Harry William Wight (1937)

DUFFIELD, HAWSON, HIGHAM, JELLISON, TUGGLE, WIGHT

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 12/10/2008 at 15:17:49

Judith Basin Star, Judith Basin, Montana
Thursday, August 12, 1937, page 6

Harry Wight Died Last Night At Lewistown

Once again the Grim Reaper has appeared and the name of another pioneer has been erased from the ever lessening roll, taking Harry Wight, a well known resident of the Moore section, who passed away at his home in Lewistown last night after a long illness.

Harry Wight was born in Madison county, Iowa, November 18, 1864.

In 1884 his parents and their eleven children left Iowa for Montana and located on Antelope creek, southwest of Hobson, where his father took up a homestead and developed the same into a ranch.

He was united in marriage to Misa Aura K. Jellison and to this union five children were born, two of whom preceded him in death.

For several years he worked as a ranch hand on the Belden and Goodell ranches and for E. J. Morrison at Old Philbrook. Shortly after his
marriage he purchased land on Ross Fork and operated the same for 17 years before moving to the ranch 3 miles north of Moore.

Besides his widow he is survived by three children, Teddy, Harold and Aura; four brothers, Fred and Ed of Carbon, county, Mt. Ralph of Utica, Mt. and William of San Jose. Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Judith Duffield of Higbee, Mo., Mrs. Maggie Hawson of Olympia, Wash., Mrs. Lizzie Tuggle of Fromberg, Mt. and. Mrs. Jennie Higham, of Belfry, Mt.

We have been unable at this to obtain any information as to when funeral services will be held.

Note: Burial was at the Old Philbrook Cemetery, Utica, Montana.
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Lewistown Democrat News, Lewistown, Montana
August 15, 1937

Last Tribute Paid Memor Harry Wight

Funeral Services for Pioneer Stockman of Philbrook Section Held Here Saturday - Burial Made in Old Philbrook Cemetery

A large number of friends and relatives gathered at the Creel chapel Saturday afternoon to pay their last tributes of love and respect to the memory of Harry Wight, pioneer rancher and stockman of the Philbrook section, who died at his home in the city Thursday morning.

The Rev. Ralph Carlton of Moore contacted the services during which Mrs. Kathryn Gove Scott accompanied by Mrs. Richard Lausch sang two request numbers.

Following the services at the chapel many followed the casket to the old Philbrook cemetery near Hobson were burial was made in the family plot. The casket bearers, all long-time friends of Mr. Wight and his family included: Pat Nihil, Frank Prouitt, Tom Nicholson, George Wright, Lewis Odenwald, Martin Meisser and while Smith.

Harry Wight was born in Madison county, Iowa, November 18, 1864. He came to Montana in 1884 when but a youth of 20 years and settled near old Philbrook where he resided continuously up to last fall when he moved into Lewistown with his wife and daughter, Aura.

He was married at Philbrook 43 years ago to Miss Aura Jellison, daughter of a pioneer resident of the Hobson-Philbrook section.

Besides the widow and daughter residing in Lewistown, he is survived by two sons, Theodore and Howard (Harold), both of the Moore area.

There are also nine surviving brothers and sisters, Fred, of Joliet, Ralph, of Utica, and, of Billings, Dick, of Notus, Idaho, will of Campbell, Calif., Mrs. Lizzie Tuggle, of Pryor, Mrs. Jennie Higham, of the Belfry, Mrs. Maggie Hawson, of Olympia, Wash., and Mrs. Judith Duffield, of Higbee, Mo.