Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hendee, Oscar P. 1897
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Portland Observer, 4 Aug 1897

Oscar P. Hendee, who resides near Collins in this township, died at his home 
very suddenly on Sunday evening last about eight o’clock, while sitting in a 
chair in his sitting room talking with members of his family, among them 
Charles Staley of this village.

Mr. Hendee had suffered for some time with heart trouble among other 
complications, and only last week Dr. Alton, who was attending him, told him he 
must make up his mind to get things in shape for the future, stop working with 
his hands and prepare to take things easy the balance of his life.  This 
admonition was brought about by the fact that Mr. Hendee had been a tremendous 
worker all his life; although possessed of but one arm, he could and did do 
more work than the majority of men with two hands and arms.  He was also taking 
measures to heed the warning, for on Friday last he had his will drawn, and his 
business was in as good shape as possible. 

Mr. Hendee was a successful farmer and one of the most prominent ones in 
Portland township and was possessed of considerable means, both in farms and 
outside of them.

Deceased was born at Pontiac, Mich., August 21, 1839.  He enlisted in Sept. 
1861, in the 8th Mich. Inf.  Just after the Battle of the Wilderness he was 
promoted to first lieutenant.  In August, 1864, at Weldon Railroad, he was 
wounded in the right arm, making amputation necessary.  After the war Mr. 
Hendee accepted a commission as second lieutenant in the 18th U.S. regulars, 
afterwards being transferred to the 36th, where he was made first lieutenant, 
and served about a year, his regiment acting as guard for the workmen building 
Union Pacific railroad, and during the time he was with them nearly 200 were 
killed by the Indians.

A wife and four children – Ida, Lillie, Ethel and Lee – survive him.  He was an 
honorable, upright man and good citizen.

He was a member of the A.O.U.W. of Portland, in which he carried $2,000 
insurance, and also of John Megarah Post, G.A.R. of Portland.  He was a justice 
of the peace, and his time would have expired next July.

Funeral services were conducted from the house on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Bower 
officiating, the services being in charge of the A.O.U.W., of which deceased 
had long been a member, and interment made in Portland cemetery in accordance 
with the rites of the order.


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