Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gunn, Theodore 1902
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Lake Odessa Wave, 22 May 1902

Sebewa lost one of its old, successful farmers and business men on Wednesday of 
last week, in the person of Theodore Gunn, who settled in that township in 
1865, and has lived there ever since.  He was widely known in Odessa township, 
and in fact all over this part of the country.  He ran a sawmill at Algodon 
several years ago.  He also owned property in this village.

Mr. Gunn’s death came very suddenly and unexpected, although he had not been a 
well man for several years.  After he had eaten a hearty breakfast he went to 
the woods with his team, and first assisted in sawing off a log with a crosscut 
saw, he then hitched his team to the log and drew it to the mill located in the 
neighborhood, and was returning and near the house when seen to stop.  His 
daughter-in-law was the first to be attracted by his groaning, and saw him 
sitting by the road apparently in distress.  He was hastily helped to the house 
and a physician summoned.  He complained of pains in the region of his heart.  
Soon after a physician had arrived the old gentleman was seized with another 
paroxysm of pain which quickly ended his life.  Neuralgia of the heart was 
assigned the cause of his death.

The funeral services were held at the M.E. church, at Sebewa Center Friday 
afternoon, and the remains interred in the township cemetery.  The services 
were conducted by Rev. I.T. Weldon.

Theodore Gunn was born in Sussex county, N.J., March 28, 1832 and while very 
young he went with his parents to Pennsylvania, his next move being to 
Bellevue, Ohio, where he was married.  He next took up his residence in 
Addison, Mich., coming to Sebewa from there in ’65.  He was followed soon after 
by his brothers, Joshua and Samuel, who took adjacent farms and built up that 
section of Sebewa, which was then mostly woods, to one of the best farming 
communities in the town.  His brother Joshua died last year.  Mr. Gunn’s first 
wife died about 15 years ago, leaving the following children: David, Isaac, 
George and Emory Gunn, Mrs. Jacob Sayer, Mrs. H. Whorley, Miss Ella Gunn, all 
of Sebewa, Mrs. Gravener Oatley, of Sherman, Mich.  Twelve years ago last April 
Mr. Gunn married Mrs. Agnes Mauren, of Portland, who survives him.

Deceased was a member of the Center church and was one of those active in its 
establishment and maintenance.  He was known as a thorough business man and 
farmer and at 70 was actively engaged in the management of his large farming 
interests. 


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