Obituary - Lincoln Courier-Herald, 21 August 1915 WILLIAM G. WHITTLE DEAD Early Logan County Settler, Passed Away Saturday William Gillette Whittle, 66, one of the old settlers of Logan County and a life-long resident of Mt. Pulaski township, died at his family residence eight miles southwest of Mt. Pulaski, at Bald Knob, Saturday about noon. Mr. Whittle had been in a critical condition for several weeks and his death was not unexpected. He had been an invalid for many years. Mr. Whittle was born in Logan County Aug. 22, 1849. He was reared on Logan County farms and was one of the pioneers of the county during its growth in the seventies. He was the second of a family of four and had spent practically his entire life on the farm on which he died. He attended the public schools, later graduating from Notre Dame University in Indiana. Following his graduation, he rented land in Mt. Pulaski township for a number of years until the death of his mother, when he fell heir to five hundred and forty acres of land in Mt. Pulaski township. In 1874, Mr. Whittle married Sarah Scroggin, daughter of L. K. and Lavina Scroggin. Mrs. Whittle died in 1906. Three children were born to the Whittles, one dying in infancy. An only son, William Gillette Whittle Jr., lives on the home place, and a daughter, Mrs. Edward Fryer of San Francisco, was at the bedside of her father when death came. Mrs. Fryer arrived last Thursday, called by the critical illness of Mr. Whittle. No funeral arrangements have been made, pending word from the husband of Mrs. Fryer in San Francisco.