Second of the family obituaries, this has to be one of the most
interesting headlines I've ever seen!
"HEART FAILS, DROPS DEAD
"Ben Cavins on the north Canadian river, was found dead last Sunday.
Some of the neighbors had been visiting the Cavins boys, and in the
evening about 7 o'clock Mr. Pitts, together with the two Cavins brothers
were out looking at the orchard. While there a wasp stung Ben Cavins on
the back of the neck. He brushed it off, but directly complained it
pained him. Shortly after this Mr. Pitts started home and Bob Cavins
started for the cows, leaving Ben. After returning from the pasture,
Bob waited a couple of hours in and around the house, Ben not appearing,
he happened to think of the wasp remembering a year or two before when
his brother and as it happened Mr. Pitts, again, were going to Curtis, a
wasp stung Ben and in a short time it made him deathly sick, they had to
stop the wagon, take him to the shade and it was some time before he was
able to go on. Thinking perhaps the sting had made Ben sick again, Bob
went looking for him. After quite a while he found him dead, just a
short distance from where Mr. Pitts and he left him.
"They phoned for Dr. Holcomb, and Squire Vincent went over. Dr.
thought without a doubt that it was heart trouble that caused his
death. He was buried Monday, July 31st, in the Dunlap Cemetery.
"Ben Cavens was one of four brothers, of which Bob is the only
surviving one. Ben was born in Randolph Co., Mo., Dec. 28th 1848. In
1886, Ben and Bob moved to Beaver Co., Okla., though at this time,
Beaver Co. was not of Okla., but was "No Mans Land." At the time of the
opening of this country they moved to where they are now living, on the
North Canadian river. They have been in the cattle business and have
made it a success.
"Ben Cavins was universally respected by all who knew him, was honest
to a fault, kind hearted and generous; and his death is a great loss to
this community."
My cousin wrote July 31, 1911 on the bottom of this obituary. According
to the family Bible, Ben died July 30, 1911. He is the fourth son of
James Edward Cavins and Mary Frances Mansfield.