Proof of parentage for Jesse Bunch:
Jesse Bunch, along with his siblings Lively (Bunch) Goins, Frances Bunch, Samuel Bunch, and Joseph Bunch, are named in the final settlement of Rachel Bunch, widow of Joseph Bunch.
Rachel states: 4thly I give and bequeath to Jesse Bunch, Lively Goins, Francis Bunch, Samuel Bunch and Joseph Bunch the sum of my daughter Lively one dollar cash to be equally paid by Emaline Stewart and Martha Jane Bunch out of their share of the estate or to be raised and paid by them. Last I do hereby nominate and appoint William Babb my executor in witness where of I do this my will set my hand and seal this 19 th day of May 1848.
Rachel states this in a way to cause one to believe that Lively is her natural daughter, but the others are heirs to Joseph, but probably her step-children. She is leaving everything to Lively's 2 daughters.
Jesse Bunch was a Melungeon. Although I had never heard of a Melungeon before I did research on the Jesse Bunch family, the Melungeons have carefully preserved the legend of their history. This legend included an original descent from Portuguese adventures, keep in mind now this is before white people setteled in North America, and then later they intermarried with Indians, then Whites and Negroes.
Certain surnames are associated with the Melungeons, and the name BUNCH is a very popular one. This is not to say that everyone named Bunch is a Melungeon, but many Melungeons are named Bunch.
The shortest and one of the oldest written definitions for a Melungeon, was found in a dictionary written in 1892. Here it is: "One of a very dark people living in the Mountains of Tennessee-." By Dr. Isaac K. Funk.. New Standard dictionary of the English Language, p 1548.
Stone found in Seligman Cemetery, Barry County, Missouri,
GOINS is another popular surname of the Melungeons
(I will try now to create a timeline on the Bunch families in Greene County, Indiana. Additions and corrections are very, very, very welcomed.)
Greene County, Indiana 1830 Census
Legend for Free Colored Persons - 1st. column are Males and 2nd. column are Females:
1. - under 10
2. - 10 to under 24
3. - 24 to under 36
4. - 36 to under 55
5. - 55 to under 100
6. - 100 and above
Page 182 - Here were listed all "Free Colored Persons" on the 1830 Greene County, Indiana Census. I have printed out all information on each family beneath the census entry.
If any of you can identfy any of the people on the 1830, and 1840, Greene County, Indiana Census, I would greatly appreciate the help.
BUNCH, Julius - 100010 - - - 000000
1 male under 10
1 male 55 to under 100 (Julius Bunch)
NOLEN, Samuel - 400100 - - - 001000
4 males under 10
1 male 36 to under 55 (Samuel Nolen)
1 female 24 to under 36 (Samuel Nolen's wife)
MITCHEL, John - 110010 - - - 040010
1 male under 10
1 male 10 to under 24
1 male 55 to under 100 (John Mitchel)
4 females 10 to under 24
1 female 55 to under 100 (John Mitchel's wife)
JONES, York - 100010 - - - 020000
1 male under 10
1 male 55 to under 100 (York Jones)
2 females 10 to under 24
BUNCH, Israel - 010000 - 110000
1 male 10 to 24 (Israel Bunch)
1 female under 10
1 female 10 to 24 (Israel’s wife) (This Israel Bunch is the son of Israel Bunch on the 1820 and 1830 Cumberland County, Kentucky Census. We note that the Israel Bunch on the Kentucky census was designated as white.)
BUNCH, Clayborn - 240010 - - - 011010
2 males under 10
4 males 10 to under 24
1 male 55 to under 100 (Clayborn Bunch)
1 female 10 to under 24
1 female 24 to under 36
1 female 55 to under 100 (Clayborn’s wife)
MOORE, Shadrack - 210100 - - - 200100
2 males under 10 (Joseph or Josiah Moore - Hanford Moore)
1 male 36 to under 55 (Shadrack Moore)
2 females under 10 (Susanna Moore born 1822, and ? Bunch)
1 female 36 to under 55 (Shadrack's wife Priscilla (Bunch) Moore) (Shadrack Moore married Priscilla Bunch in Cumberland County, Kentucky in 1816. They were in Cumberland County, Kentucky in 1820, Greene County, Indiana in 1830 and 1840, and in Shelby County, Illinois in 1850 where he is listed as a mulatto. The last we see of Shadrack is on the 1855 Illinois State Census.) (Joseph or Josiah Moore married Frances Bunch in Shelby County, Illinois, and Hanford Moore married Mary A. Bunch in Shelby County, Illinois.)
