Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....GUNN, Samuel April 1905
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THE SEBEWA RECOLLECTOR Bulletin of The Sebewa Center Association   Volume 4  October  1968   Number 2; submitted with permission of Editor Grayden D. Slowins
FROM THE SCRAPBOOK OF THE LATE MISS ELLA GUNN WE PRESENT SOME OBITUARIES THAT 
GIVE AN INDICATION WHY THE NAME (Gunnville) SEEMED APPROPRIATE.
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE:  Samuel Gunn was born in New Jersey Feb. 21, 1828 and 
died at his home in Sebewa April 11, 1905.  At the age of twelve he moved with 
his parents to Pennsylvania and lived there until he was twenty years old.  
Here he married Caroline McCoy and then came to Sebewa with two brothers and 
settled in homes not a mile apart.  As years passed by the timber succumbed to 
the ax and developed farms were the result.  At one time Mr. Gunn owned 200 
acres but on account of his generous nature he continually gave homes to his 
children until only 40 acres remained to him at his death.
He was kind, sympathetic and generous to a fault and all who spoke of him, 
spoke well.  He often gave to benevolent enterprises as well as to his children.
Mr. Gunn was the father of seven children, the five living as follows:  
Theodore in Antrim County, Dennis in Indian Territory, John in Oklahoma, Mrs. 
Isaac Cunningham near Hastings and Joshua, who lives on the home farm and has 
taken care of the aged father.
The deceased was in fairly good health for one of his age until the house was 
burned in February.  Being overcome with heat at that time he has never fully 
recovered and Saturday was taken to bed where he passed away Tuesday morning.
The funeral was held from the Sebewa Center Church today, the Rev. Hayward of 
Sunfield officiating.  Interment was made at Collingham (East Sebewa) cemetery.

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