Bio: Withee, Theodore –
Owner of Hemlock Farms
Transcriber:
stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Withee, Bond, Dewey, Shaw
---------Source: Withee Centennial (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 2001
Theodore Withee was the son of Niram H. and Louisa Withee. He was the
proprietor of Withee Hemlock Farm located south of Longwood. He lived in La
Crosse by 1900 and came to visit his farm often. In 1901 he had a new barn
constructed and stocked his farm with 38 Durham cows from Kansas City. He
rented his grist mill to E.L. Bond. He had a new windmill with a larger
waterwheel that replaced two older ones, so the grist mill could operate
during low water. A telephone was put in the grist mill in 1903 and a
railroad car load of Jersey cows were delivered to his farm, plus a new
cream separator. He owned many acres around his Hemlock farm, mostly
adjacent to the Black River.
His company "Theo O. Withee Co." contemplated the manufacture of pine
shingles and other lumber from their own timber and that brought in by
farmers. A stock of merchandise was to be kept in the store. This was in
connection with his flour and grist mill business and large farming
operation.
C. W. Dewey, foreman and manager of the Withee Estates for many years,
resigned in May of 1903 and moved to Neillsville where he built a home.
Theodore and his wife had two daughters, Eleanore and Theodora. Mrs. Theo
Withee's mother was a Mrs. Shaw that moved to Greenwood from Medford.
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