BUNCH, James - 001000 - - - 000000
1 male 24 to under 36 (James Bunch)
1. - Under 5 years
2. - 5 to under 10
3. - 10 to under 15
4. - 15 to under 20
5. - 20 to under 30
6. - 30 to under 40
7. - 40 to under 50
8. - 50 to under 60
9. - 60 to under 70
10. - 70 to under 80
11. - 80 to under 90
12. - 90 to under 100
13. - 100 and above
Legend for Free Colored Persons - 1st. column are Males and 2nd. column are Females:
1. - under 10
2. - 10 to under 24
3. - 24 to under 36
4. - 36 to under 55
5. - 55 to under 100
6. - 100 and above
Here I have listed all "Free Colored People" on the 1840 Census of Greene County, Indiana. This is about 25 years before the Civil War.
Page 106
BURGE, John - 1100010000000 - - - 1110100000000 - - - 000100 - - - 000000
(This is a white family with 1 free colored male, 24 to under 36, living with them.)
GOINGS, Claiborne - 100010 - - - 010010
1 male under 10
1 male 55 to under 100 (Claiborne Goings)
1 female 10 to under 24
1 female 55 to under 100 (Claiborne Goings wife)
GOINGS, John - 010000 - - - 110000
1 male 10 to under 24 (John Goings)
1 female under 10
1 female 10 to under 24 (John Goings wife)
Page 109
BUNCH, Jesse - 220100 - - - 130100
2 males under 10 (Benjamin Bunch - Evan Bunch)
2 males 10 to under 24 (maybe Joe, maybe not) Bunch - Jesse Bunch Jr.)
1 male 36 to under 55 (Jesse Bunch)
1 female under 10 (Celia Bunch)
3 females 10 to under 24 (Cynthia Bunch - Pheba Bunch - Ellen Bunch)
1 female 36 to under 55 (Jesse's wife Sarah (?) Bunch)
BUNCH, Israel - 411000 - - - 201000
4 males under 10
1 male 10 to under 24
1 male 24 to under 36 (Israel Bunch)
2 female under 10
1 female 24 to under 36 (This Israel Bunch is the son of Israel Bunch on the 1820 and 1830 Cumberland County, Kentucky Census. We note that the Israel Bunch on the Kentucky census was designated as white.)
BUNCH, James - 121000 - - - 101000
1 male under 10 (Benjamin Bunch)
2 males 10 to under 24
1 male 24 to under 36 (James Bunch)
1 female under 10
1 female 24 to under 36 (James Bunch's wife Mary (?) Bunch) (Benjamin "Ben" Bunch, born March 12, 1836, and died January 6, 1915 in Greene County, Indiana)
BUNCH, William - 201000 - - - 101000
2 males under 10
1 male 24 to under 36 (William Bunch)
1 female under 10
1 female 24 to under 36 (William Bunch's wife)
HEATHER, William - 0001000010000 - - - 0001100010000 - - - 010000 - - - 000000
(A white family with 1 free colored male, 10 to under 24, living with them.) (This colored male is probably Joseph Bunch, he married Anna Heather - 4 April 1843 - B - 34)
BUNCH, John - 110100 - - - 210000
1 male under 10
1 male 10 to under 24
1 male 36 to under 55 (John Bunch)
2 females under 10
1 female 10 to under 24
BUNCH, Claiborn - 010000 - - - 000000
1 male 10 to under 24 (Claiborn Bunch)
Page 111
MITCHEL, Henderson - 001000 - - - 001000
1 male 24 to under 36 (Mitchel Henderson)
1 female 24 to under 36 Mitchel Henderson's wife)
Page 113
MITCHEL, John - 100010 - - - 001010
1 male under 10
1 male 55 to under 100 (John Mitchel)
1 female 1 male 24 to under 36
1 female 55 to under 100 (John Mitchel's wife)
Page 114
BRADFORD, John - 0000010000000 - - - 0100001000000 - - - 001000 - - - 000000
(A white family with 1 free colored male, 24 to under 36, living with them.)
