Obituary of Charles F. Gunther, Phillips Co, Ar

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New York Times, Feb. 12, 1920 - Charles F. Gunther, Chicago Candy Manufacturer
is a Pneumonia Victim - Chicago, Feb. 11 - Charles Frederick Gunther, builder of
one of the largest candy factories, Cracker Jacks, in the West and former
Alderman and City Treasurer of Chcago, died of pneumonia yesterday. He was born
in Wildberg, Germany, and came to this country when 5 years of age. In the civil
war he served as an officer on a Confederate Steamboat on the Arkansas River. At
the close of the war, he became a commercial traveler and in 1868 came to
Chicago, where he opened a candy store, which grew to large proportions, and he
later went into the manufacturing end of the business. Buried in Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.

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