CHARLES W. PULLMAN, farmer, sec. 16, Big Rapids Tp., was born in Oxford Co., Upper Canada, Jan. 22, 1856. His father George Pullman, was of English descent and born in New York in 1829. He was a soldier in the civil war and died in captivity in Libby prison, in December 1863. The mother, Mary (Cramer) Pullman, was born in 1837, in Germany, and died in Oxford Co., Can., in December 1863, in the same month she was left a widow. She was the mother of three children: Albert W. was born Oct. 14, 1858 and settled in Big Rapids Feb. 15, 1870, in compnay with Mr. Pullman of this sketch. George R. was born in 1860 and died the following year.
Mr. Pullman was married Oct. 13, 1880, to Margaret A. Mc Cune, daughter of Samuel and Eliza (McKee) McCune, born Jan. 13, 1861, in Mecosta County. Of this marriage there is one child, George R., born March 6, 1882. Mr. Pullman is a Republican in his political views.
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