SLY, Pompey - 000010 - - - 000000
1 male 55 to under 100 (Pompey Sly)
Page 120
MARTIN, Jane (?) - 100100 - - - 000100
1 male under 10
1 male 36 to under 55 (husband)
1 female 36 to under 55 (wife)
Page 121
MOORE, Sidwell - 033100 - - - 011100
3 males 24 to under 36
1 male 36 to under 55 (Sidwell Moore)
1 female 10 to under 24
1 female 24 to under 36
1 female 36 to under 55 (Sidwell Moore's wife Martha (Hart) (1) Bunch (2) Moore) (Sidwell Moore's family moves to Shelby County, Illinois, along with Shadrack Moore's family by 1850, where he is listed as a mulatto.) (Sidwell's wife Martha Hart married (1) William Bunch then (2) Sidwell Moore, William and Martha (Hart) Bunch had a daughter named Leannah Bunch. Leannah married another William Bunch who is on the 1850 Shelby County, Illinois Census. Leannah is listed as a mulatto, and her husband William is listed as white. Leannah and William had a son, they named him William also. Leannah then goes on to Kansas and Missouri and marries twice more. Another child of Martha and William is Isaac Bunch. Isaac married Mary Bland and settled in Calhoun County, Illinois. Mary (Bland) Bunch had a brother Warren Bland, and they were the children of Elizabeth (Elizabeth is a male) Bland and Susan Bunch.)
MOORE, Shadrack - 011100 - - - 103100
1 male 10 to under 24 (Hanford Moore)
1 male 24 to under 36 (Joseph or Josiah Moore)
1 male 36 to under 55 (Shadrack Moore)
1 female under 10 (Ruth Moore born 1832)
3 females 24 to under 36 (Susanna Moore born 1822 - ? Bunch - ? Bunch)
1 female 36 to under 55 (Shadrack's wife Priscilla (Bunch) Moore) (Shadrack Moore had a brother John, who had daughters Lucinda, Jane and Amanda. These 3 Moore sisters married 3 Bunch brothers, David James and Benjamin. David and Lucinda were married in Shelby County, Illinois, James and Jane were married in Vigo County, Indiana, and Benjamin and Amanda were married in Shelby County, Illinois.) (Hanford Moore married Mary A. Bunch in Shelby County, Illinois.) (Joseph or Josiah Moore married Frances Bunch in Shelby County, Illinois.) (Shadrack Moore had another son Stephen who married Mahala Jane Bunch in Shelby County, Illinois.)
Bunch, Cynthia married Warren Bland - 12 July 1840 - C - 90
Bunch, Joseph married Anna Heather - 4 April 1843 - B - 34
1850 Greene County, Indiana Census, District No. 40 - 21 September, 1850 - Page 641
596/596 Jesse Bunch - age 70 - male - farmer - $400.00 - born in N.C.
