Leander Bunch (1821 - 1902)

Born 24 Mar 1821 in Butler County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Wayne (Hunt) Bunch — married 26 Jan 1843 in Butler County, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 1902 at about age 80 in Rochester, Butler, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

When Leander Bunch was born in 1821 in Butler County, Kentucky, his father Charles Bunch was 33 and his mother, Frances (Berry) Bunch was 26.

He married Elizabeth Wayne Hunt on January 26, 1843, in Butler County, Kentucky.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} He received Land Grants in 1851^[8] and 1853.^[9] They had a dozen children, all born in Butler County, Kentucky.^{[10][11][12][13][14]} Leander Bunch was a carpenter and at one time sheriff of Butler County.^[15] By 1900 he and his wife are living with his son, George Bunch.

He passed away in 1902 in Rochester, Kentucky. He is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Kentucky.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q2-DQS : 23 February 2021), Liander Bunch, 1843.
2. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-LXXR : 22 July 2021), Leander Bunch and Elizabeth Hunt, 23 Jan 1843; citing Marriage, Butler, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 982,457.
3. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-LXR5 : 22 July 2021), Leander Bunch and Elizabeth Hunt, 24 Jan 1843; citing Marriage, Butler, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 982,457.
4. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-KZCF : 22 July 2021), Leander Bunch and Elizabeth Hunt, 24 Jan 1843; citing Marriage, Butler, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 928,314.
5. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-V3VZ : 22 July 2021), Liander Bunch and Elizabeth Hunt, 24 Jan 1843; citing Marriage, Butler, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 928,314.
6. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q2-DQS : 23 February 2021), Liander Bunch, 1843.
7. ↑ Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=FSMarriageKentucky&h=2383683)
8. ↑ Kentucky Land Grants (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2073&h=82474&ssrc=pt&tid=3869172&pid=6906695938&usePUB=true)
9. ↑ Kentucky Land Grants (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2073&h=82475&ssrc=pt&tid=3869172&pid=6906695938&usePUB=true)
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65B-8QD : 20 December 2020), Leander Bunch, Butler, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1S-VQ5 : 18 February 2021), Leander Bunch, 1860.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7G-MMM : 29 May 2021), Leander Bunch, 1870.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCQ-1M4 : 19 February 2021), Leander Bunch, Rochester, Butler, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 107, sheet 341C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,406.
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WJ-JGL : accessed 25 November 2021), Leander Bunch in household of George H Bunch, Magisterial District 3, Rochester, Mining City Precincts Rochester town, Butler, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27, sheet 1A, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,511.
15. ↑ January 1865 Frankfort Kentucky Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (http://books.google.com/books?id=xZNKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164&dq=leander+bunch+kentucky&source=bl&ots=dyzx7FfOeP&sig=Ni_cBUMd8hFNmPSFvdsE6Qkw2FM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qd89U9CqFMa0ygHMvICQCA&ved=0CGEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=leander%20bunch%20kentucky&f=false)
16. ↑ Find-a-Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100885614/leander-bunch)

• Vital Information from FamilySearch.org

Research Notes

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSFC-KYZ : 2 March 2021), Leander Bunch in entry for Frances Ann Dabbs, 1931; citing Death, Morgantown, Butler, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,076.

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9J9-Y19 : 2 March 2021), Leander Bunch in entry for Barbara Julia Grubb, 1916; citing Death, Rochester, Butler, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,942,741.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QM-STS : 20 February 2021), Lee Bunch in entry for W M Bunch, 10 Apr 1933; citing certificate number 19772, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,115,359.

• "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJT-TXN : 4 March 2021), Leander Bunch in entry for Mildred E. Bunch, 1854.

• "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWK6-2HZ : 4 March 2021), Leander Bunch in entry for Mildred E. Bunch, 1854.

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9CL-NS6 : 2 March 2021), Lee Bunch in entry for Mildred Bunch Taylor, 7 Feb 1945; citing Death, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,396.

• "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJT-1HR : 4 March 2021), L. Bunch in entry for Sarah C. Bunch, 1857.

• "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWK6-2H6 : 4 March 2021), L. Bunch in entry for Sarah C. Bunch, 1857.

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSDF-8WG : 2 March 2021), Leander Bunch in entry for Sarah Catherine Fuller, 1936; citing Death, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,148.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q59F-2PNT : 18 July 2020), Leander Bunch in entry for Mrs Sarah Catherine Fuller and E H Fuller, 1936.

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSXB-SJH : 2 March 2021), Leander Bunch in entry for George Bunch, 1932; citing Death, Rochester, Butler, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,107.

Acknowledgements

• Bunch-551 was edited from first-hand information as remembered by Matthew Stout, Tuesday, December 31, 2013.