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| Name | Michael M. Brunson, Jr. |
| Photographer | F. LaRoche |
| Highest Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | Co. A, 137th Pennsylvania Infantry |
| Born | October 19, 1839 |
| Place Born | Pennsylvania |
| Died | February 13, 1917 |
| Place Died | Seattle, WA |
| Buried | Lake View (Seattle) |
| Service Record | Enlisted on 8/20/1862 as a Sergeant; on 8/20/1862 mustered into "A" Co. PA 137th Infantry; Mustered Out on 6/2/1863 |
| Obit/Notes | Stevens Post Vice-Commander 1915
--Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Thursday, February 15, 1917, page 18, column C
FUNERAL OF VETERAN TO BE HELD FRIDAY
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The funeral of Michael Brunson, commander of the Stevens Post, G. A. R., will be held at the Home Undertaking chapel at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Rev. W. L. Fisher will officiate. Mr. Brunson was born in Pennsylvania, October 19, 1839. He was married in 1866 to Josephine S. Johnston, who died a year ago. Two children survive. He had been a resident of Seattle since 1885. January 27 of this year he suffered a stroke of paralysis. The funeral services will be under the direction of the Grand Army of the Republic. Interment will take place at the Lake View cemetery.
--Ibid., Friday, February 16, 1917, page 12, column G
ATTENTION, STEVENS POST, G. A. R.
BRUNSON--In this city, February 13, 1917, MICHAEL BRUNSON, aged 77 years, beloved father of Mrs. Mabel E. Wilson and W. W. Brunson.
Funeral services this (Friday) afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Home Undertaking Co. chapel, Ninth and Union, under auspices of Stevens Post, G. A. R., and Mckinley Circle. No flowers. |
| Subjects (TGM) | Brunson, Michael M., 1839-1917--Portrait photographs
Grand Army of the Republic. Stevens Post No. 1--People--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
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| Digital Collection | Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits
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| Order Number | GAR089 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission, contact the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room in The Seattle Public Library at (206) 386-4633 or send email to sea@spl.org. |
| Photograph Number | 25.1 |
| Repository | Seattle Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room, Local History Collection |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as 400 ppi TIFF on a Microtek 9800 scanner; derivatives created using Adobe Photoshop (600 pixels wide) and saved as a JPG file using Photoshop's image quality "8". Scanning performed in 1/2007. |
| Studio Location | Seattle, WA |
| Original Creator | Laroche, Frank |
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