Obit of Boots, Daniel D. - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 23 Oct 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.html ========================================================================== Surnames: Boots, Daniels, Anderson, Breeding, Wells Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6382 D.D. BOOTS KILLED BY RAILROAD ACCIDENT D. D. Boots, one of the old time settlers of Roger Mills County was recently killed by a moving train near Guthrie, Oklahoma, while in company with the family of R.F. Daniels, formerly of this county. An account of the accident is given by the Guthrie Leader as follows: The funeral services for Daniel D. Boots was held Augusxt 13, 1918 at 212 North Broadway street, Guthrie, Oklahoma. Interment was in lot 42 block 14, Summit View Cemetery. Mr. Boots died August 11, 1918 aged 83 years. For some months Mr. Boots has been making his home with his adopted daughter, Mrs. R.F. Daniels, in Sunday morning August 11, 1918, the family went in automobiles for an outing upon the cool shady banks of the Cimarron river, some four miles from Guthrie. They parked their cars in a conveient place, and disposed themselves for lunching and bathing, on the further side of the ravine over which was a trestle of the Eastern Oklahoma railroad a branch of the Santa Fe. Upon returning to their automobile, the party decided to cross the ravine on the railroad tresle considering it quite safe to do so as a train had passed but a short time before. There were Mr. Boots, Mr. and Mrs. Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, and their little boy, Mrs. Breeding and her six year old baby boy, Mr. and Mrs. Wells and their grandson. These were all on the trestle when a train came sweeping around a curve from the direction in which they were going, Mr. Boots had a wonderful affection for Mrs. Breedings baby and he asked her to let him carry it, but she thought it best thay he should not be burdened that way and that it was best to carry the baby herself. Mr. Boots was ahead Mr. and Mrs Wells were close behind, followed by Mrs. Daniels and Mr. Anderson and Mrs. Breeding being in the rear, had time to turn and run back to safety but the others had no recourse but lie down on the ends of the ties outside the rails and they hastly disaposed of themselves in this way, so that all escaped harm except Mr. Boots. It seems that he must have raised his head perhaps anxious to see that the others were in safe positions just as the engine reached him, for he was struck and knocked off the trestle. Mr. Daniels went to him at once. The train stopped and the conductor and crew hastened to render aid. The body was placed in the baggage car. Mrs. Breeding and Mrs. Wells accompaning grandpa. Boots died before the train arrived at Guthrie, his head in his granddaughters lap. Mr. Boots had been an Odd Fellow for several score years and members of the Guthrie lodge No. 10 officiated as pall bearers exercising as far as possible their fraternal obligations and affectionsal regard for a deceased brother. Strong City Hearld, Strong City, OK 29-Aug-1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html