This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beachamp Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/2533 Message Board Post: An unusually sad and terrible accident happened in the Northeast part of our county on Tuesday of last week when Jessie Beachamp the small son of Joe Beachamp who resides near the M.K. & T. school house accidentlly shot and killed himself. It seems that the boy was listing some land and had taken the shot gun to the field with him meaning to kill rabbits. Later the tem came running to the house with the lifeless body of Jessie entangled in the lister which was muchly besmeared with blood. The top of the skull had been completely torn away by the discharge of the gun and particles were found all along the road where the team had run. It is presumed that the boy was carrying the gun loaded, and that by some chance accidentally fired it, the shot passing through his skull causing his instant death. Undoubtedly the shot frightened the team causing them to run away. We are extremely sorry to hear of this sad accident and extend our sympathies to the bereaved family. Buril Red Star Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. (Headstone read Born 1903 Died 1918 Cheyenne Star May 30, 1918)