Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....GUNN, Theodore May 1902
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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. 
A QUICK SUMMONS - Sebewa Center was shocked, Wednesday, by the sudden death of 
Theo. Gunn, who settled there in 1865 and was one of the successful farmers of 
the township.  Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church, Sebewa Center, 
Friday afternoon and burial was made in the Sebewa township cemetery.
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 was 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 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.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. I. T. Weldon, pastor of the Center 
church, and Rev. T. J. Spencer, for a quarter century imtimately acquainted 
with Mr. Gunn.  He spoke of his positive character and his fidelity to the 
church in his later years.  A long procession followed the remains to their 
last resting place beside his other relatives.

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