David C Street was the fifth of nine children born to William Henry Street and Rosa Ann Mills. He was born in Indian Territory, now Bunch, Adair County, Oklahoma.
By 1900 the family had moved to Wise County, Texas, where many of the extended Street family were from. But they soon moved back to Oklahoma.
In 1909, David's father, William, went to Texas to help his son Charlie move his family to Texas. While Will was gone, David developed appendicitis. Because he was 15, his mother allowed him to make the decision of whether to have the surgery to remove his appendix, or not. David chose to not have the surgery. As it does in the course of appendicitis, the infection spread, he became septic, and died.
It wasn't necessarily wrong for his mother to allow him to make that decision, due to the times. In those years patients died as often from the appendectomy itself as they did from the appendicitis.
David is buried next to his brother Charlie in Retrop Cemetery.
Notes on David's death were provided by Joe Street, Will Street's grandson.
By 1900 the family had moved to Wise County, Texas, where many of the extended Street family were from. But they soon moved back to Oklahoma.
In 1909, David's father, William, went to Texas to help his son Charlie move his family to Texas. While Will was gone, David developed appendicitis. Because he was 15, his mother allowed him to make the decision of whether to have the surgery to remove his appendix, or not. David chose to not have the surgery. As it does in the course of appendicitis, the infection spread, he became septic, and died.
It wasn't necessarily wrong for his mother to allow him to make that decision, due to the times. In those years patients died as often from the appendectomy itself as they did from the appendicitis.
David is buried next to his brother Charlie in Retrop Cemetery.
Notes on David's death were provided by Joe Street, Will Street's grandson.
David C Street was the fifth of nine children born to William Henry Street and Rosa Ann Mills. He was born in Indian Territory, now Bunch, Adair County, Oklahoma.
By 1900 the family had moved to Wise County, Texas, where many of the extended Street family were from. But they soon moved back to Oklahoma.
In 1909, David's father, William, went to Texas to help his son Charlie move his family to Texas. While Will was gone, David developed appendicitis. Because he was 15, his mother allowed him to make the decision of whether to have the surgery to remove his appendix, or not. David chose to not have the surgery. As it does in the course of appendicitis, the infection spread, he became septic, and died.
It wasn't necessarily wrong for his mother to allow him to make that decision, due to the times. In those years patients died as often from the appendectomy itself as they did from the appendicitis.
David is buried next to his brother Charlie in Retrop Cemetery.
Notes on David's death were provided by Joe Street, Will Street's grandson.
By 1900 the family had moved to Wise County, Texas, where many of the extended Street family were from. But they soon moved back to Oklahoma.
In 1909, David's father, William, went to Texas to help his son Charlie move his family to Texas. While Will was gone, David developed appendicitis. Because he was 15, his mother allowed him to make the decision of whether to have the surgery to remove his appendix, or not. David chose to not have the surgery. As it does in the course of appendicitis, the infection spread, he became septic, and died.
It wasn't necessarily wrong for his mother to allow him to make that decision, due to the times. In those years patients died as often from the appendectomy itself as they did from the appendicitis.
David is buried next to his brother Charlie in Retrop Cemetery.
Notes on David's death were provided by Joe Street, Will Street's grandson.
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