Mi Jo (#48019037) contributed the following:
One Daughter, Mary (Tillie) Hillbury died in Greenwood, Kansas in 1897.
Burned To Death
The Two-year-old Daughter of Ed Hillsbury Burned to Death at the Family Home During the Mothers Absence.
Mary M., the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hillsbury, residing in the north-east part of town, was burned to death from playing with fire last Friday afternoon, during her mother's brief absence from home.
Shortly after four p.m. Friday, the mother left the daughter and son, the latter past three years old, at home while she went to the home of Mrs. Sumner, on the opposite side of the block, to return a borrowed wash-tub. But a few minutes were consumed in the trip. Returning, she was met in the yard by the little boy, who told, as best he could, of his sister having caught fire, stating that he had accidentally done the deed while they were playing with the fire in the stove. Rushing into the house, Mrs. Hillsbury found the baby lying face downward on the floor, its clothes almost entirely burned from the body. Medical service was of no avail, and the child died at eight o'clock that evening.
The child was interred in the Greenwood Cemetery on Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Hillsbury have the sympathy of all in their sorry.
Eureka Herald, February 12, 1897, page 1, column 5.
One Daughter, Mary (Tillie) Hillbury died in Greenwood, Kansas in 1897.
Burned To Death
The Two-year-old Daughter of Ed Hillsbury Burned to Death at the Family Home During the Mothers Absence.
Mary M., the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hillsbury, residing in the north-east part of town, was burned to death from playing with fire last Friday afternoon, during her mother's brief absence from home.
Shortly after four p.m. Friday, the mother left the daughter and son, the latter past three years old, at home while she went to the home of Mrs. Sumner, on the opposite side of the block, to return a borrowed wash-tub. But a few minutes were consumed in the trip. Returning, she was met in the yard by the little boy, who told, as best he could, of his sister having caught fire, stating that he had accidentally done the deed while they were playing with the fire in the stove. Rushing into the house, Mrs. Hillsbury found the baby lying face downward on the floor, its clothes almost entirely burned from the body. Medical service was of no avail, and the child died at eight o'clock that evening.
The child was interred in the Greenwood Cemetery on Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Hillsbury have the sympathy of all in their sorry.
Eureka Herald, February 12, 1897, page 1, column 5.
Mi Jo (#48019037) contributed the following:
One Daughter, Mary (Tillie) Hillbury died in Greenwood, Kansas in 1897.
Burned To Death
The Two-year-old Daughter of Ed Hillsbury Burned to Death at the Family Home During the Mothers Absence.
Mary M., the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hillsbury, residing in the north-east part of town, was burned to death from playing with fire last Friday afternoon, during her mother's brief absence from home.
Shortly after four p.m. Friday, the mother left the daughter and son, the latter past three years old, at home while she went to the home of Mrs. Sumner, on the opposite side of the block, to return a borrowed wash-tub. But a few minutes were consumed in the trip. Returning, she was met in the yard by the little boy, who told, as best he could, of his sister having caught fire, stating that he had accidentally done the deed while they were playing with the fire in the stove. Rushing into the house, Mrs. Hillsbury found the baby lying face downward on the floor, its clothes almost entirely burned from the body. Medical service was of no avail, and the child died at eight o'clock that evening.
The child was interred in the Greenwood Cemetery on Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Hillsbury have the sympathy of all in their sorry.
Eureka Herald, February 12, 1897, page 1, column 5.
One Daughter, Mary (Tillie) Hillbury died in Greenwood, Kansas in 1897.
Burned To Death
The Two-year-old Daughter of Ed Hillsbury Burned to Death at the Family Home During the Mothers Absence.
Mary M., the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hillsbury, residing in the north-east part of town, was burned to death from playing with fire last Friday afternoon, during her mother's brief absence from home.
Shortly after four p.m. Friday, the mother left the daughter and son, the latter past three years old, at home while she went to the home of Mrs. Sumner, on the opposite side of the block, to return a borrowed wash-tub. But a few minutes were consumed in the trip. Returning, she was met in the yard by the little boy, who told, as best he could, of his sister having caught fire, stating that he had accidentally done the deed while they were playing with the fire in the stove. Rushing into the house, Mrs. Hillsbury found the baby lying face downward on the floor, its clothes almost entirely burned from the body. Medical service was of no avail, and the child died at eight o'clock that evening.
The child was interred in the Greenwood Cemetery on Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Hillsbury have the sympathy of all in their sorry.
Eureka Herald, February 12, 1897, page 1, column 5.
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