Slocum Hussey Bunker (1805 - 1873)

Born 7 Oct 1805 in Shaftsbury, Vermont

Ancestors

Husband of Matilda Wood — married 6 Dec 1826 in Mt. Gilead, Ohio

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1873 at age 67 in Jackson, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Slocum Hussey Bunker. ^[1][2][3][4] H Bunker. ^[5]

S. H. Bunker. ^[6] Found multiple versions of name. Using Slocum Hussey Bunker.

Born 07 OCT 1805. Shaftsbury, Vermont. ^[7][8] 1806 Vermont^[9] New York. ^[10] Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 07 OCT 1805

Died 03 SEP 1873. Jackson, Michigan, USA. ^[11]

Residence 1860 Marengo, Calhoun, Michigan, United States. ^[12][13] 1850 Bellevue, Eaton, Michigan. ^[14]

Buried Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA. ^[15]

Note: #N86.

Notes

Slocum Hussey Bunker, son of Isaac and Mary Smith Bunker, was born in Shaftsbury, Vermont, 7 October 1805; died in Jackson, Michigan, 3 September 1873. Married 6 December 1826, at Mt. Gilead, Ohio, Matilda Wood, born 8 July 1808, Peru, Clinton, New York; died 11 March 1870. In 1830, he opened the pioneer store in Cardington, Ohio, and also maintained a grist mill there. In the spring of 1836, he, with his brother Thomas, took his family and drove through to Marshall, Michigan, in an ox wagon. Leaving his family at Marshall, he and his brother cut their way through the forests to the place where Hastings, Michigan, now stands, and here he built the first house in that section of the state. Of his later efforts for community benefit, we can but mention a few, the building of a saw mill, the establishment of a trading post, a post office, and a tavern, and the opening of the first school. After getting his house ready, Mr. Bunker went back to Marshall for his family. Rachel was born during the summer spent in Marshall, making four children in the family which the pioneer took into the wilds of Michigan. For six months Mrs. Bunker did not see another white woman, until finally another pioneer family moved in a few miles distant from them. On 12 June 1912, on the exact spot in Hastings, where stood this first dwelling, the Daughters of the American Revolution (Emily Virginia Mason Chapter) erected a boulder bearing a suitable tablet of enduring bronze, which was inscribed and dedicated to the memory of Slocum Hussey Bunker. While a resident of Hastings, Mr. Bunker owned and operated a grist mill, and held village offices at various times. His oldest daughter, Jane, taught the first school in the town. It has been said that Slocum Bunker and his wife were educated far beyond the average of their day, and that they in turn taught their children. One said that Slocum and Matilda Bunker made the handsomest couple she ever saw on the floor to be married, and another said that when a child he had the impression that the Bunkers were rather extra fine and smart people. The family subsequently left Hastings and lived near Bellvue or Olivet, while some of the children were attending Olivet College. Later Mr. Bunker was warden of the state prison at Jackson, Michigan, and prior to 1870, he conducted a grist mill near Battle Creek, Michigan. In the History of Barry County, Michigan, by Hon. W.W. Potter, of Reed-Tandler

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S216 Database online. Record for Alice Bunker Stockham
2. ↑ Source: #S342 Database online. Record for Slocum H. Bunker
3. ↑ Source: #S156 Database online. Record for Slocom H. Bunker
4. ↑ Source: #S236 Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Bellevue, Eaton, Michigan; Roll: M432_349; Page: 91A; Image: . Record for Swain H Bunker
5. ↑ Source: #S4 Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Marengo, Calhoun, Michigan, post office , roll , page , image .
6. ↑ Source: #S86 Database online. Record for Rachel B. Dean
7. ↑ Source: #S156 Database online. Record for Slocom H. Bunker
8. ↑ Source: #S236 Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Bellevue, Eaton, Michigan; Roll: M432_349; Page: 91A; Image: . Record for Swain H Bunker
9. ↑ Source: #S4 Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Marengo, Calhoun, Michigan, post office , roll , page , image .
10. ↑ Source: #S86 Database online. Record for Rachel B. Dean
11. ↑ Source: #S156 Database online. Record for Slocom H. Bunker
12. ↑ Source: #S4 Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Marengo, Calhoun, Michigan, post office , roll , page , image .
13. ↑ Source: #S342 Database online. Record for Slocum H. Bunker
14. ↑ Source: #S236 Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Bellevue, Eaton, Michigan; Roll: M432_349; Page: 91A; Image: . Record for Swain H Bunker
15. ↑ Source: #S156 Database online. Record for Slocom H. Bunker

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