Sarah Bunch - age 50 - female - born in N.C. - cannot read or write
Evan Bunch - age 18 - male - laborer - born in Tennessee
Benjamin Bunch - age 13 - male - born in Tennessee
Celia Bunch - age 11 - female - born in Tennessee
Pheba Edwards - age 25 - female - born in Tennessee - cannot read or write
Champlain Cox - age 23 - male - farmer - $200.00 - born in Virginia - cannot read or write
Ellenor Cox - age 23 - female - born in Virginia
602/602
Warren Bland - age 35 - male - farmer - $600.00 - born in Kentucky - cannot read or write
Cynthia Bland - age 25 - female - born in Tennessee - cannot read or write (daughter of Jesse Bunch)
Jesse P. Bland - age 8 - male - born in Indiana
Ella Bland - age 6 - female - born in Indiana
Evan Bland - age 3 - male - born in Indiana
George W. Bland - age 1 - male - born in Indiana
Bunch, Ellenor married Champlain Cox - 1 January 1850 - E - 142
Bunch, Pheba married Jesse Edwards - 8 January 1850 - E - 150
Bunch, Benjamin married Margaret Gobin - 6 August 1855 - F - 114
Bunch, Celia married Henry Roach - 11 October 1859 - F - 536
Bunch, Elisha married Charlette Sumner - 30 May 1859 - F - 509
1860 Greene County, Indiana Census, Richland Township - 18 July, 1860
986
Champlain Cox - age 40 - male - farmer - $1,000.00 - $200.00 - born in Virginia
Ellen Cox - age 25 - female - born in Tennessee (daughter of Jesse Bunch)
Amanda J. Cox - age 5 - female - born in Indiana
George W. Cox - age 3 - male - born in Indiana
987
Jesse Bunch - age 70 - male - farmer - $1,000.00 - $300.00 - born in Virginia
Sarah Bunch - age 55 - female - born in Virginia
Evan Bunch - age 23 - male - farm laborer - born in Tennessee
Benjamin Bunch - age 22 - male - farm laborer - born in Indiana
Pheba Bunch - age 30 - female - sewing - born in Tennessee
Henry Roach - age 21 - male - farm laborer - born in Indiana
Celia Roach - age 20 - female - born in Indiana
Highland Township
149
Joseph Bunch - age 47 - gun smith - $1,000.00 - $400.00 - born in N.C.
Anna Bunch - age 38 - born in Indiana
Mary F. Bunch - age 16 - born in Indiana
Sarah Bunch - 13 - born in Indiana
Phoeba Bunch - age 12 - born in Indiana
Eliza Bunch - age 9 - born in Indiana
Mary Bunch - age 6 - born in Indiana
Vina Bunch - age 5 - born in Indiana
Eva Bunch - age 2 - born in Indiana
Lorranna Bunch - age 2/12 - born in Indiana
Bunch, Mary Frances married Frances Marion Livingston - 4 July 1865 - G - 469
Bunch, Sarah married Jackson Russell - 24 August 1862 - C - 245
BUNCH, Jesse - War of 1812 - Member of the Church of God - born about 1780, dies 15 March 1865 and is buried Bald Hill Cemetery in Greene County, Indiana)
1870 Greene County, Indiana Census, Richland Township - 14 June, 1870
253/255
Bunch, Sarah - age 70 - female - white - keeping house - value of real estate $400.00 - value of personal estate $100.00 - born in Virginia - father of foreign birth
Bunch, Evan - age 32 - male - white - has fits, cannot work - born in Tennessee
Bunch, Benjamin - age 25 - male - white - farmer - born in Indiana
Buffalo, Pheobe - age 40 - female - white - house keeper - born in Tennessee
Bunch, Eliza - age 13 - female - white - at home - born in Indiana
Bunch, Rachel - age 10 - female - white - at home - born in Indiana
254/256
Cox, Champlain - age 50 - male - white - farmer - value of real estate $1,200.00 - value of personal estate $300.00 - born in Virginia
Cox, Ellen - age 40 - female - white - keeping house - born in Tennessee
Cox, Amanda Jane - age 15 - female - white - at home - born in Indiana
Cox, George W. - age 14 - male - white - at home - born in Indiana
Cox, Jesse - age 9 - male - white - at home - born in Indiana
Cox, Lucretia - age 6 - female - white - at home - born in Indiana
Cox, Evan - age 2 - male - white - at home - born in Indiana
Bunch, Eliza married William Cravens - 16 May 1872 - J - 166
Bunch, Lavina married Herny Mullins - 4 October 1873 - J - 313
Bunch, Loranna married Jesse Graves - 5 March 1878 - ? - 282
Bunch, Phebe married Frances Marion Livingston - 21 July 1?70 - H - 433
Sarah Bunch, widow of Jesse Bunch, dies 21 September 1876 In Greene County, Indiana. She leaves a final settlement naming heirs, heir Joe Bunch, daughter Celia Bullock, son Benjamin Bunch, daughter Ellen Cox, daughter Pheba Buffalo, grandson George Bland , grandson Jesse Bland, grandson Evan Bland, grandson Warren Bland and grandson James Bland. (The grandsons named in the final settlement are all children of Warren and Cynthia (Bunch) Bland)
Bald Hill Cemetery
This is where Jesse Bunch, born about 1780 is buried along with many family members.
