Mr Wellman was born at Carning, NY on Nov 30, 1849 and at the date of his death Monday he was 84 years, one month an eight days old. He was one of a family of four boys and came west from New York with his parents to Adrian, Mich., when a young lad, later moving to Masonville, Iowa.
The deceased was united in marriage to Miss Jane Hunter at Baraboo, Wis., in 1878 and to this union four children were born, three of whom together with the mother, preceded the father in death. In 1881 Mr. Wellman moved his family to Chamberlain, where he was engaged in the mercantile business, later moving near Pierre and then to Montana and from there to Alaska where he remained for seven years, when he returned to South Dakota and filed on a homestead in Jackson County, west of here. He lived there until he moved to Okaton to spend his last years with his son, Glenn.
Mr. Wellman was a veterinary by profession and was known by all of his friends as Doc. In his death his demise is mourned by an older brother Jay, of Masonville, Iowa, and the son here at Okaton Glenn besides eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
The deceased was united in marriage to Miss Jane Hunter at Baraboo, Wis., in 1878 and to this union four children were born, three of whom together with the mother, preceded the father in death. In 1881 Mr. Wellman moved his family to Chamberlain, where he was engaged in the mercantile business, later moving near Pierre and then to Montana and from there to Alaska where he remained for seven years, when he returned to South Dakota and filed on a homestead in Jackson County, west of here. He lived there until he moved to Okaton to spend his last years with his son, Glenn.
Mr. Wellman was a veterinary by profession and was known by all of his friends as Doc. In his death his demise is mourned by an older brother Jay, of Masonville, Iowa, and the son here at Okaton Glenn besides eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
Mr Wellman was born at Carning, NY on Nov 30, 1849 and at the date of his death Monday he was 84 years, one month an eight days old. He was one of a family of four boys and came west from New York with his parents to Adrian, Mich., when a young lad, later moving to Masonville, Iowa.
The deceased was united in marriage to Miss Jane Hunter at Baraboo, Wis., in 1878 and to this union four children were born, three of whom together with the mother, preceded the father in death. In 1881 Mr. Wellman moved his family to Chamberlain, where he was engaged in the mercantile business, later moving near Pierre and then to Montana and from there to Alaska where he remained for seven years, when he returned to South Dakota and filed on a homestead in Jackson County, west of here. He lived there until he moved to Okaton to spend his last years with his son, Glenn.
Mr. Wellman was a veterinary by profession and was known by all of his friends as Doc. In his death his demise is mourned by an older brother Jay, of Masonville, Iowa, and the son here at Okaton Glenn besides eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
The deceased was united in marriage to Miss Jane Hunter at Baraboo, Wis., in 1878 and to this union four children were born, three of whom together with the mother, preceded the father in death. In 1881 Mr. Wellman moved his family to Chamberlain, where he was engaged in the mercantile business, later moving near Pierre and then to Montana and from there to Alaska where he remained for seven years, when he returned to South Dakota and filed on a homestead in Jackson County, west of here. He lived there until he moved to Okaton to spend his last years with his son, Glenn.
Mr. Wellman was a veterinary by profession and was known by all of his friends as Doc. In his death his demise is mourned by an older brother Jay, of Masonville, Iowa, and the son here at Okaton Glenn besides eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
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