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HUNTER, William G.Entry/Object ID
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William G. Hunter
DEATH CLAIMS WM. G. HUNTER
Clinton Pioneer And Last of Ovid G. A. R. Charter Members Dies
William G. Hunter, prominent and well known Ovid township resident for 64 years, died at his home in Lansing Sunday, February 17, 1929, in his eightieth year. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at Lansing and burial was made in Ovid cemetery.
William G. Hunter was born at ____ Canada on October 25, 1849, the son of George G. and Harriet Hunter and when eight years of age came to Ovid township, Clinton county, where he resided until 1924 when he took up the residence in Lansing. On November 3, 1870 he married Mary I. Bradshaw who died in 1893. Seven children were born of the marriage, three of them now surviving. In 1893 Mr. Hunter married Jane Howe, of Olive township, who has been a most devoted wife and mother and who survives him.
Mr. Hunter served in the Civil War in Co. K. 30th Michigan Infantry, and was a charter member of George A. Winans Post No. 104, G. A. R. at Ovid. He was the last of 23 charter members to be taken. He was a Mason and Oddfellow for many years. Mr. Hunter was a member of the Pilgrim Congregational church at Lansing.
Three children survive, George G. Hunter, St. Johns, Mich.; Harriet P. Hunter, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. H. D. Potter, Lansing.
Clinton Republican
February 21, 1929
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