Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rich, Hon, Hampton November 1900
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Grand Rapids Herald; Nov. 9, 1900
Funeral of the Hon. Hampton Rich Held Yesterday.
Ionia, Mich., Nov. 8-The funeral service for Hon. Hampton Rich were held from
the M.E. church at 10 o'clock today. All of the business houses of the city were
closed during the funeral hours. 
The deceased was one of Ionia's earliest pioneers and one of the most active
business men in the early days. He was president of the Ionia and Lansing
railroad, and it was largely through him that the state house of corrections was
brought here. 
Rev. S. Washington Gardner, J.I. Buell, D.F. Barnes, Rev. Lennox, A.B. Moore and
W.H. Burch, Methodist pastors took part in the funeral obsequies. 

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