Child of Alexander Stalcup, 1908
Cherokee Herald (Cherokee Co. NC) Tuesday, February 4, 1908:
"The little three-year-old child of Mr. Alexander Stalcup, who lives in the Bellview neighborhood, near the Georgia line, died last Tuesday morning. The death of the little one was peculiarly sad. When its mother went to milk, it accompanied her, and getting cold it went back to the house to warm. No one was in the room and it got too near the fire, igniting its clothes. The child ran to the door and called to its mother, who saw her baby’s dress was on fire, but by the time she reached it the cruel flames had enveloped it from head to foot. The fire was soon extinguished, but not before the little one was beyond all earthly aid."