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Sherman Daily Register
Thursday, October 13, 1887
pg. 1

DOINGS AT DENISON
Denison, Texas, October 12 - For the last 5 months there has been a family camping near the compress by the name of J.P. Dosser, who came here from Williamson county, and formerly from Southern Indiana. Yesterday evenign while Mrs. Dosser was absent the little 4-year-old girl went and sat down on the end of a log where dinner had been cooked, and her dress took fire and the little child was horribly burned, the flesh droppin from its bones. Death relieved the little sufferer about 3 hours after the accident occurred. The infant was laid away in the Oakwood Cemetery.

The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, October 16, 1887
pg. 7

A HORRIBLE DEATH
One of the most heartrending accidents that has ever occured in the city befel a little child in the norht part of the city Tuesday afternoon. A man named J.P. Dosser arrived in the city about a month ago with his family and camped in the vicinity of the compress. They were very poor and to add to the unhappy character of their condition, Mr. Dosser was taken with fever which confined him to his bed. Tuesday afternoon his little 4-year-old daughter went out of the tent and sat down on a log near the fire to play, but was only there a few minutes when her dress caught fire and before assistance could be rendered she was burned so badly that death resulted a few hours later. The little unfortunate was laid away in Oakwood Cemetery Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.