William Parsons

Notes

• William's age in the census records: in 1900, age 1/12 (b. May 1900).
• Babe in the Boiler
  Two-Year-Old William Parson Frightfully Burned in Scalding Water at Home.
    William, the two-year-old son of James Parsons, of 136 Tremont street, was frightfully burned shortly before noon today by falling headlong into a wash boiler filled with boiling water.
    The little fellow is now in a precarious condition and Dr. Struble, who was hastily summoned, does not entertain much hope for his recovery.
    Mrs. Parsons, the mother of the child, was washing clothes at the time of the accident and she did not notice that Willie had toddled near the boiler.
    Her attention was attracted by a splash and she turned to see her boy immersed in the steaming water. When pulled out his flesh had been cooked from the chin to his feet and it peeled off in chunks.
    Dr. Struble did all in his power to alleviate the little victim's agony. [Trenton Times, 26 Nov 1901]
• Baby Died From the Burns
  Little William Parsons Succumbed to the Scalding He Received.
    William Parsons, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James Parsons of 136 Tremont street, died this morning from scalds he received yesterday when he fell into a boiler of hot water.
    The child suffered excruciating agony as in several places the par boiled flesh peeled from his little form. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. [Trenton Times, 27 Nov 1901]

Sources

• 1900 - U.S. Census, New Jersey, Mercer Co., Trenton, Ward 11, E.D. 93, Sheet No. 16B [=206B], 284-307, 136 Tremont St., 09 Jun 1900