----Source: Greenwood Gleaner 2/10/1910

OBITUARY LEVI WITHEE

Levi Withee, whose death we mentioned last week was fifth in the family of seven children, was born on a farm in Somerset County, Maine, Oct. 26, 1834, the son of Zachariah and Polly Withee, both of whom were natives of the old pine tree state. He came of staunch New England stock and was the scion of a family founded in the colonial era, Zachariah Withee served in the War of 1812.

Levi's parents came with their sons to La Crosse in 1864 and here passed the remainder of their lives.

Levi Withee was reared on the old homestead farm in Maine and was afforded such advantages as were offered in the common schools of the locality and the period. In 1853, at the age of 19, he came to Wisconsin and numbered himself among the pioneers of La Crosse County, where he secured employment with a lumber firm.

In 1859 he engaged in the lumbering business on his own responsibility in Clark County, and during all the long intervening years until his retirement he was closely identified with this line of industry, once the most important in the section.

Deceased was married June 3, 1868 to Miss Louisa H. Smith, daughter of Orange and Harriet Smith, then living in Illinois, although moving to La Crosse later. One son, Abner G. was born of the union. He is now engaged in business in the state of Florida.