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Cemetery:           Brookside Cemetery
Name:               Byron P. Wilkinson

Date Of Photograph: March 24, 2015
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Byron P. Wilkinson
1849-1933







OBITUARY
Courtesy Charlevoix Library Obituaries

FORMER RESIDENT DIED AT BELLAIRE
BYRON P. WILKINSON WAS ATWOOD PIONEER

Was First Postmaster of Village Active Church and Temperance Worker—Funeral Today
Byron P. Wilkinson, one of the early pioneers of this section, passed away at
his home in Bellaire Monday morning, March 6, 1933.
He was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1849. At an early age his
father died, leaving him the sole support of his mother and younger brothers and
sisters. When he was sixteen he began teaching school, and followed this
occupation, for twenty-five years. He was also considerably in demand as a
teacher of the old-fashioned singing school so much in vogue in the earlier days.
In 1873 he was married to Sarah Marshall at Painesville, Ohio. About a year
later they came to Michigan and hewed out a farm home at Atwood, Antrim county,
Michigan, in the midst of an almost trackless forest. He was the first
postmaster at Atwood, at a time when the one-armed Indian carried the mail from
Traverse City to Cross Village, making one round trip a week. In 1904 he came to
Charlevoix, where he lived until about five years ago, when he moved to
Bellaire. His wife passed away in 1923 and about a year and a half later he
married Mrs. Mary Utter of Bellaire. Beside his widow, he leaves one daughter,
Mrs. Roxana Morrow of Bellaire, and four sons, Dr. A. M. Wilkinson, Hollywood.
California: Dr. F. H. Wilkinson. Charlevoix; James B. Wilkinson. Detroit;
Charles E. Wilkinson, Lansing. There are also ten grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held from the residence in Bellaire Wednesday at 10 o'clock
a. m. Interment in Brookside cemetery, Charlevoix.
Mr. Wilkinson was active in church and Sunday school work, and an ardent worker
for the cause of temperance and prohibition. He was a good citizen, a kind
husband and father, and did his full share in helping to build up and develop
this section of the country.
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Michigan Death Certificate
Name: Byron Paul Wilkinson
Death Date: 06 Mar 1933
Event Place: Bellaire, Antrim, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 83
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 04 Apr 1849
Birthplace: Pennsylvania

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