Obit: Manes, Nathan B. #1 (1847 - 1899)

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Surnames: MANES BUSHNELL GORMAN HOSLEY TRACY

----Source: Clark County Republican Press (Neillsville, Wis.) 03/16/1899

Manes, Nathan B. (24 Jul 1847 - 10 Mar 1899)

Nathan B. Manes, one of the early settler of this vicinity, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. G. D. Hosley, on Saturday, March 10, 1899.

Deceased was the son of Mary and Robert Manes and was born in Somerset County, Maine, July 24th, 1847. He came with his father to Watertown, Wis., in the summer of 1856, to Black River Falls the same fall and to Weston, Clark County in the spring of '57. In 1869 he was married to Ella Tracy, who died three years later. In 1874 he was married to Ella Bushnell, of Wyocena, Wis., who survives him.

Mr. Manes spent most of his life in lumbering and driving on Black River, except a year in 1889, spent in the state of Washington, where he started a saw mill which was burned. He returned to Washington in 1895, intending to settle there, but was discouraged by the hard times then prevailing. In Feb 1898, he started for Alaska, but was taken sick at Fort Wrangle and returned to Seattle, where he spent the summer and early fall in lumbering. His exertions proved too much for one who had endured the previous hardships of logging camps and log drives. He returned home in November and was taken with his fatal illness Feb. 23. An operation for the removal of an abscess of the intestines was performed, but he failed to rally and died, Saturday evening, March 10th.

He leaves a wife and four children, Mable L., wife of M. Gorman, of Rib Lake Birdie D. wife of G. D. Hosley, Guy B., principal of Abbotsford schools and Katie who has been attending the Normal School at Stevens Point. All were present at the funeral. James M. Bushnell, of Wyocena, a brother to Mrs. Manes, was also present.

Mr. Manes was one of that now decreasing class of sturdy pioneers who blazed the way for better things in this county and made civilization possible. This community should not soon forget these men of rough hard toil that made life easier for us now and for generations yet to come.

The funeral took place Monday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church under the auspices of the Woodmen, of which Order he was a member, Rev. W. T. Hendren of Greenwood, and Rev. R. J. Cresswell of this city, officiating.