Ionia-Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Train, James K. 1925
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The Ionia County News, Thursday, April 2, 1925

James K. Train, former Ionian, a resident of Edmore, died at the home of his 
daughter in Lansing last week.  He conducted a drayage business here one time 
and kept a boarding house, being well known to a large number of the older 
residents of this county.

His funeral was held at Edmore and was attended by a large number of Elks of 
this city, of which lodge he was an active member.  In the party attending the 
obsequies were: Henry F. Voelker, Thane Benedict, Asa Burnett, Fred Howard, 
William Winchell, Earl Wright, Herbert Brunn, J. H. Hemingway, Al Tuttle.

Mr. Train was former postmaster of Edmore and active in the fraternal orders, 
such as the B.P.O.E., L.O.O.M., I.O.O.F. and G.A.R.  He was a Civil war 
veteran and was a member of the Soldiers’ Home at Grand Rapids for some time.

He was born in Stephen county, Indiana, in 1847, and with his parents came to 
Cass county when a month old.  He resided there for 16 years, when he joined 
the army, September 11, 1863, and was honorably discharged August 20, 1865.

He moved from Cass county to Barry county and wad married on Thanksgiving day 
of 1865.  In 1871 he moved to Ionia and engaged in the dray business and 
conducted a boarding house.  In 1878 he moved to Edmore.  


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