Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dunsmore, Byron October 5, 1903
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Ionia Standard - Friday, Nov. 2, 1906

The remains of Byron Dunsmomre arrived here at noon Friday, from Shanghai, 
China, via San Francisco. From label on box containing casket, they seem to 
have been prepared for shipment Aug. 4, and left San Francisco Oct. 19. The 
express charges, borne by the U.S. government, were $114.51

Byron was a son of the late George W. Dunsmomre and has two brothers and 
three sisters, surviving: Richard and Dexter of this city; Ina, wife of 
James Martin, Ionia township; Mrs. Emma Thomson, near Lansing, and Mrs. Lois 
Hinds, near Saranac. 

Byron enlisted in the navy when 16 or 18, and re-enlisted so as to have 
remained practically in continuous service. His age at death was 28.

His record was excellent, as attested by the fact that he was promoted from 
time to time, arriving at the rank of Chief Master-at-Arms. He was in action 
on board the Texas at Santiago, Cuba, when he had his clothing except his 
shoes stripped from him by explosion of a shell, but although rendered 
unconscious by the shock, was not permanently injured. He also had a close 
call in the engagement at Samoan islands, a missile cutting the scalp across 
the entire tip of his head, making a permanent hair parting. He died of 
typhoid fever in hospital at Shanghai, Oct. 5, 1903.

Funeral services were held Sunday, and interment was in family lot, Tuttle 
cemetery. 

Additional Comments:
Age: 28
Funeral: Sunday, 28 October 1906
Tuttle cemetery Sec. 1 - Row 1

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