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- The Weekly Recorder, Thursday, June 16, 1892.
Col. George Hugunin died Monday, June 6, at his late home, 513 Lodl street, Syracuse, and was buried at Oswego with military honors Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the family residence, the following members of Root Post, G. A. R., of which he was a member, acting as pall bearers: Richard Dunn, Nelson Gilbert, F. A. Tallman, Orson Coville, Daniel E. Hayden, Edward Drake. The remains lying in state at the Armory in Oswego, were viewed by thousands of old friends, as had been the expressed wish of Colonel Hugunin before his death, and the two Oswego posts and the 28th Separate Company with band marched in the funeral procession. Colonel Hugunin was 62 years of age, and had lived in Syracuse since 1880. He was of an old and prominent family of Oswego, and was postmaster of that city under the Grant administration. He was a faithful soldier and carried several wounds from rifle balls which hastened his death. He was much interested in the G. A. R., had held several important offices, and at the time of his death was an Aide-de-camp on the staff of the Commander-in-chief. During the war he served in the 147th N. Y. Vols. During his residence in Oswego he commanded the 48th Regt., N. G. S. N. Y.
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