Harry H. Nettleton, 72, funeral will be held Thursday. He died Saturday afternoon at his home in Norfolk from a heart attack. Harry Herbert Nettleton was born Feb. 17, 1877 near Decatur to Mr. and Mrs. Nettleon. "When he was a year old his parents took him with them on a cross-country trek with a mule team from Decatur to Walla Walla, Wash. Theirs was one of a large group of covered wagons making the trip. Each night it was necessary for the wagons to form a circle for protection from the Indians. When the Nettletons returned from Washington they settled on a far near Decatur, where they lived until 1866. They then moved to Crawford, In 1891 they moved to Wayne county, near Hoskins, where the deceased grew to manhood. Mr. Nettleton farmed in tha vicinity until 1916 when he moved to Norfolk. In 1918 he began working for the Northwestern railroad and retired in 1943.

Mr. Nettleton was a Spanish-Amercian war veteran, having enlisted in Co. G. Third Nebraska volunteer infantry at Wakefield, May 27, 1898 a the age of 21. The regiment was musterd into the U. S. service at Fort Omaha July 4, 1898, and mustered out at Augusta, Ga., May 11, 1898, after serving in the army of occupation in Cuba. Mr. Nettleton and Miss Elsa Carl were married on June 22, 1904, and eight children were born to them." He was survived by his wife, 5 daughters: Mrs. James Mabel at Norfolk, Mrs. Ray Papstein at Winside; Mrs. John Boesch, Mrs. Stanley Barlow, Mrs. George Hoggat all in California; 2 sons: Forrest, Stephen both at Winside; 4 sisters: Mrs. Hobert Auker at Wayne, Mrs. W. G. Ellis, Mrs. W. F. Jonson both at Plainview; Mrs. Oscar Jonson at Hemet, California; 2 brothers: R. A. at HUtchinson, Kansas; Thomas at Sioux City, Iowa. Source: extracted from "The Norfolk Daily News", Monday, Oct. 31, 1949 on page 9; Friday, Nov. 4, 1949 on page 2. Quote from Monday, Oct. 31, 1949 on page 9.

Note the year of mustered out appears to be wrong in the article.