biography of Charles M. Colonel LUM (1827-1899)

Birth place: Canandaigua, NY

Death place: Detroit, MI

Addresses: Detroit, MI, 1851-99

Profession: Listed as "artist"

Exhibited: Michigan State Fair, 1852, 1854; Detroit Gallery of Fine Arts, 1852; Detroit Art Assoc., 1875-76

Comments: Served in the Civil War. Specialty: animals, scenic works, banners and decorations.

Sources: G&W; 8 Census (1860), Mich., XX, 100; Detroit CD 1861. More recently, see, Gibson, Artists of Early Michigan, 163. Gibson states a birth date of 1830.