Bald Hill Cemetery is located on a high hill 1/4 mile northeast of the intersection where 480 E "T's" with 290 N, overlooking the valley that the Illinois Central Viaduct spans. There is no road leading to it. It is in Section 33. The graveyard is poorly fenced and roughly mowed, at least it was back in 1981.
Here are the people who are buried there:
BEASLEY, Amanda Jane (Cox) - w/o Edward E. Beasley - 1854-28 January 1931
BEASLEY, Edward E. - 46 years 9 months - h/o Amanda Jane (Cox) Beasley - 15 January 1934-15 October 1880
BLAND, Allen - 12 May 1859-16 January 1934
BLAND, Dora Kimball - w/o Allen Bland - 17 April 1863-6 December 1920
BLAND, Ollie - s/o Allen and Dora Bland - 9 September 1884-8 May 1915 (Ollie, son of Allen and Dora BLAND, was born in Highland Township, Greene County, September 9, 1884. He departed this life May 8, aged thirty years, seven months and twenty-nine days.
He had been a sufferer for many years and had traveled considerably in an attempt to regain his health. He was always patient in all his suffering. A few days before his death he said he wanted to get able to go to church and do right, and on the evening before he died he remarked to his sister that he was leaving for a better world.
He leaves a father, mother, six brothers and three sisters to mourn their loss.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Henry FLORY last Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Leland HAMILTON, a sister of the deceased, in Highland Township. Interment in the Bald Hill Cemetery, near the I. C. Railroad viaduct.
BLAND, Lettie Jane (Bays) - w/o Moses Bland - 1 November 1833-24 December 1915 The old timers said the road to Bald Hill was so steep that they had to climb the hill for burial with horses hitched to a wagon. The late John B. Flake, grandson of Lettie Jane (Bays) Bland, said the casket of his grandmother slid off the wagon as the funeral procession went up the steep hill. The old approach to the cemetery was on the north hillside. Finally a new wagon road was made which come in from the southwest.)
FLAKE, Amos Wesley - s/o Michael Flake - 2 November 1856-2 February 1941 (Son of Mitchell and Mary (Drake) Flake. Married Nancy Anna Bland Jan. 28, 1882 in Greene County, Indiana. Parents of Lando and Lula (twins), Harley E, Charley, Donie, Daniel, John B, Mary Adline, Clovis, Eliza Alverta and Myrtle.)
FLAKE, Nancy Anna (Bland) - w/o Amos Wesley Flake - d/o Lettie Jane Bland - 18 March 1863-18 February 1916 (Nancy Anna (Bland) Flake met with an unusual death. She went to the barn and when she didn't return, the family went looking for her. They found her body in the barn and thought she might have been killed by a horse.) Daughter of Moses and Lettie Jane (Bays) Bland. Married Amos Wesley Flake Jan. 28, 1882 in Greene County, Indiana. Parents of Lando and Lula (twins), Harley E, Charley, Donie, Daniel, John B, Mary Adline, Clovis, Eliza Alverta and Myrtle.)
FLAKE, Harley E. - s/o Amos and Mary Ann Flake - 1883-1943 (Birth: 1883 Johnson County, Indiana, USA -
Death: 1943 Greene County, Indiana, USA
Son of Amos Wesley and Nancy Anna (Bland) Flake. Married Mary A. Vandeventer Sept. 10, 1904 in Greene County, Indiana.)
BUNCH, Jesse - War of 1812 - Member of the Church of God - 1780-15 March 1865
BUNCH, Jesse - s/o Jesse Bunch - age 26 - 1825-1851 (This man was one of the first burials on Bald Hill.)
BUNCH, George - s/o Jesse Bunch - 1859-1861
BUNCH, Isaac - s/o Jesse Bunch - 1861-1863
BUNCH, Joe - 21 May 1812-11 May 1859
COX, Bush - s/o George Washington Cox and Mary E. Cox - 1879-1882
COX, Champlain - 3rd. Ind. Inf. - Mexican War (Champlain Cox married d/o Jesse Bunch, Ellen Bunch 1 June 1850 in Greene County, Indiana)
COX, George Washington - s/o Champain Cox - 1856-1 February 1936
COX, Mary Ellen - w/o George Washington Cox - 1859-24 December 1912
COX, Howard - s/o George Washington and Mary Ellen Cox - 1887-1927
KIMBALL, Andrew Jackson - brother of Dora (Kimball) Bland - 23 June 1865-1 January 1943 (Married Fidelia Bays Oct. 11, 1886 in Greene Co., Indiana.)
