Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-03-11
LEAVES A W|FE
AND SEVEN CHILDREN
Attorney Harrison N. Durham
Found Dead in His Bed Last
Saturday Morning.
HAD HEART TROUBLE
AND NERVOUS AILMEMT
The Family Well Protected by Life
Insurance In Three Different Fra
ternal Societies.
The citizens of this place were consi,

The citizens of this place were consid-
erably shocked last Saturday morning
to learn of the sudden death Of ii. Nj.
Dunham, a well-known attorney. He
had retired the night previous In good
health as usual, but when his youngest
son went to his room to call him in the
morning no response could be obtained.
Notifying his mother at once, she went
TO the room and at the first glance knew
that life had departed from the body OF
her husband She Immediately in
formed relatives who lived near neigh
bors and physician was sent for, who
ascertained that he had been dead for
several hours. Chloral was found in a
glass on the stand near the bed, bat as
Mr.. Dunham had been in the habit OF
taking the drug TO produce sleep, it is
thought that he either took an overdose
or that heart trouble, with which he
was a sufferer. caused his death. he
was OF a highly nervous temperament and
was afflicted with insomnia as well as
heart trouble, which caused him to take
opiates TO obtain relief.
He had been under a nervous strain
for several days over the news OF the
death Of his youngest sister, Mrs. +. b.
Wightman, and was deeply affected. A
daughter was also very i'll with periton-
tits and that no doubt weighed upon
his mind TO some extent.
A coroner's jury consisting of &. l..
Delavan, Frank Barnes, Howard Will
lard, VIM. Hannah, w. w. Oaple and
Oaris Brown, was impaneled and after
viewing the body an adjournment was
made until 80 in the afternoon, but
previous to that time the prosecuting
attorney had been consulted and he
ordered the jury discharged from furth'
er service on the grounds that there wa
no evidences OF criminal nature
against any person
The funeral was held from the resi-
dence on Tuesday and the remains were
inferred in Riverside cemetery. The
family have the sympathy OF the entire
community in their bereavement. One
feature that in some measure relievei
the future for Jhem, however, is the life
insurance carried by Mr.. Dunham. Ht
was a member OF the A. o. L. W., the
New Era and the NJ. w. A, and carried
policies In them all.
Harrison NJ. Dunham was born in
Oakland county, this state, April %
1857. His boyhood days were spent up
on farm where he received common
school education. Early in life he oon'
ceived the idea of becoming lawyer
and spent his spare time in the study OF
Blackstone and other law books as ht
was enabled to do 30. In this manner
he acquired sufficient knowledge Of the
profession 10 pass creditable examin.
alton and was admitted to the bar in
1888. He was soon after elected 30 the
office of judge OF probate OF Wexford
county. which position he held foi
eight years, and afterwards served al
police justice Of the city Of Cadillac
where he lived and practicsd his pro
tession for fourteen years.
In 1896 Mr.. Dunham moved 20 Granc
Rapids where he continued the praotio'
OF his profession until 1901 when ht
moved TO Alma where the law engaged
his attention up to the time Of his death
In 1888 he was married 10 Miss Kitti'
Parks, OF Cadillac, who now survive
him, as we'll rs seven children As th'
result OF their union. He was man o
strong convictions, with an extremel,
sympathetic nature, devotedly attached
to his family, and generous 30 fault
Besides his immediate family he leave
a father and mother, three sisters and
brother to mourn their loss. His young
est sister proceeded him in death b.
only four days.