Darius (Tuttle) Bunker (1840 - 1914)

Born 4 Mar 1840 in Athens, Somerset, Maine, United States

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Died 26 Sep 1914 at age 74 in Mackinac Island, Mackinac, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Pvt Darius (Tuttle) Bunker served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Jun 4, 1861
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 3rd Maine Infantry

Bunker D-455.

Darius was born in March 4, 1840 in Maine. He was born as Darius Tuttle to Trueworthy Tuttle and Susan Bunker. Susan returned to live with her parents and her children were adopted by her father, Francis Bunker. Darius took the name of Darius Bunker and frequently used the name Daniel Bunker.

Darius Bunker was a Civil War Veteran: Enlisted as a Private on 4 June 1861 at the age of 22 in Company F, 3rd Infantry Regiment Maine.

He married in about 1864 Adele McLaskey and they had three children.

Frank Edward Bunker 1865–1944, who married Kate Becker.

Isaac Leslie Bunker 1866–1908, who married (1st) Georgia Willa Jewett. Georgia died in 1893. He married (2nd) Alice Myrtle Dakin.

Delia May Bunker 1872–1872.

Adelia Bunker died in 1872.

Darius married (2nd) Elizabeth (Bessie) Kilday. Marriage: 1877 • Alpena Co., Michigan. Source: Alpena County Marriage records. Or 28 Oct 1872 based on Minnesota records. Elizabeth Kilday is the sister of Josephine Kilday, wife of Robert H. McLaskey, brother of Cordelia.

Occupation: Fireman (Captain, pipeman and driver of Hose truck).

He passed away in 1914. ^[1]

Cause of death: Paralysis. Burial: Protestant Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, Michigan. ^[2]

Residence 1870 West Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (age 30) ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Family records of James Paxton.
2. ↑ Darius Bunker Find A Grave: Memorial #146804008
3. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: West Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1712; Page: 355B; Image: 306618; Family History Library Film: 553211

• Moran, Edward Carleton. Bunker Genealogy, Descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N.H. (Bunker Family Association of America, Rockland, Maine, 1913)

• Bunker genealogy : descendants of James Bunker ... v.3. Moran, Edward Carleton. Darius Bunker D-455 Page 204

• East Somerset County register, 1911-1912, Compiled and Published in Auburn, Maine by Chatto and Turner, 1912. Cilv War soldiers from Athens pg 34.

• Bunker Genealogy : Descendants of James Bunker ... v.3. Moran, Edward Carleton. Susan Bunker D-216 Page 126

• Family records of James Paxton.