Volume 11 , Issue 24

January 19, 1906 - NW O.T. News

As to the January 19, 1906 - NW O.T. News concerning ... "Oklahoma News - $10,000 Suit For Woman's Death -- Charles E. Carpenter, administrator of the estate of Mrs. Emma Archer, has brought suit against the street railway company at Guthrie for $10,000 damages for the death of Mrs. Archer, who was killed, with her daughter, Miss Dove Cupp, by an electric car on June 9, 1905. The case is being pushed by Mrs. Vera Calhoun, a Kansas City trained nurse, and the sister of Mrs. Archer, who has the custody of her son, Robbin Cupp. Mrs. Archer had a suit pending for divorce from James Archer at the time of her death, but if damages are recovered from the street car company he will, of course, get his share of the proceeds."

Joanna (JamaGenie@gmail.com) says, "Mrs. Emma ARCHER was the widow of my grandmother's uncle, Thomas P. CUPP. Their 14-yr-old daughter, Dovie Cupp, wasn't killed instantly as her mother was, but died several hours later after having both legs amputated.

If it tells you what kind of man James Archer was, mother and daughter were basically dummped into a grave at Summit View Cem before sundown the same day. No funeral, no relatives present, no grave marker of any kind.

Until 5 years ago, Summit View records only showed Emma and "an unnamed infant", buried in the same grave. They now know the "infant" was Emma and Tom's daughter Dovie.

The remaining child, son Robyn (with a "y") never got over losing Mom and sis on the same day. Don't know what happened to the settlement eventually paid by the street car company, only that Robyn worked as a servant in various homes until he was old enough to become a steamfitter in Tulsa."
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