A telegram Sunday evening from Oklahoma to James Lewis, announced the death of his son, Wiley Lewis, which occurred Sunday morning. Wiley left Blair about four weeks ago with his wife, to go to Oklahoma by wagon, and was taken sick before he reached his destination. His father left for there Monday morning. ~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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