Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brower, Oliver H. 1936
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 14 Apr 1936

Oliver H. Brower, 89, died Tuesday morning, April 14 at 1 o’clock, at his home
in Saranac where he has been ill for the past year.  He was born in Keene county
in 1847 and was the last civil war soldier in Saranac.  At the age of 17 he
enlisted in Company H, 16th Michigan cavalry, February 20, 1865, at Grant Rapids
for one year.  He was mustered into service that same day, February 20 and
joined the regulars at Knoxville Tennessee, March 16, 1865.  He received an
honorable discharge in August, 1865.  Mr. Brower held a life membership in the
Masonic lodge.  Mrs. Brower died fourteen years ago and since then he has spent
several winters in the soldiers’ home at Grand Rapids.

Surviving him are three sons, H. Brower, of Saranac; Ernest Brower, of Portland,
and Glenn Brower, of Hastings; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the
Congregational church in Saranac.  Interment will be at the Saranac cemetery.


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