNER, DOLLIE
(7 Jul 1904, Erick Newspaper, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
J. A. and Hannah Bonner, 5 miles north of Salto, lost their little seven
months old baby under very distressing circumstances last Friday.  They
went to the field to chop cotton, taking their two little children along. 
The baby was asleep in the buggy and the other child, about 5 years old
was left to care for baby, but becoming sleepy climbed into the buggy and
fell asleep on the babe smothering it to death.  This is sad and
distressing to the young parents and as Mr. Bonner remarked to us ought to
be a warning to keep mothers and babies out of the cotton field.
(7 Jul 1904, Erick Newspaper, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Mr. Bonner, who lives 12 miles south of Erick, lost a little child last
Thursday.  Mr. and Mrs. Bonner took their two little ones to the cotton
field.  The mother put the little one to sleep in the buggy, and the other
one, a child probably of three years, got tired and crawled up into the
buggy and laid down upon the baby and smothered it to death.  The father
and mother chopped a round and returned to the buggy and were horrified at
the slight of the lifeless little form.  We know not why our little ones
are taken from us, but God knows best.  Mr. and Mrs. Bonner have the
sympathy of all their friends and neighbors.