Mr & Mrs Lewis Protheroe

Lewis Protheroe was born April 19, 1878 in the Town of
Springwater to Thomas and Ann Protheroe.  In 1898 he
served in the Spanish-American War in Co. c, 1st
Wisconsin Infantry.  He married Gertrude Jones, daughter
of Daniel W Jones and Margaretta Williams on April 3,
1901.  They had three children: Clyde, Myrtle and Neil. 
The last two died in infancy. Myrtle lived about 13 months
and Neil about a month.  Lewis was part of the 1905 posse
to capture the robbers in Wild Rose. He was a drayman at
the time.  He was a farmer and later was a prison guard.  
His WWII draft registration listed him as 6 feet, 200 pounds, 
with hazel eyes and gray hair.  Gertrude was the of Daniel W 
Jones and Margaretta Williams. Her father was he hotel 
keeper in 1880.