Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-28
CAPT. GUNTHER
FOUND DEAD IN BED
WELL KNOWN MILITARY MAN, VET
ERAN OF CIVIL WAR, DIES AT
HOME OF HIS SISTER.
END CAME WITHOUT WARNING.
Retired Monday Night in Usual Health
and Had No Intimation of APP
preaching Close.
PROMINENT IN LOYAL LEGION.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. May -. 1907
capt. Arthur W. Gunther, prominent
III military circles i'll Wisconsin, an ac-
tive member of Wisconsin commandery.
Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and
president of the Association of Retired
Officers of the Army of Union Volun-
teers. was found dead this morning IN
his bed at the summer home. on Pine
lake lHartland) of his sister, Mrs Chris
tan Wall. Capt. Gunther. who WAS 10
Years of age, had been in his usual
health and retired ON Monday night with
no lntimatlon of the end or of feeling
all. He made no complaint of sickness
ut any time, and his death, which re-
suited from Il stroke of apopleXy, came
as terrible shock to his relatives and
friends.
The funeral will be held from the
home Of the sister on Thursday after
noon at o'clock. 1t will be conducted
under military auspices, and companions
OF Wisconsin cOmmandery, LOYAL Lee
glon, will attend III a body. Interment
will be at Hartland, wher Capt Gun
Their made his home prior to engaging in
business in Milwaukee, that of an i'm
porting wine merchant.
Served Throughout War.
Capt. Gunther was Il native of IeiDsic,
Germany, where he was born November
%. 1886. He came to the United States
when a young man, locating in Kansas.
At the beginning of the war he took
the side of the Union and enlisted on
May II, 1861, in Co. b, Second Kansas
cavalry, for the three months service,
by which time, as was generally be
lieved, the war would be ended. lie re-
enlisted at once; was made captain of
his company, and served with distinc-
ton through the war, being mustered
out of service with his company in De-
tober, 1861. He then enlisted in Co.
H, Second Kansas regiment in 1862,
and was hOnorably discharged March
Is, 1865. During the rebellion Capt.
Gunther served on the frontier, taking
part in the engagements of Wilson's
Creek, 1861; Prairie Grove, 1862, and
Jenkins Ferry, Ark, in 1864, receiving
a wound at Prairie Grove which dis
abled HIM for time
Shortly after the close of the war he
came to Wisconsin, locating on Pine
Lake, at Hartland, where he resided
for number of years. He was elected
an original companion of the first class
IN Wisconsin cOmmandery, Loyal Legion,
November 3. 1886 Several years ago he
became active, as president of the asso-
citation of officers of the volunteer army
in the now pending bill in Congress for
the regular retirement of all officers who
served through the war, with certain
pension regulations. This measure, which
was favorably reported by the commit
tees on military affairs in both the Sen
ate and House, failed of passage before
adjournment.
Based On Old Precedent.
1t is based upon the precedent estab-
IiShed with reference to officers who
served in the American revolution, and
who, by act of Congress forty years aft
er that war, were placed upon the reg
uiar retired list and received a per-
centage Of officers pay while they lived.
For number of years Capt. Gunther
was engaged in this city i'll the wine
business u an importer. lie had an
office for some years in the Merrill
building, bat on May l Of the present
year, he retired and stored his office
furniture. About the same time he went
to Pine Lake to remain during the sum-
mer. at the home of his sister Mrs.
Wahl.
Capt. Gunther is survived by his wife,
Il son, w. Sands Gunther. residing in
Cleveland, o., and two daughters, Mrs.
James Thompson of Chicago and Miss
Grace Gunther, who has been residing
with her parents in this city and at
Tartland, and his sister, Mrs. VAIL.