Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Train, Edson H. 1897
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The Lowell Ledger, November 4, 1897


Edson H. Train died at his home in Segwun, this township, Saturday, October 
30.  Funeral services were held at the M. E. church on Tuesday, under the 
auspices of Wilson Post, G.A.R. and Rev. L. N. Pattison delivered the funeral 
address.

Mr. Train was born in Vermont February 22, 1838, the youngest of his father’s 
family.  His parents came to Michigan when Edson was two years of age and 
located in Boston township.  He was a volunteer soldier in the United States 
army during the Civil war, and after a service of one year and fifteen days 
was discharged on account of disability. He was married to Mrs. Elizabeth 
Carter in the spring of 1866.  In the year 1885 he became a member of the 
G.A.R., joining Wilson Post in this village.  He was a loyal member of the 
post, and at his own request was buried with the G.A.R. ritualistic service.  
In 1893 Mr. Train joined the Methodist Episcopal church of Lowell and was a 
member of that society until his death.  A widow and two daughters are bereft 
of husband and father.


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