Charlie Odell Cave Obit
Collin Co.
Cemeteries of TX
Submitted by Edwyna
Wackrow
Charlie Odell Cave (2 1/2 year old son of
Levi Tolbert Cave, grandson of James Franklin Cave and great grandson of
Betsy Cave Brazeal) Born July 7 1900 in Collin County and died Dec 12,
1902. I found his obituary in a Collin County paper in the Library there but
I didn't write the date on my copy. It was in the Democrate. I have been
told that his father carved a chair from a tree by his grave because his
mother spent so much time at the cemetery.
Obituary or news article. It had lots of big
headlines. Odell, the little son of Mr. and Mrs J.T, Cave who reside one
mile west of Altoga, was burned to death last Friday evening. The parents
were out of the room and the little boy was standing in front of the stove,
which was one of the kind that had a large round opening at the bottom. It
is supposed the draft in the stove was turned on and the suction drew the
child's clothing into the fire. The parents heard its screams, rushed into
the room and found it enveloped in flames, the front part of its clothing
being burnt off. Two physicians were summoned immediately but death was
inevitable and they could only, to some extent, alleviate the terrible
suffering. The accident occurred at five o'clock and death came at twelve
at night. The funeral took place next morning in Orenduff cemetery five
miles north of McKinney. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Cave, among them the
Democrat deeply sympathize with them in their great sorrow.