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    1. [INMONROE] Thena Wylie Does NOT Welcome the Klan
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    3. The item noted below was sent to me from Michael Carter with the Monroe County History Club. He noted that it was taken from a 1923 issue of the Bloomington World. In 1930, Thena (consider Thana a spelling variant) Wylie, age 40 and a widow, was enumerated head of household at 402 Dunn where she owned her own home valued at $6,000. She reportedly worked as a clerical in the library. Other members of the household included three children ranging in age from 13 to 17 and her mother, Frances Winslow. A Monroe County marriage record index, indicates that Thana (sic) Winslow married Redick Wylie. According to the Rose Hill Cemetery Index, Redick A. Wylie died September 30, 1916. According to a 1920 Monroe County plat map, the Redick A. Wylie farm consisted of 257.65 acres mostly in the northwestern portion of Section 9, Perry Township. The 1910 census noted the address of Redick (sic) A. Wylie on the Bloomington and Salem Road. NOTICE TO KU KLUX KLAN and the Public Generally Notice is hereby given that the meeting of the Ku Klux Klan advertised to be held on our farm Saturday, October13, 1923, is without our permission or our consent and will be considered by unlawfully and a trespass. Thena L. Wylie Thena L. Wylie, Guardian By J. F. Regster, Attorney

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