Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-15
CHARLES F. DUNBAR
Passed Away at His Home in This City
After A Long Illness, This Morning.

| IOunQer OF The OLD ]eWelry Hrm OF y.
E. Dunbar & Co., passed away at his
home, 713 Fifth street, this Tuesday
morning, June 18th, 1915, at 3 o'clock,
after an illness which dates back six
years ago in July, at which time he
was stricken with paralysis, his left
side being affected.
Mr.. Dunbar while unable to con-
tinue active business, his large and
varied interests of Wausau and north
ern Wisconsin and Michigan were
placed in competent hands and I'M
der his casual direction has continued
to prosper
During the six years of retirement
Mr.. Dunbar's health was such as to en-
able him to enjoy his home and family
and his hosts of friends. This con-
tinued up to last Friday, when he
was taken seriously ill and since he
became gradually weaker until the
end came this morning. Sunday and
Monday it was evident to his family
and friends that dissolution was ap-
preaching and though expected, his
death comes as a shock to the COM
munity and there are expressions of
deep sorrow heard on every hand.
Mr.. Dunbar, for over forty years
has been identified with the business
and social life of Wausau. He was
possessed of large business capacities
and from the very outset of his life
in Wausau, he assumed large respon-
sibiIities and carried them through
with great success. He was identi-
fed with every movement of NOM
ent for the past forty years, that
was for the adv ancement and growth
of Wausau, and our city owes much to
this excellent man for it's progress
and emnience it has achieved among
the great cities of our state, and it
can be truly said that his death is
deeply mourned by the entire COM
munity and throughout the state
where he is known.
Charles. +. Dunbar was born in
Belchertown, Mass, October Sth,
1915. After securing an education he
learned the jewelry business in Am
herst, Mass, after that he resided in
Hartford, Conn. for a time and in
1860 was in the U. S. Armory, at
Springfield, Mass, where he remained
during the war and then went on the
road selling counterfeit detectors to
banks. In 1866 he came to Wisconsin
and conducted jewelry store in Hud-
son for four years. He then located
in Menasha where he cOnduced a
jeWelry business. He disposed of this
and came to Wausau in 1874. He
first opened Jewelry store in the old
Music hall block. Later he erected
business block on Third street be-
tween Jackson and Washington Sts.,
which was afterWard moved to site
just north of where the east side
engine house now stands.
His business grew to such large
proportions that he found it neces-
sary to secure larger quarters and he
purchased and moved to the present
location. By his ability and know
ledge of the business he build up one
OF the largest and best jewelry con-
Germs in Northern Wisconsin. He
selected the best young men he could
find and associated them in business
with him and the firm has been
known for many years as G. +. Dun
bar & Co., and is familiar to all in
the Wisconsin River Valley.
Mr.. Dunbar, soon after coming to
Wausau, entered extensively into
real estate and numbering in which he
was remarkably successful and be-
came identified with very large int
rests.
He became owner of thousands of
acres of pine lands in Marathon, Lin
coin, Oneida, Villas and Forest coun-
ties. He plated what is known as
the Dunbar west side addition to
Wausau." He purchased with the
Hon. Neal Brown, the large real es-
tate holdings of Andrew Warren, Jr.,
which included nearly all the vacant
on the east side of the river
to the city limits of Wausau-about
400 lots and 200 acres which were not
plated. He was interested in
of our manufacturing insti-
buttons and was one the heaviest
in the First National
Bank and became one of its directors
which position he held until taken
ill six years ago.
He is recognized as one of the most
progressive men of our city. While
he was a staunch republican he was
in no way politician, yet he re-
sponded to the call of his fellow citi-
zens and filled offices of responsibility
in our city on several occasions.
He was a valued member of the
Masonic bodies-FOrest Lodge No. $780,
+. & A. NJ; Wausau Chapter, No. 81,
r. a. NJ; st. Omer Commandery, No.
10, X. T. Also belonged to the Odd
Fellows, Knights of Pythias and
Elks.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Letitia Single, youngest daughter of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A.
Single, pioneer residents of Wausau
on the 10Th day of November, 1876.
To this union four children were
born, Roy. Nell, Margaret and Charles.
Roy and Charles died in childhood.
He is survived by his wife and the
Misses Nell and Margaret Dunbar.
The funeral services will take place
from the home on Thursday morning
at 10 O'Clock, the Rev. John LLOYD,
rector of st. Johns church, officiat-
ing. Interment will be in Pine Grove
cemetery.