Here's a death notice for the Bio:
Death on 09 Dec. of Wm. H. Vits at the home of his son-in-law Christ. Weyer in Seneca, Kansas. He was the father of our postmaster Mr. Henry Vits. The deceased was born 17 Dec. 1807 in Rheydt, Rhineland, and landed in New York with his family in Nov. 1855, settling in Town Meeme where he built a meal mill. The enterprise was not successful, and he traveled to Seneca to be with his daughter. He was a wagon maker by profession. When he retired in 1868, he came to live with his son Heinrich Vits in Manitowoc. Last Jan. he expressed the desire to again see his 2 daughters, who live near Seneca in Kansas, and happily traveled there where he remained until his death. His son was advised by telegram of his father's falling ill and he and his wife traveled there to be with him at his death.
Der Nord Westen, 19 Dec. 1895
Contributor: Bev Rockwell - [email protected]
Death on 09 Dec. of Wm. H. Vits at the home of his son-in-law Christ. Weyer in Seneca, Kansas. He was the father of our postmaster Mr. Henry Vits. The deceased was born 17 Dec. 1807 in Rheydt, Rhineland, and landed in New York with his family in Nov. 1855, settling in Town Meeme where he built a meal mill. The enterprise was not successful, and he traveled to Seneca to be with his daughter. He was a wagon maker by profession. When he retired in 1868, he came to live with his son Heinrich Vits in Manitowoc. Last Jan. he expressed the desire to again see his 2 daughters, who live near Seneca in Kansas, and happily traveled there where he remained until his death. His son was advised by telegram of his father's falling ill and he and his wife traveled there to be with him at his death.
Der Nord Westen, 19 Dec. 1895
Contributor: Bev Rockwell - [email protected]
Here's a death notice for the Bio:
Death on 09 Dec. of Wm. H. Vits at the home of his son-in-law Christ. Weyer in Seneca, Kansas. He was the father of our postmaster Mr. Henry Vits. The deceased was born 17 Dec. 1807 in Rheydt, Rhineland, and landed in New York with his family in Nov. 1855, settling in Town Meeme where he built a meal mill. The enterprise was not successful, and he traveled to Seneca to be with his daughter. He was a wagon maker by profession. When he retired in 1868, he came to live with his son Heinrich Vits in Manitowoc. Last Jan. he expressed the desire to again see his 2 daughters, who live near Seneca in Kansas, and happily traveled there where he remained until his death. His son was advised by telegram of his father's falling ill and he and his wife traveled there to be with him at his death.
Der Nord Westen, 19 Dec. 1895
Contributor: Bev Rockwell - [email protected]
Death on 09 Dec. of Wm. H. Vits at the home of his son-in-law Christ. Weyer in Seneca, Kansas. He was the father of our postmaster Mr. Henry Vits. The deceased was born 17 Dec. 1807 in Rheydt, Rhineland, and landed in New York with his family in Nov. 1855, settling in Town Meeme where he built a meal mill. The enterprise was not successful, and he traveled to Seneca to be with his daughter. He was a wagon maker by profession. When he retired in 1868, he came to live with his son Heinrich Vits in Manitowoc. Last Jan. he expressed the desire to again see his 2 daughters, who live near Seneca in Kansas, and happily traveled there where he remained until his death. His son was advised by telegram of his father's falling ill and he and his wife traveled there to be with him at his death.
Der Nord Westen, 19 Dec. 1895
Contributor: Bev Rockwell - [email protected]
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