Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-10-27
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a library will be built as a me-
sanorial to. Joyce Kilmer at Champion
college. Prairie. .duI Chen, Wis.
Mex .Wetmore. son OF DR.. Frank
'ERetmpre. formerly residents of
ECrth Freedom. is an ornithologist
w5ah the. federal government and re-
sides an Washington. During recent
years he. has been. sent on trips to
sandy bird life in Alaska and South
America, While q studd1t in the
GRaraboo. High school ne devoted
aanach time to the study Of our feather
ed frieads The father is in Los
Angeles Miss Craze A, Johnson,
Rochester,. New, York, a relative, is
aa0w in the library school at Madison
and visited Devils lake few days
ago When the WetmOre family re-
sIded 10 North. Freedom some years
SINCE Miss Johnson was member
mi the family for several months.
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20 ID. Brandenburg writes from
GR0Semire house, on the old national
uuad CIaysviile, Pennsylvania, that
me had dinner there, the inn being
d38 years old He mOtOred for 60
,a9lies along the old road, built from
a8CS to 1916 The grand old arched
hrIdges still seTve-superb masonry.
die doubts il any road in America is
SO continuously beautiful-vast hills,
eGHpendous valleys. AT this season
css the year in that section are won
<6T0us woOds-always marvellous but
especially so in the autumn. The
%7assafras is wondr0usly colored, so
is the gum tree ash, maple and
beech He attended Quaker service
silence While visiting the Washing
&0n and jefferson college at Wash
sngton, Pennsylvania, he found gray
ves of those who lived contemporary
eztYusIy with Washington, some dying
after the patriot
Richard Witty who died in the
GOWN of Winfield a few days ago, was
K brother Of the late James Witty,
ddT many years resident Of Bara-
boo. Richard Witty was a pioneer
cof Sank county and both were sol
@dIers in. the Civil war It will be
called that, James Witty passed the
last years, OF his life with but one
deg One Of the sad Affections Of the
Family was the drowning of one of the
SONS III the Baraboo river about Is
years ago After the death Of Mr..
Whitty in Baraboo the family moved
80 the state of Washington.
Richard Witty OF Winfield is sur
~g7yed by three daughters, Mrs E. S.
Goats, Missoula, Mont, Mrs, E. A.
VT'rQmbuIl, Tacoma, Wash, and Miss
Sarah Witty OF this city; also three
Stems, Frank and Joseph Of Glasgow,
Mont. and DR.. J. F. Witty of
Seattle, Wash. besides two sisters,
Mrs VIM. Breems of this city, and
Miss e. Witty of New Orleans.
Members of the Knights OF Column
<bgrs lodge. of Baraboo attended in a
aa0dy,
Among those from away here to
attend the funeral were: Mr.. and Mrs
Games Witty of Minot, s. D., John
Harper, Union Center, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ng0bt Timbers and son OF Mansion,
Miss Mary Campbell, James and Mike
Gallagher and Miss Beatrice McHugh
sof Elroy.
The-death Of j. NJ. Blachly at North
Ereedom few days ago recalls his
dather was a Spioneer doctor in this
region, the family coming from Dane
county to Baraboo in 1857 and occupy
ung the house at the southeast cor
>aer OF East and Fourth streets. In
1850 the family moved to a farm
Dew miles from Baraboo and later
ElDr Bla0h1y moved to North Freedom
where he died at the age of over 80
years. Mrs. Rlaehly lived to be IS.
The BIachly's are descended from
Thomas BIachly who emigrated in
1855 from London to New England.
According to sketch in w. H Can
SsEd's Outline Sketches he came over
an the Hepeweli under Captain Babb.
Originally the family is thought to
Save resided in Wales. According to
agne colonial records at New Haven
Eae was active In starting a settlement
I'm northern New Jersey. Up to that
time the name had been spelled
EnsafchIav RIathchIv and Rlach1v