Ethel Fern was born on January 30th, 1895 in Crestine, Kansas.1 She died at the age of 27 on August 17th, 1922 in Lowell, Kansas.1
General Notes
REFN: 36338 [lillief.ged] One afternoon a hive of bees swarmed and settled in a tree near the Dob ki ns home. James Dobkins, decided to move the swarm and Ethel went o ut to he lp him. The bees suddenly attacked her. She received hundre ds of stings. S epticemia, they called it "Blood poisoning" in those day s, developed. No ne of the doctors in the area knew how to treat this diso rder. Story to ld by John S. Roach.