David W. Crabtree
Deed in possession of great niece, Alice (Crabtree)
Gregory
DEED to South ½ Lot C in block 6 of first addition to Rose Hill Cemetery conveyed to Serepta Crabtree on
June 10, 1947.
Note on front of deed: David W. Crabtree buried on this lot.
City Cemetery: Rose Hill
· To obtain information about internments in the city cemetery (Rose Hill), contact:
Axtell City Clerk
401 Maple St.
Axtell, KS 66403
(785) 736-2834
David W. Crabtree lived in Cheyenne County Kansas.
When he became ill, his sister Serepta came to Cheyenne County from where ever she was teaching at the time, to
take care of him.
Dave was paralyzed December 18, 1929. San Luis Valley. Then moved to brother Vester's home in Cheyenne County Kansas
with sister Sarepta helping care for him. Then Serepta moved to Denver and took Uncle Dave with her. They later
moved to Axtell, KS, where he died at 4 A.M. June 27,1947.
A pioneer story. Cheyenne Co., KS. Told to me, Alice Crabtree-Gregory in
A letter from Floyd Crabtree in 1978. "One night when Uncle Dave lived over in the hills about where Lute
Stafford lived later. One winter night when the snow was knee deep he was walking home when a bobcat got his dog
down and about to kill it when Uncle Dave stabbed the cat with his pocket knife but didn't kill it. He then took
his fur overcoat off, wrapped it around his left arm then stuck it out to the cat. As the bobcat ripped the coat
to shreds he stabbed it again in the heart killing it." Dave remembered living in " the old sod house
with a hard dirt floor. It was just east of the frame house that came later. About 1909 or 1910." (Alice (Crabtree)
Gregory clippings, submitted by Sherri Gregory)