KIMBALL, Fidelia (Bays) - w/o Andrew Jackson Kimball - d/o Alex Bays - 28 January 1869-19 March 1927 (Daughter of Alexander J. and Lucy Ann (Talbot) Bays. Married Andrew Jackson Kimball Oct. 11, 1886 in Greene Co., Indiana.)
Early Marriage Records in Greene County, Indiana for the name Bunch
Bunch, Alice married Earnest ? - 23 August 1?84 - L - 552 Bunch, Benjamin married Eliza ? Sparks - 19 September 190? - R - 554 Bunch, Benjamin married Margaret Gobin - 6 August 1855 - F - 114 (Benjamin Bunch son of James and Mary Bunch) Bunch, Benjamin married Elizabeth C. Hash - 28 November 1910 - S - 339 (Benjamin Bunch son of James and Mary Bunch) Bunch, Celia married Henry Roach - 11 October 1??? - F - 536 (Celia Bunch is the daughter of Jesse and Sarah Bunch) Bunch, Charles married Martha J. Lawrence - 29 ??? 1?84 - ? - 507 Bunch, Charles married Arminda ? - 13 February 1887 - E - 250 Bunch, Cynthia married Warren Bland - 12 July 1840 - C - 90 (Cynthia Bunch is daughter of Jesse and Sarah Bunch) Bunch, Phebe married Jesse Edwards - 8 January 1850 - E - 150 (Phebe Bunch is daughter of Jesse and Sarah Bunch) Bunch, Eliana married Charlette Sumner - ?0 May 1?59 - F - 509 Bunch, Eliza married William Cravens - 16 May 1872 - J - 166 (Eliza Bunch is the daughter of Joe and Anna Bunch) Bunch, Ellenor married Champlain Cox - 1 January 1850 - E - 142 (Elenor Bunch is the daughter of Jesse and Sarah Bunch) Bunch, Flossie married ??? - 24 December 1933 - ? - 312 Bunch, Mary Frances married Frances Marion Livingston - 4 July 1865 - G - 469 (Mary Frances Bunch is the daughter of Joe and Anna Bunch) Bunch, Isaac married Mary Heitman - 10 March 1901 - P - 428 Bunch, Joseph married Anna Heather - 4 April 1843 - B - 34 Bunch, Joseph married May Mazingo - 19 January 1890 - N - 51 Bunch, Lavina married Herny Mullins - 4 October 1873 - J - 313 (Lavina Bunch is the daughter of Joe and Anna Bunch) Bunch, Loranna married Jesse Graves - 5 March 1878 - ? - 282 (Loranna Bunch is the daughter of Joe and Anna Bunch) Bunch, Mary Frances married William ? Michael - ??? - J - 88 (Mary Frances Bunch is the daughter of Joe and Anna Bunch) Bunch, Mattie married James Robertson - 24 June 1888 - M - 413 Bunch, Phebe married Frances Marion Livingston - 21 July 1?70 - H - 433 (Phebe Bunch is the daughter of Joe and Anna Bunch) Bunch, Sarah married Jackson Russell - 24 August 1862 - C - 245 (Sarah Bunch is the daughter of Joe and Anna Bunch)
Early Birth Records in Greene County, Indiana for the name Bunch
Bunch, ? - father William - location Indiana - mother May - location Indiana - born 6/1/1903 - recorded 6/30/1903 - female - white - R-6 - 4 Bunch, ? - father Charles - location Indiana - mother Martha - location Indiana - born 4/3/1886 - recorded 4/5/1887 - female - white - R-1 - 30 Bunch, Hazel - father Charles - location Indiana - mother Arminda - location Indiana - born 8/23/1890 - recorded 8/23/1890 - female - white - H-7 - 17 Bunch, Kenneth - father Francis - location Indiana - mother Maude - location Indiana - born 8/16/1921 - recorded 9/3/1921 - male - white - X-1 - 20 Bunch, Mary Elaine - father Atho - location ? - mother Lois - location ? - born 10/23/1926 - recorded 10/23/1926 - CHO-2 - 88 Bunch, Hoshell - father Isaac - location ? - mother Mary - location ? - born 6/1/1903 - recorded 6/1/1903 - female - white - CHO-2 - 17 Bunch, Otho - father Walter - location