Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 347
ALFRED TUNISON, an early settler, and a representative farmer of Sweetland Township, residing on section 33, was born April 2, 1831, in Stillwater Township, Sussex Co., N. J., and is a son of Henry and Ann ( Simmons ), Tunison. His boyhood days were spent in his native county, and there his education was received, but in 1851, when twenty years of age, he left the parental roof and went West to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he engaged in farming until 1853. At that time he determined to make Iowa his future home, and came to Muscatine County, taking up his residence in Sweetland Township, where he has since continued to reside.

Mr. Tunison here formed the acquaintance of Miss Mary Moss, their acquaintanceship ripened into love, and on the 25th of March, 1855, they were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. Mrs. Tunison was born Oct. 21, 1834, in Dearborn County, Ind., and when nineteen years of age came with her parents, Harvey and Elizabeth ( Stephens ) Moss, to Muscatine County, where she has since continued to reside. Four children came to gladden the home of this worthy couple, and three of that number are yet living : George, the eldest, born March 4, 1856, is now deceased ;Harvey, born Dec. 17, 1859, is the husband of Mary Holling, and is engaged in farming in Sweetland Township ; Elba, born Oct. 13, 1863, became the wife of Charles Haifleigh in 1885 ; Carrie, the youngest child, is the wife of J. H. Harris. Mr. Tunison is a man of progressive ideas, and takes great pleasure in his home surroundings. His farm of 160 acres is one of the most highly cultivated in the county, his stock is all of the best grades, and his barns and out-buildings are models of convenience. His home is one of the most beautiful residences of Muscatine County, and he is continually adding other attractions, sparing neither time nor expense. Mr. Tunison is also well informed on all matters of general interest, and is ever ready to aid in any enterprise for the general welfare of the community. A residence of a third of a century in this county has made for him a host of friends, and many even who have not known him personally will be pleased to see his portrait in this work, as well as that of his most estimable wife.

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