Robert Lewis Bunting (1836 - 1929)

Born 10 Aug 1836 in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

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Died 5 Apr 1929 at age 92 in Walkerville, Oceana, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Private Robert Bunting served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: August 7, 1862
Mustered out: June 29, 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. I, 105th Regiment Ohio Infantry

Robert was born to William Bunting and Mary Ann Black on 10 Aug 1836 in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Robert was born in 1836. Robert Bunting .. He died on April 5, 1920 in Walkerville, Oceana, Michigan^[1]

Bunting, Robert L. hotel proprietor and Real Estate agent of Walkerville, is a native of the Keystone State, where he was born Aug. 10, 1836, in the county of Erie, and the next year removed with his parents to Ashtabula County, Ohio. Mr. Bunting’s parents were not possessed of a great amount of this world’s wealth, and at the age of eight he was bound out to Isaac Mc Farland of Crawford County, Pennsylvania with whom he lived until sixteen years of age, when he returned home to take care of his mother. It was then that he received the advantages offered by the district schools of Ashtabula County. Dec. 2, 1858 he was married to Betsey L. Brown, through which union eight children have been born. In August 1862, he enlisted in the 105th Ohio Inf., and served in the Army of the Cumberland, under “Pap” Thomas, participating in the battles of Perrysville and Missionary Ridge. Later he was transferred to the United States Engineer Corps, where he served until discharged at the close of the war in September 1865. He then returned to Ohio and re engaged in farming until 1873 when he came to Clinton County, Michigan, where he resided until 1887, when he and his family came to Oceana County, locating in section 12 of Leavitt, and a year later removed to Walkerville, building the Walkerville hotel, of which he was a proprietor at the time of the great fire in May 1891, being one of the victims. Mr. Bunting is now proprietor of the Wride House and as a host has few peers. He is a man of public affairs, having served his township on the board of review, as drain commissioner, and now for the second term as justice of the peace. He also conducts a General Real Estate Exchange, and does conveyancing. He is a member of the Odd Fellow Fraternity. *This article was found on pages 9 and 10 of the “1895 Oceana County Atlas” *note: The Keystone State Pennsylvania's nickname is The Keystone State because it was the middle colony of the original 13 colonies and because Pennsylvania has held a key position in the economic, social, and political development of the United States.^[2]

Robert was transferred from Co. I, 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry to Co. B., 5th Regiment V. V. E. on July 29, 1864. He served there until mustered out on September 26, 1865.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQ1-NB4 : 12 December 2014), Robert L Bunting, 05 Apr 1929; citing Walkerville, Oceana, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,065.
2. ↑ From Bunting family records
3. ↑ The Story of a Thousand by Albion Winegar Tourgée, Appendices, pages xxvi & xlviii, published by S. McGerald & Son, 1896

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39794988/robert-lewis-bunting: accessed 15 May 2023), memorial page for Robert Lewis Bunting (10 Aug 1836–5 Apr 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39794988, citing Fairlawn Cemetery, Walkerville, Oceana County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.