Iowa Family Group Sheet for Moses Bunker Family Submitted by Barbara Clark Email address: barbc@bmi.net Husband: Moses BUNKER Born: 27 Nov 1818 - Chambly, Quebec, Canada Died: 27 Dec 1880 - , Cedar, Iowa, USA Buried: Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Father: Moses Bunker (1786-1856) Mother: Marie Angelique Besset (1796-1824) Married: 19 Nov 1843 Place: Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Wife: Sarah A SNYDER Born: 25 Aug 1822 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA Died: 10 Jul 1910 - Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Buried: Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Father: Joseph K Snyder (1797-1874) Mother: Sarah Ann Flamand (1798-1861) Children 1 F Mariah BUNKER Born: 15 Jul 1846 - Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Died: 3 Apr 1928 - Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Buried: Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA Spouse: Drayton Hays Gunsolus (1845-1894) Marr. Date: 25 Nov 1879 2 F Ada L BUNKER Born: 26 Sep 1848 - Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Spouse: John McCLOSKEY ( - ) Marr. Date: 4 Apr 1867 Spouse: William Miller ( - ) Marr. Date: Bef 10 Jul 1910 3 F Ida BUNKER Born: Abt 1853 - Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Died: Bef 14 Jul 1910 Spouse: Russell Piatt ( - ) Marr. Date: 2 Mar 1876 Spouse: WASSER ( - ) 4 F Mary BUNKER Born: Abt 1855 - Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Spouse: Jerry O'dell ( - ) Spouse: John Hunter ( - ) Marr. Date: Bef 10 Jul 1910 5 F Emma BUNKER Born: Abt 1857 - Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Spouse: Arthur Risinger ( - ) 6 M Joseph William BUNKER Born: 18 Jun 1859 - Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Died: 6 Aug 1928 - Vancouver, Clark, Washington, USA Buried: Aug 1928 - Vancouver, Clark, Washington, USA Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Coutts (1859-1945) Marr. Date: 10 May 1883 - Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Spouse: Emorie Amanda Davis (1861-1940) Marr. Date: 22 Jun 1904 - Cresco, Howard, Iowa, USA 7 M Moses F BUNKER Born: 13 May 1863 - Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA Died: 13 Apr 1928 Spouse: Luella Garner ( - ) 8 F Ellen M BUNKER Born: Abt 1871 - Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA spouse: Walter Garrett ( - ) General Notes (Husband) Bunker, Moses, proprietor Bunker Hill Stock Farm, S. 28; P.O. Tipton; was born in Chambly, Lower Canada, in 1819. He left there when 17 years of age; went to Albany Co., near Albany, N.Y., where he remained about three years. He came to Cedar Co. in June, 1840; in 1849, Mr. B. went to California overland route, and drove a team of oxen all the way, where he remained until 1851; engaged in mining; in 1851, he located where he now lives; his home farm contains about 900 acres, and is one of the best improved in the county; in November, 1843, he married Miss Sarah A., daughter of Joseph K. Snyder; she was born in Philadelphia and raised in Harrison Co., Ind.; she came to the county in the Fall of 1838; they have two sons and five daughters - Mariah, Ada L. (now Mrs. John McCloskey), Ida (now Mrs. Russell Piatt), Mary, Emma, Joseph W. and Moses F. (History of Cedar County) BIRTH: Moses Bunker, 1819, Chambly, Lower Canada (see above bio.) Moses Bunker, 27 November 1818, Chambly, Quebec, Canada (Bunker Genealogy by Moran) DEATH: Moses Bunker, after June 1880 (Bunker Genealogy by Moran) General Notes (Wife) Mrs. S.A. Bunker The father of the subject of this sketch was born in Philadelphia, PA. Her mother's maiden name was Sarah A. Flamand. Mrs Bunker was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1822. Her husband, Moses Bunker, died in 1880. He was highly esteemed and well liked in the community in which he lived. The subject of our sketch has six children living: Maria Gunsolus, now of California; Ada McCrosky, now of Primghar, Iowa; Mary Hunter, now of California; Mrs. Risinger, now of Livermore, Iowa; Joseph M., of Humboldt County, Iowa; Moses Z., now of Tipton, Iowa. The subject of our sketch came west in 1838, and a little later settled in Cedar County, where, for years, she lived on a farm, but in later years moved to Tipton, Iowa. She is a member of the Presbyterian church, and has been interested in giving her children good opportunities for an education. She has given careful attention to the business management of the property accumulated by herself and he husband. (History of Cedar Co. Iowa, Vol. 2 1901) BIRTH: S. A. , 1822, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (see above sketch) BIRTH: Sarah Ann, 25 August 1822, Philadelphia (Death Certificate) BIRTH: Sarah A. Snyder, about 1820-21, Philadelphia, Pa.(Bunker Genealogy by Moran) DEATH: Sarah Ann Bunker, 10 July 1910, Tipton, Iowa (Death Certificate) DEATH: Sarah A. Bunker, 10 July 1910, Tipton, Iowa (Obit) DEATH: Sarah A., July 1910, Tipton, Iowa (Bunker Genealogy by Moran) OBITUARY: In the death of Mrs. Sarah A. Bunker which occurred last Sunday morning passed one of the first of the pioneer women settlers of Cedar County. She had arrived at the age of 87 years, 11 months and --- days, when called by death. Her illness due principally to the infirmities natural to age had been of long duration and was not wholly unexpected. Mrs. Bunker was a daughter of J.K. Snyder who was among the first pioneers who came to Tipton. She was born in Philadelphia, reared in Harrison county, Indiana, coming to Iowa with her parents in 1838, this county was her home ever since with the exception of a brief period when she lived with her husband on a farm near Mt. Vernon. During the course of her long and blameless life she won the friendship and respect of all who knew her and leaves behind her the cherished memory of a good mother and a good woman. Her husband preceded her in death passing away in 1880. A few years later she removed from the Fairfield township farm to Tipton where her home was since made with her daughters. She is survived by her daughters Mrs. Maria Gunsolus, Mrs. Ada Miller, Mrs. Mary Hunter, Mrs. Emma Risinger, and Mrs. Ella Garrett. One daughter, Mrs. Ida Wasser, is deceased. Her sons Joseph and M.F. also survive. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church by Rev. J.C. Christie. Interment was in the Masonic Cemetery. Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were Mrs. Ada Miller, Mrs. Emma Risinger, Mrs. Ella Garrett, Dr. and Mrs. Harkness, Wm. Snyder and son, W.E. Shardaer, and Chas. Gillett. (Tipton Advertiser, 14 July 1910, page 5, column 5) Notes (Married) November 1843 (see Moses Bunker bio) November 1843 (Bunker Genealogy by Moran) 19 Nov 1843 (Early Marriages, Cedar County, Iowa 1841-1844) ************************************************** Copyright © 2009 by Barb Clark. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************