Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dunn, William H. 1892
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The Ionia Standard, Friday, February 26, 1892

Wm. H. Dunn died very suddenly Sunday afternoon.  He was a member of Wm. H. 
Borden post G.A.R., and attended the services at the Baptist church in the 
morning with the post.  He seemed to be in usual health until 2 p.m., the 
dinner hour, when he was sensible of paroxysms of pain in the heart.  He sat 
down to the table, but was unable to eat, and soon after laid down.  A doctor 
was summoned, but his condition was not considered immediately dangerous until 
4:30, when he expired very suddenly during one of the returns of the paroxysms 
of pain.  Neuralgia of the heart is pronounced as the cause of death.

Mr. Dunn has been a resident of the city since 1875, and was universally liked 
for his estimable qualities. 

The funeral took place at family residence, 340 East Washington street, at 4 
o’clock p.m. Monday.  The remains were taken to Lawton, Mich., for burial, 
leaving here on early train Tuesday morning.

The services over the remains of Wm. H. Dunn were very numerously attended.  
The members of Wm. H. Borden post of the G.A.R., and of Ionia lodge, F.&A.M., 
of which the deceased was a comrade and member, were out in large numbers.  
The march to the residence, headed by the new band and the light guard, (who 
acted as an escort to the post) was large, and was also a signal recognition 
of the esteem in which the deceased was held.

Mr. Dunn was born in the town of Wilkesbarre, Pa., in 1840, and came to 
Marshall, Mich., when 15 years old, where he remained until his removal to 
this city, except the time spent in the army during the war of the rebellion.

He enlisted in the 8th Michigan cavalry before attaining his majority, and did 
efficient service and received promotion and an honorable discharge, but with 
health impaired from which he never recovered.  At the close of his service in 
the army, he returned to Marshall, and entered the machine shop of the 
M.C.R.R. Co., and learned the trade, which he followed to the day of his 
death.  He was a faithful, trusted and skillful workman, and notwithstanding 
his impaired health, which frequently necessitated his absence from duty, his 
place was always kept open for him whenever he was able to work.

In 1871 he married Miss Lois M. McNeil, who survives him, and though blessed 
with no children, their married life has been more than a usually happy one, 
and she keenly feels her loss.

Three sisters are the only survivors of his own family: Mrs. E. Hoyt, of 
Marengo, Mrs. D. Hanchett, of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. I. Sibley, of Albion.  

Mr. Dunn was a very popular society man, genial in manner, pleasant in 
conversation, cheerful and hopeful in disposition, and a reputation for 
honesty and integrity second to none.  He will be sadly missed by a host of 
friends.

The remains were this morning taken to Lawton, Mich., for interment, being 
accompanied by brother fraters Allen S. Wright and A. F. Herbert of the 
Masonic fraternity.


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