Charles Bunn & Bill Bowman Obituaries

                           
                                                              Charles S. Bunn

Charles Sumner Bunn 87-years old resident of the Shinnecock Indian Reservation and the last of the old regime there passed away last Friday October 17 after a years illness.

Chief Bunn was the son of Mary Emma and David Walkus Bunn, was one of three surviving descendants of the stalwart Reservation braves who perished in the salvage of the Circassion which was ship wrecked off Southampton in 1876.  A highly regarded and colorful figure in this community where he had many friends both among the year round and the summer residents, Mr. Bunn was a professional guide and trapper.  He conducted many hunting parties locally and had traveled with parties extensively in the United States and Canada.  He was well known for his life-like decoys which he carved.

He was a graduate of New Paltz Normal School and a member of the Masonic Order, an elder for the Presbyterian and a delegate to the Synod in Syracuse.

Funeral services were held in the First Presbyterian Church on Monday afternoon with the Rev. Paul Robinson conducting the services assisted by the Rev. Dr. Jess Halsey a life long friend of the deceased.  Serving as pall bearers were Cortland Cuffee, Lincoln Smith, Walter Wise, Raymond Gardener, Harry Walker and Delancy Bailey.

Source:  Newspaper clipping comes from the David Martine collection (C. S. Bunn's Great Grandson). The newspaper is not identified.

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                                                             William Bowman  
                                                       
The death of William H. Bowman occurred on Wednesday at the age of 82 years of Old Town. The funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Saturday at the residents of H.F. Bailey, Great Works.

Source: Bangor Daily News March 23 1906: see Gunners Paradise 1979- page 136 Appendix A.

By comparing the two obituaries, it is very plain to see who the decoy maker was.