George Bundy
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George L. Bundy (1840 - 1917)

Sgt. George L. Bundy
Born in United Statesmap
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 16 Sep 1898 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 77 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

US Black Heritage Project
George Bundy is a part of US Black heritage.

George L. Bundy, Jr. was born in 1840 in Massachusetts or Concord[1], New Hampshire. He was the child of Eliza L. Richmond and George L. Bundy, Sr.

Occupations

  • 1863, 1880, 1900: Barber
  • 1872, 1873, 1875: Hairdresser

In 1873, the salon he's working at is at 148 Front in Worcester, Massachusetts.[2]

His father was also a barber.

Residences

  • 1910: Rented house at 54 Boarding Street, Worcester, Massachusetts with his wife Mary and their widowed cousin Katherine Hart
  • 1900: Rented house at 54 Bowdoin Street, Worcester, Massachusetts with his wife Mary
  • 1880: 65 Central Street, Worcester, Massachusetts with his widowed mother
  • 1875: 22 Pleasant, Worcester, Massachusetts[3]
  • 1873: 5 Palmer, Worcester, Massachusetts with Mrs. Eliza A. Bundy[4]
  • 1872: 333 Main, Worcester, Massachusetts[5]
  • 1863: Worcester, Massachusetts (military enlistment)
  • 1850: Manchester, New Hampshire with his parents and 18-year-old barber William Cole who likely worked as a barber with his father

Military Service

Sergeant in Company A of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 23 years old, single and working as a barber when he enlisted on 22 February 1863 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was wounded in action on 18 July 1863 at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. Discharged 24 December 1863 from Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island.

Census Race

  • 1850, 1880, 1910: Mulatto
  • 1900: Black

Death

He passed away in 1917 and is buried at Home Cemetery in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Projects

Sources

  1. Carvalho
  2. 1873 Worcester, Massachusetts city directory
  3. 1875 Worcester, Massachusetts city directory
  4. 1873 Worcester, Massachusetts city directory
  5. 1872 Worcester, Massachusetts city directory
  • 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Roll: M432_432; Page: 152A; Image: 310
  • 1872, 1873, 1875 Worcester, Massachusetts city directories
  • 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 567; Page: 101C; Enumeration District: 883
  • 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Worcester Ward 1, Worcester, Massachusetts; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 1714; FHL microfilm: 1240695
  • 1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Worcester Ward 1, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_631; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 1853; FHL microfilm: 1374644
  • Carvalho, Joseph. Black Families in Hampden County, Massachusetts, 1650-1865. Boston, Massachusetts: New England History Genealogical Society, 2011.
  • Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
  • Find a Grave: George L. Bundy
  • "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933,"(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K647-9K4), George L Bundy, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,330.
  • "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4HL-Q4Y), George L. Bundy and Minnie A. Cisco Hightman, 16 Sep 1898; citing Oxford, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,709.




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George H. Bundy is also living in Worcester, Massachusetts, and also a Civil War veteran, around the same time as our George, so something to be aware of when looking at Worcester files when no middle initial is given.
posted by K Raymoure

Rejected matches › John George Bundy (1839-)