Fourth Generation

34. Otis "O.R." ANEY was born in September 1869 in Wisconsin.⁸ He appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ He appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ About 1900 Otis was an owner of the Palace Hotel in Peever, Roberts County, SD.¹⁹ "The Aney brothers were busy men in and around Peever in the early years and on into the forties where the younger ones were remembered by some of us. Rueben and Allan had a hog farm on the north side of town and also a few cows. They had a livery barn that stood on the vacant lot to the east of the new community center in the time when livery barns were needed. Otis (O.R) and his wife Amelia operated the Palace Hotel and the store that stood to the north of the M. Opitz building which is now Chars Cafe."

Otis "O.R." ANEY and Amelia STEWART were married on 22 June 1892 in Lake Township, Roberts County, SD.¹⁹ Amelia STEWART was born (date unknown).