Eaton Lee Place was born December 13, 1913, to Joseph T. and Lena V. Place at the family farm in Sheldon, Arizona. He joined his two older brother, Bill and George. He never knew his younger brother Joseph or his sister Nancy as they came along later.
My parents always told us what a joy this baby was. He was as smart as a whip, always laughing and playing. My folks were devastated when he died, July 10, 1915. He died from acute diarrhea caused from eating some over ripe apricots that my dad's stepmother gave the baby. Everything was done to try to stop the diarrhea, but nothing helped. There were no doctors in the area at that time and the only mode of travel was by horse and wagon.
My father and two other men had donated a piece of land to the community of Sheldon for a cemetery and strange as it seems, they were the first three to bury a child there. Little Daisy Mae Chapman, the McKelvy baby and Eaton Lee were all buried near each other in this cemetery.
It was a sad day when little Eaton Lee Place left his family to become an Angel in Heaven.
My parents always told us what a joy this baby was. He was as smart as a whip, always laughing and playing. My folks were devastated when he died, July 10, 1915. He died from acute diarrhea caused from eating some over ripe apricots that my dad's stepmother gave the baby. Everything was done to try to stop the diarrhea, but nothing helped. There were no doctors in the area at that time and the only mode of travel was by horse and wagon.
My father and two other men had donated a piece of land to the community of Sheldon for a cemetery and strange as it seems, they were the first three to bury a child there. Little Daisy Mae Chapman, the McKelvy baby and Eaton Lee were all buried near each other in this cemetery.
It was a sad day when little Eaton Lee Place left his family to become an Angel in Heaven.
Eaton Lee Place was born December 13, 1913, to Joseph T. and Lena V. Place at the family farm in Sheldon, Arizona. He joined his two older brother, Bill and George. He never knew his younger brother Joseph or his sister Nancy as they came along later.
My parents always told us what a joy this baby was. He was as smart as a whip, always laughing and playing. My folks were devastated when he died, July 10, 1915. He died from acute diarrhea caused from eating some over ripe apricots that my dad's stepmother gave the baby. Everything was done to try to stop the diarrhea, but nothing helped. There were no doctors in the area at that time and the only mode of travel was by horse and wagon.
My father and two other men had donated a piece of land to the community of Sheldon for a cemetery and strange as it seems, they were the first three to bury a child there. Little Daisy Mae Chapman, the McKelvy baby and Eaton Lee were all buried near each other in this cemetery.
It was a sad day when little Eaton Lee Place left his family to become an Angel in Heaven.
My parents always told us what a joy this baby was. He was as smart as a whip, always laughing and playing. My folks were devastated when he died, July 10, 1915. He died from acute diarrhea caused from eating some over ripe apricots that my dad's stepmother gave the baby. Everything was done to try to stop the diarrhea, but nothing helped. There were no doctors in the area at that time and the only mode of travel was by horse and wagon.
My father and two other men had donated a piece of land to the community of Sheldon for a cemetery and strange as it seems, they were the first three to bury a child there. Little Daisy Mae Chapman, the McKelvy baby and Eaton Lee were all buried near each other in this cemetery.
It was a sad day when little Eaton Lee Place left his family to become an Angel in Heaven.
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