Obituary Roscoe Eagle   Waxahachie Enterprise Feb. 12, 1904 This paper regrets to learn of the death of Roscoe Eagle, son of Mr. J. A. Eagle of  Red Oak whose demise occurred a few days ago.  The deceased was a splendid young man and had been married only about three months. He was stricken with appenditicitis about three weeks ago and submitted to an operation, but this effort on the part of physicians to save his life proved futile. From Research Conducted at the Nicholas P. Sims Library, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas September 20, 2003 by Debbi Rodgers Ellis County Mirror - Sunday Jan 1904 Roscoe Eagle of Red Oak, died Sunday [Jan 1904] . He had been married only a short time - his wife was a sister of Mrs. J. W. Haskins. Abstracted from History of Ellis County compiled by Mrs. A. L. Feltenberger and the Rebecca Boyce Chapter DAR. [Note by Sylvia Smith] James Roscoe Eagle was born in Red Oak, Ellis County, to James Albert and Lizzie Shields Eagle on Feb. 1, 1904. He married Harriet Mitchell of Rockett and only a short time later became ill, the diagnosis - appendicitis! The doctor was summoned; an appendectomy was attempted on the kitchen table; Harriet sat in a straight chair in a corner of the kitchen. She told me ca1960 that she wished she had been at his side instead of just sitting in a corner, "but I was so young." Harriet said that he died of the anesthetic - chloroform. Roscoe is buried near his parents in Red Oak Cemetery. Harriet Mitchell Eagle later married a Mr. Lowe and raised a family.   Copyright © 1999-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Monday, 10-Sep-2018 10:23:31 MDT