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Scan of undated photo of Wenzel and Lena Weaver Wittmann and their four children standing outside their home.

Undated photo of Wenzel F. Wittmann family.

Affidavit in Proof of Death for Wenzel Wittmann Sr. filed in Francklin County Probate Court on June 13, 1914. Lists date of death, heirs, value of personal estate and asks that G. F. Kaiser be granted Letters Testamentary. Signed by Probate Judge…

Scan of a warranty deed between Maggie J. & Thomas J. Stinson and Wenzel Wittman, dated January 27, 1891 for 80 acres in Ohio Township, Franklin County for $1300. Signed by Notary Public C. P. Congdon on February 11, 1891 and entered in Registered…

Scan of a naturalization document issued by District Court of Franklin County, KS to Wenzel Wittmann on October 15, 1891, making him a U.S. citizen. Document signed by E. S. Robinson, Clerk of the District Court.

Copy of newspaper clipping from June 1914 about the death of Wenzel Wittmann and about his will being filed in probate court. G.F. Kaiser, Ottawa, was appointed executor of the estate.

Information sheet giving birth and death information abut Wenzel and Barbara Wolf Wittmann and their children. Marge Foote copied from Carrie Wittmann's notebook.

Scan of photo of Wittmann home east of Princeton, KS and with all six boys standing on the porch. Boys identified under the photo as Wenzel, Anton, Albert, Frank, Carl, and Adolf.
Printed on the photo: "Wittmann's Wohnhous/1909"

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Group photo of Wenzel and Barbara Wittmann with their children and grandchildren, taken October 22, 1907

A threee page letter from Ottawa Mayor A. W. Benson to M. L. Ward in Manhattan, Kansas, telling about the problems in finding an honest detective to work against the "rum trade." Benson warned Ward that it was difficult to find people, even…