He was known as Scott Wetzel. Used his middle name - not his first name:
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The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":
Funeral of William Scott Wetzel. An Immense Procession Accompanied the Remains to Their Last Resting Place. Civic Societies and Military Companies in Line With a Large Number of Carriages.
Regardless of the drizzling rain the funeral of the late William Scott Wetzel was attended by a very large people. The great throng of people who were unable to attain admission to the hall in which the services took place, but who helped to swell the number in the procession to the grave, were not all residents of this city. The long procession to the grave was made up of the representative men from this and adjoining towns and it surpassed anything seen before in this city. The Grand Army was well represented in the Sheridan post, and these veterans, grizzled and gray, escorted Company A First regiment of Montana, made an imposing appearance at the head of the column. Then came the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the United Workmen, and finally the Masons under whose direction the the funeral was conducted. A long string of carriages, seventy-three in number, followed those on foot.
The services at the grave were conducted by the Masons after which the Grand Army gathered around the grave and with bent heads and solemn mien listened to that sound so familiar in military life which marks the close of the day--taps. A young buglar stepped to the head of the grave and with his bugle blew taps or, as the old soldiers call it, "Lights out", and the mortal remains of William Scott Wetzel were consigned to the grave.
The Weekly Tribune, Great Falls, MT, 9 May 1891 (excerpt)
14 March 1891 -GF Tribune
W.S. Wetzel is quartered at the Woodridge Hotel whether he has moved several days ago on orders of his physician, in order to be nearer the business part of town. Though still confined to his room he has a secretary to transact some important matters for him . His hand is still carried in a splint but he hopes to recover its use.
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1880 Federal Census, Fort Benton, Choteau county, MT, 15 June 1880
Wm S. Wetzel, Age 37, Merchant, POB: Pennsylvania; Parents' POB: Pennsylvania (seems he was born ca 1843 if the census is correct)
Maggie, Age 23, Wife, POB: Missouri, Father's POB: KY, MPOB: Nebraska
Pearl, Age 3, Daughter, POB: MT
Daisy, Age 1, Daughter, POB: MT
Daisy Frances, born 23 Feb 1879 , married Levi Julian Burd on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation, Glacier County, MT, 1 Dec 1897
Pearl Wetzel married William E. Hagerty, 1900, Teton county, MT
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The following provided by Find a Grave contributor, Vicki Wright:
His year of birth ---in the 1850 census for Perry County, Pennsylvania, he is 7 years old, born 1843. He is in the household of his parent's; John and Susan A. Wetsel. That census has their surname spelled with an s instead of a z, later it was spelled with a z.
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The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":
Funeral of William Scott Wetzel. An Immense Procession Accompanied the Remains to Their Last Resting Place. Civic Societies and Military Companies in Line With a Large Number of Carriages.
Regardless of the drizzling rain the funeral of the late William Scott Wetzel was attended by a very large people. The great throng of people who were unable to attain admission to the hall in which the services took place, but who helped to swell the number in the procession to the grave, were not all residents of this city. The long procession to the grave was made up of the representative men from this and adjoining towns and it surpassed anything seen before in this city. The Grand Army was well represented in the Sheridan post, and these veterans, grizzled and gray, escorted Company A First regiment of Montana, made an imposing appearance at the head of the column. Then came the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the United Workmen, and finally the Masons under whose direction the the funeral was conducted. A long string of carriages, seventy-three in number, followed those on foot.
The services at the grave were conducted by the Masons after which the Grand Army gathered around the grave and with bent heads and solemn mien listened to that sound so familiar in military life which marks the close of the day--taps. A young buglar stepped to the head of the grave and with his bugle blew taps or, as the old soldiers call it, "Lights out", and the mortal remains of William Scott Wetzel were consigned to the grave.
The Weekly Tribune, Great Falls, MT, 9 May 1891 (excerpt)
14 March 1891 -GF Tribune
W.S. Wetzel is quartered at the Woodridge Hotel whether he has moved several days ago on orders of his physician, in order to be nearer the business part of town. Though still confined to his room he has a secretary to transact some important matters for him . His hand is still carried in a splint but he hopes to recover its use.
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1880 Federal Census, Fort Benton, Choteau county, MT, 15 June 1880
Wm S. Wetzel, Age 37, Merchant, POB: Pennsylvania; Parents' POB: Pennsylvania (seems he was born ca 1843 if the census is correct)
Maggie, Age 23, Wife, POB: Missouri, Father's POB: KY, MPOB: Nebraska
Pearl, Age 3, Daughter, POB: MT
Daisy, Age 1, Daughter, POB: MT
Daisy Frances, born 23 Feb 1879 , married Levi Julian Burd on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation, Glacier County, MT, 1 Dec 1897
Pearl Wetzel married William E. Hagerty, 1900, Teton county, MT
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The following provided by Find a Grave contributor, Vicki Wright:
His year of birth ---in the 1850 census for Perry County, Pennsylvania, he is 7 years old, born 1843. He is in the household of his parent's; John and Susan A. Wetsel. That census has their surname spelled with an s instead of a z, later it was spelled with a z.
