Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Miner, William G. September 1922
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The Portland Observer, Thursday, September 28, 1922
Followed to the grave by seven of his old regimental comrades, William G. 
Miner was laid to rest in Portland cemetery, Tuesday afternoon, following 
funeral services held at the M. E. church, in charge of Rev. W. W. Slee of 
Sturgis, a former pastor of the Portland church.  G.A.R. burial services were 
conducted by his old comrades.

Mr. Miner was born near the Eagle school house on September 17, 1842, and had 
spent his entire lifetime in and about Portland, passing away at Sparrow 
hospital, where he had been confined since September 5, on Saturday at 4:30 
o’clock in the afternoon.  In 1870 he was united in marriage to Miss Angie 
McCoy, who died April 21, 1876.  Two children were born from that union, Mrs. 
Angie Wright of Lansing, and Rev. Frank Miner of Midland.  At that time they 
were living on what is now known as the George Crane place, on M-16, east of 
town.  Shortly after the death of Mrs. Miner he moved to Portland and during 
September 1877 was married to Miss Lydia Hall, who passed away April 3, 1895, 
while they were living in Orange township.  From this union there is one 
daughter surviving, Miss Rusha Miner, who has been keeping house for her 
father since the death of her mother.

On September 5, 1861 Mr. Miner enlisted in Company D, 9th Michigan Infantry 
for two years and reenlisted at Chattanooga, Tennessee, on December 7, 1863, 
serving throughout the war, receiving his discharge on September 27, 1865.

He was a prominent member of the G.A.R. always taking a great interest in that 
organization which was superseded by only that of his religion, he having also 
been a faithful member of the Methodist church.  He had been honored by his 
comrades with the office of Senior Vice Department Commander of the Department 
of Michigan and served as aide-de-camp to Washington Gardner while he was 
National Commander in 1919.  He had also served as president of his regiment 
association and held the office of chaplain at the time of his death.  In 1900 
he spent the winter tramping over the battlefields, covering the same line of 
march as that taken by his regiment while going from Louisville to Atlanta, 
spending the following winter at Chattanooga and surrounding battlefields.

Mr. Miner was closely associated with the apple industry around Portland 
having been the first person to ship apples from this place by rail, this 
consignment having been made in 1870.  Since that time, for 52 consecutive 
years, he had put in several weeks each fall in packing and preparing this 
crop for shipment in the various orchards in this vicinity.

The only surviving member of his family, aside from his three children, is one 
brother, Newton E. Miner of Grand Rapids.

The members of his regiment who were present at the funeral were Captain B. H. 
Stevens of Lyons, J. W. Klotz of Portland, Theron Gladden of Owosso, Joseph 
Hanchett of Bushnell, W. P. Treadway of Lansing, W. W. Crocker of Jackson and 
Isaac Mores of Mason.


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