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followers of Cromwell, who sought to hide from the wrath of Charles 

 II. in these mountain fastnesses. 



He resigned his position in the Cincinnati University to become 

 the general manager of the American and European Investment 

 Company, which position he held for two years. 



In 1886 he was made manager of a large tract of timber and min- 

 eral lands belonging to the Roan Mt. Steel and Iron Co. This ap- 

 pointment compelled him to remove with his family to North Caro- 

 lina. Here his home was located in one of the most beautiful valleys 

 in the world, about 3000 feet above the sea level and surrounded 

 with towering mountains. To one who was such a lover of nature 

 this was an ideal place. Here surrounded by his interesting family 

 he varied his other duties, which were many, by communion with 

 nature. 



His hospitality was unbounded, and his home was always open to 

 friend or stranger and especially to any strolling naturalist, who was 

 always sure of a hearty welcome from the professor and his estimable 

 wife. 



Professor Wetherby, while connected with the Cincinnati Univer- 

 sity, organized five expeditions for field work and study, in all of 

 which the writer had the pleasure of being one of the party. As an 

 organizer of a camping party he had no superior. He was a very 

 companionable man, could tell a story, sing a song or play on his 

 violin to drive away the blues, when the weather was unpropitious, 

 and could cook a meal under the most unfavorable circumstances 

 that would satisfy the most fastidious epicure. 



The naturalist's best hunting grounds are generally far from the 

 lines of civilization. No mountain roads, however impassable, or 

 swollen streams, could turn him from his course. Difficulties which 

 would appall ordinary men only seemed to stimulate his indomitable 

 will power, which always carried him safely through. 



Among his numerous friends in Cincinnati, perhaps none 

 mourned his death more than those who shared with him the joys 

 and hardships of camp life. 



Professor Wetherby was taken sick Jan. 1st, with congestion of 

 the lungs, at his home in Magnetic City, N. C. He seemed to 

 slowly improve, when on Feb. 10 he was taken with sinking spells 

 due to heart failure. He died Feb. 15, and was buried jil Magnetic 

 City, N. C., Feb. 18, 1902. 