He was known as Scott Wetzel. Used his middle name - not his first name:
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The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":
Funeral of William Scott Wetzel. An Immense Procession Accompanied the Remains to Their Last Resting Place. Civic Societies and Military Companies in Line With a Large Number of Carriages.
Regardless of the drizzling rain the funeral of the late William Scott Wetzel was attended by a very large people. The great throng of people who were unable to attain admission to the hall in which the services took place, but who helped to swell the number in the procession to the grave, were not all residents of this city. The long procession to the grave was made up of the representative men from this and adjoining towns and it surpassed anything seen before in this city. The Grand Army was well represented in the Sheridan post, and these veterans, grizzled and gray, escorted Company A First regiment of Montana, made an imposing appearance at the head of the column. Then came the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the United Workmen, and finally the Masons under whose direction the the funeral was conducted. A long string of carriages, seventy-three in number, followed those on foot.
The services at the grave were conducted by the Masons after which the Grand Army gathered around the grave and with bent heads and solemn mien listened to that sound so familiar in military life which marks the close of the day--taps. A young buglar stepped to the head of the grave and with his bugle blew taps or, as the old soldiers call it, "Lights out", and the mortal remains of William Scott Wetzel were consigned to the grave.
The Weekly Tribune, Great Falls, MT, 9 May 1891 (excerpt)
14 March 1891 -GF Tribune
W.S. Wetzel is quartered at the Woodridge Hotel whether he has moved several days ago on orders of his physician, in order to be nearer the business part of town. Though still confined to his room he has a secretary to transact some important matters for him . His hand is still carried in a splint but he hopes to recover its use.
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1880 Federal Census, Fort Benton, Choteau county, MT, 15 June 1880
Wm S. Wetzel, Age 37, Merchant, POB: Pennsylvania; Parents' POB: Pennsylvania (seems he was born ca 1843 if the census is correct)
Maggie, Age 23, Wife, POB: Missouri, Father's POB: KY, MPOB: Nebraska
Pearl, Age 3, Daughter, POB: MT
Daisy, Age 1, Daughter, POB: MT
Daisy Frances, born 23 Feb 1879 , married Levi Julian Burd on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation, Glacier County, MT, 1 Dec 1897
Pearl Wetzel married William E. Hagerty, 1900, Teton county, MT
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The following provided by Find a Grave contributor, Vicki Wright:
His year of birth ---in the 1850 census for Perry County, Pennsylvania, he is 7 years old, born 1843. He is in the household of his parent's; John and Susan A. Wetsel. That census has their surname spelled with an s instead of a z, later it was spelled with a z.
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The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":
Funeral of William Scott Wetzel. An Immense Procession Accompanied the Remains to Their Last Resting Place. Civic Societies and Military Companies in Line With a Large Number of Carriages.
Regardless of the drizzling rain the funeral of the late William Scott Wetzel was attended by a very large people. The great throng of people who were unable to attain admission to the hall in which the services took place, but who helped to swell the number in the procession to the grave, were not all residents of this city. The long procession to the grave was made up of the representative men from this and adjoining towns and it surpassed anything seen before in this city. The Grand Army was well represented in the Sheridan post, and these veterans, grizzled and gray, escorted Company A First regiment of Montana, made an imposing appearance at the head of the column. Then came the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the United Workmen, and finally the Masons under whose direction the the funeral was conducted. A long string of carriages, seventy-three in number, followed those on foot.
The services at the grave were conducted by the Masons after which the Grand Army gathered around the grave and with bent heads and solemn mien listened to that sound so familiar in military life which marks the close of the day--taps. A young buglar stepped to the head of the grave and with his bugle blew taps or, as the old soldiers call it, "Lights out", and the mortal remains of William Scott Wetzel were consigned to the grave.
The Weekly Tribune, Great Falls, MT, 9 May 1891 (excerpt)
14 March 1891 -GF Tribune
W.S. Wetzel is quartered at the Woodridge Hotel whether he has moved several days ago on orders of his physician, in order to be nearer the business part of town. Though still confined to his room he has a secretary to transact some important matters for him . His hand is still carried in a splint but he hopes to recover its use.
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1880 Federal Census, Fort Benton, Choteau county, MT, 15 June 1880
Wm S. Wetzel, Age 37, Merchant, POB: Pennsylvania; Parents' POB: Pennsylvania (seems he was born ca 1843 if the census is correct)
Maggie, Age 23, Wife, POB: Missouri, Father's POB: KY, MPOB: Nebraska
Pearl, Age 3, Daughter, POB: MT
Daisy, Age 1, Daughter, POB: MT
Daisy Frances, born 23 Feb 1879 , married Levi Julian Burd on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation, Glacier County, MT, 1 Dec 1897
Pearl Wetzel married William E. Hagerty, 1900, Teton county, MT
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The following provided by Find a Grave contributor, Vicki Wright:
His year of birth ---in the 1850 census for Perry County, Pennsylvania, he is 7 years old, born 1843. He is in the household of his parent's; John and Susan A. Wetsel. That census has their surname spelled with an s instead of a z, later it was spelled with a z.
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