Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dunham, Charles R. April 7, 1933
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Lake Odessa Wave-Times Friday April 13, 1933

CIVIL WAR VETERAN LAID TO REST MONDAY
Funeral at Home Monday. Rev. A.T. Cartland Officiates. 
American Legion Gives Military Service At Cemetery.

The funeral service for Charles R.Dunham was held at the home Monday afternoon. 
Rev. A.T. Cartland officiating. Mr and Mrs Russell Goodemoot sang the musical 
numbers. The members of the American Legion assisted at the burial in Lakeside 
cemetery, giving to this aged veteran the honors due to a soldier.

Mr. Dunham has lived in this village for the past twenty-eight years. He has for 
this period been one of the surviving Civil War veterans. For several years the 
family included the daughter of Mrs.Dunham, Miss Hazel Shepard afterward 
Mrs.Bert Fisher, successfully managed the Hotel Odessa thereby becoming well 
acquainted in the village and to the traveling public.

When health of Mr and Mrs. Dunham began to fail they sought private life as well 
as the Fisher family. The later taken special care of Mr and Mrs Dunham for 
several years.
                              Charles R.Dunham
Charles R. Dunham was born February 3, 1840, in Oakland county, Michigan, and 
departed  this life April 7, 1933, at the age of 93 years, two months and four 
days. He was the youngest of the nine children of Daniel and Harriet Dunham, and 
the last survivor of this large family. Like himself, his mother lived to an 
unusual age, dying at the age of 93 years and nine months.

At the age of 10 he came with his parents to what is now the village of 
Caledonia in Kent county and there he lived for 50 years, his life work being 
that of farming.

At the age of 21, at the out break of the Civil War, he enlisted in Company C, 
Second Michigan Cavalry. He remained in his country's service throughout the war 
until honorably discharged in 1865. He saw much hard service and suffered 
imprisonment in both Libby and Andersonville prisons, those terrible prisons of 
the Confederacy.

Returning home from the war he was united in marriage to Olive Sears of 
Cascade.To them were born two sons, Fredrick C.Dunham of Chicago and George 
S.Dunham of near Detroit, both of whom were present at their fathers's funeral.

The wife and mother was taken by death and passed to her reward January 17, 
1903. In 1905 Mr Dunham was united in marriage to Edith Shepard of Cedar 
Springs, Mich. They came to Lake Odessa 28 years ago where they have since made 
their home except for a few years spent in Howard City. During his active years 
he kept the North End Hotel in Lake Odessa.

He is survived by his widow, his two sons, four grandchildren, one step-
daughter, Mrs.Bert Fisher, and host of friends.
     Come then dear Lord in the gloaming
     Or when the dawning is gray
     Take us to dwell in Thy presence
     Only Thyself lead the way.
                             CARD OF THANKS
We express our sincere thanks to the friends, neighbors and Lodges for the 
beautiful flowers and deeds of kindness; to the Rev. Cartland, Mr and Mrs 
Goodemoot, and the American Legion for their help in the hours of our 
bereavement.
                             Mrs. Charles Dunham,
                             Fred Dunham and family,
                             George Dunham and family,
                             Bert Fisher and family.

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