Michigan government clerk Albert Dunham worked for the Secretary of State in Lansing.
Albert Dunham was born in Pulaski Township, Jackson County, Michigan on June 1, 1845, to Harrison and Mary (Skillen) Dunham, pioneers of the county. In February 1865, Dunham enlisted in Company D, 2nd Michigan Infantry and was immediately sent to the front, joining the Army of the Potomac. He took part in all the battles around Richmond and Petersburg that his regiment engaged in. He attended the Grand Review at Washington in June 1865, and was honorably discharged with his regiment the following year. On returning home, Dunham went into the grocery business in Jackson. He married Lucina J. Center in 1886. Three years later, he was appointed Assistant Quarter Master General of the Grand Army of the Republic of the State of Michigan. In December of the same year he was appointed chief clerk of the Jackson Post Office. By 1904, Dunham was working as Clerk for the Michigan Secretary of State, and living in Lansing.
From the description of Albert Dunham papers, 1898-1920. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 297415400
