Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries, Memorials, and Death Notices



[This is Oscar Anderson Ham s/o Jefferson Davis Ham and Maggie Leone (Anderson) Ham.
  He was born 1 Mar 1894 and died 21 Aug 1914.
  He is buried at Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX.
   at Section 1E, lot 40, space 2.]



From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tuesday, August 25, 1914, p. 9:

Merchants on the North Side closed their places of business for one hour Monday to attend the funeral of H. W. Kendrick, North Side druggist who was drowned in the West Fork of the Trinity river Friday.

The funeral of Oscar Hamm, the other victim of the drowning Friday, was held from the parlors of the Fort Worth Undertaking Company at 3 p.m. Monday and interment was in Greenwood cemetery.

J. D. Hamm, a brother of the dead man, arrived Monday to attend the funeral. An uncle, R. T. Anderson of Mexia, and an aunt, Mrs. A. E. Hamm of Alvord, also were here to attend the funeral. In addition to these relatives, Hamm is survived by a cousin, Mrs. V. L. Plummer, 107 1/2 East Fifteenth street, and his mother and father and two sisters who reside in Teague. They were unable to attend the funeral on account of the critical condition of his mother.

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The Fairfield Recorder - Friday, August 28, 1914 Page: 3

         FREESTONE COUNTY BOY DROWNED

  FT. WORTH, Aug 21 - Drowning claimed two victims Friday about 3 p.m., near the spillway of
the new reservoir, H. W. Kendrick and Oscar Ham are dead.
  Wesley Cleveland, son of Dr. A. M. Cleveland, who was in the river swimming with Kenderick
and Ham, narrowly escaped with his life.
  Kendrick and young Cleveland, who were together, were caught in a suckhole, but did not give
an alarm and the boy made a vain effort to save his companion. Ham, who was unconscious of the
accident, waded in and young Cleveland's warning to him came too late as he was also caught in
the suckhole and drowned, while other members of the party attracted by the boy's cries saved 
young Cleveland's life.
  Oscar Ham was a son of Mr. Jeff Ham, of Dew, Freestone Co., and was about 19 years of age.