Indiana - mother Bessie - location Indiana - born 8/17/1915 - recorded 8/18/1915 - male - white - R-10 - 103 Bunch, Otho - father Isaac - location ? - mother Mary - location ? - born 4/2/1908 - recorded 4/2/1908 - male - white - CHO-2 - 32 Bunch, Robert - father Walter - location Indiana - mother Bessie - location Indiana - born 12/17/1917 - recorded 1/3/1918 - male white R-7 - 33 Bunch, Victor Wayne - father Walter - location Indiana - mother Gloria - location Indiana - 3/8/1955 - recorded 3/30/1955 - male white - 9 - 15
Bunch's buried at Tulip Cemetery, Greene County, Indiana
Margaret Bunch - born Jun. 5, 1835 - died Mar. 23, 1905 - w/o Benjamin Bunch
Nora Bunch - born Dec. 10, 1880 - died Apr. 9, 1882 - d/o Benjamin and Margaret Bunch
Benjamin Bunch born Mar. 12, 1836 - died Jan. 6, 1915
Ben BUNCH was born March 12, 1836, and died January 6, 1915, aged seventy-eight years, nine months and twenty-four days. He was a son of James & Mary BUNCH.
His first wife was Margaret GOBEN, who died March 28, 1905. They had five children—John and Charles BUNCH, of Alvin, Ill.; Joseph BUNCH and Mrs. James ROBERTSON, of Terre Haute, and Mrs. C. W. WILSON, of Winston-Salem, N. C. Besides these there are thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was married to Mrs. Elizabeth C. HASH, November 28, 1910, by whom he is survived.
He was a veteran of the civil war, having enlisted in COMPANY I, TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
The funeral services were conducted from the late residence at Sharkey last Saturday at 11 a.m., by Elder J. A. SPENCER and the body was buried at Tulip.
INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Index Page 19: Marget GOBIN to Benjamin BUNCH, 6 Aug 1855, Book F, Page 114; Index Page 66: Elizabeth C. HASH to Benj BUNCH, Nov 28, 1910, Book S, Page 339; Index Page 19: Elizabeth GOBEN to Wm R. HASH, 17 Aug 1881, Book L, Page 201
CEMETERIES OF EASTERN GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, 1994, G.C.H.S., Tulips/Crossroads Cemetery, Richland Township, Section 6, Page 155: BUNCH, Benjamin, 12 Mar 1836—6 Jan 1915, CO I 22Regt Ind Vol Pvt., Civil War; BUNCH, Margaret, 5 June 1835—23 Mar 1905; BUNCH, Nora, d/o B & M, 10 Dec 1880—9 Apr 1882.
Bunch's buried at Fairview Cemetery, Linton, Greene County, Indiana
Gloria J. "Jeanie" Houldson Bunch - born Dec. 14, 1932 - died Jan. 10, 2008
Gloria J. "Jeanie" Bunch, 75, of Linton passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, at Kindred Hospital in Greenwood.
She was born on Dec. 14, 1933, in Linton to George and Emma (Moore) Houldson.
On Dec.15, 1951, she married Walter E. Bunch, who preceded her in death in September of 1994.
She was a homemaker and lived most of her life in Linton.
Survivors include five sons: Mickey R. (Cindy) Ball, Rickey E. (Cindy) Bunch, Victor W. Bunch and friend Sherrie Sipra, all of Linton, Ronald L. (Pam) Bunch of Bedford, and Rickey E. Bunch, Jr., of Linton; nine grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren; one brother, Darrell (Ruby) Houldson; as well as one niece and one nephew.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Vickie Edmondson, and one brother, Ronald Houldson.
A graveside funeral service will follow at the Fairview Cemetery in Linton.
Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel in Linton.
Burial:
Fairview Cemetery
Linton
Greene County
Indiana, USA
