FRISCO HERALD - October, 1889 Three children of Mr. Tobias, one of which died on Tuesday, have been eating
nightshade berries for a week past and all became more or less poisoned. The
boy that died was five years old and the one next affected is three years old.
The eldest being a girl seven years old, is in no way dangerously ill. The
poison in the berries bloated the children up so that their clothes could not be
put on them. Additional Info:
Tombstone states: Born
April 9, 1884 and Died October 29, 1889. J. H. and Olive R. Tobias with
children, Gertrude, Clarence E. and Gracy A. are listed on the 1890 census. A
James H. Tobias homesteaded the SW Sec 30, Twp 13, Range 5 which is on the NE
corner of Frisco Rd. ½ mile east of the Cemetery. According to the births on
various census the family traveled from Indiana to Kansas to Oklahoma.
