Bunker, William W.

BUNKER

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 9/16/2019 at 12:13:37

William W. Bunker
born in Penn. in 1845

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.582)
WILLIAM W. BUNKER, Walnut, Iowa. Mr. BUNKER is of an old American family. His grandfather came from Wales and settled in Pennsylvania. His son, Andrew BUNKER, father of William W., was born in Pennsylvania and settled on a farm in Clarion County, that state. He married Sarah HOWE, of old Pennsylvania-Dutch descent. To Mr. And Mrs. BUNKER were born thirteen children, named William, Melville, Elizabeth, George (deceased), Nathan, Thomas, James, Julia, John, Frank, Robert, Andrew and Emma. Mr. BUNKER lived on his farm in Clarion County, Pennsylvania for fifteen years, and in 1857 he removed to Muscatine County, Iowa, twelve miles west of Davenport and lived there until 1863; then he went to a farm two miles south, and there he still resides. He was born in 1814. Mr. And Mrs. BUNKER were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in June 1888, at the age of fifty-six years. Mr. BUNKER is a man who has always been honest and industrious. He came to Iowa a poor man and made a fine property, consisting of 240 acres of fine farm land, and is now a substantial farmer. He has, since he came to Iowa, worked very hard and is now living at the advanced age of fifty-six years. In politics he is a Democrat.

William W. BUNKER, son of the above and our subject, was born in 1845 in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and received a common-school education. At the age of twelve, he came to Iowa and has since been a citizen of this state, becoming an adept at farming when quite young. At the age of twenty three, in 1869, he married Miss Sarah C. KIRK, daughter of Robert and Martha KIRK, and they have had five children: Edward H., Harry K., Amanda E., Orion M. and Raymond. After marriage, Mr. BUNKER settled down to farming in Muscatine County, Iowa, and after two years bought his farm and lived there for five years, and in 1876 he came to Layton Township, this county, and bought his present farm consisting of 163 acres of fine farming land, and is in prosperous circumstances. Mrs. BUNKER is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Politically, Mr. BUNKER is a Democrat. A man who has the respect of his fellow citizens, he has held the office of assessor and school director, has taken an active interest in the schools, was School Director and Township Clerk of Muscatine County, and is giving his children a good education. He stands high as an honorable public-spirited citizen, whose word is as good as his bond. Mr. Bunker's brothers and sisters are: Eliza J., Matilda, Thomas, Sarah C., Robert, Emma, William and Martha.