Surnames: O?NEILL

----Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN & PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 10/12/1905

O?Neill, Ernest A. (10 Mar 1877 - 5 OCT 1905)

Ernest Andrew O?Neill died at the home of his parents; Judge and Mrs. O?Neill, Oct. 5, 1905. He was taken sick with typhoid fever in Chicago and after several weeks in the hospital there he was brought home in the hope that the change and care at home would prove beneficial. Many friends, not alone in Neillsville, Clark County, but all about the state, watched eagerly for reports that he was regaining health, as indeed he seemed to be at times.

He was born in this city March 10, 1877, attended our public schools, graduating from the High School in 1894. He entered the University of Wisconsin, graduating from the Ancient Classical Course in 1899 and from the University Law School in 1902. The following year he spent in the west, and on returning went into business in Chicago, where he has been for the past two years. By reason of the wide acquaintance of his family and through associations in his school and college career he had a large circle of friends interested in his welfare who will learn of his death with profound sorrow. He was a young man of broad scholarship, but modest and unassuming in his manner, and gentlemanly in his intercourse with all whom he met. No death in Neillsville for many years has brought forth so many expressions of sympathy; the only son in one of the most respected families in this city, he has been known since childhood by every citizen here; and to those who have ever been the first to offer help and kindness to others in distress is now offered the community's sympathy and condolence.

The funeral was held at the home Monday afternoon, Rev. W.T. Hendren officiating clergyman. Prof. Paul S. Reinsch, professor of political science in the State University, delivered an address. During the seven years that Ernest spent at the University he had made many friends among the students and faculty. Prof. Reinsch had bee especially attached to him, and they took a long trip together through the south. The speaker was better qualified to speak of the deceased than any other person, for he had known him in his mature years, and watched his development during his University life. Prof. Reinsch's Eulogy gave to those of us who had known Ernest O?Neill in his boyhood, a glimpse of his manly character, and a clearer conception of his moral and spiritual nature. From every portion of the state came expressions of the esteem in which he was held and words of condolence and sympathy for the bereaved family.