Samuel Dean Bunger Born 1805

Samuel Dean Bunger

Born:

December 22, 1805

Mercer County, Kentucky

Parents:

Henry Bunger and Barbara Garrett

Marriage:

June 8,1841 united to Louisa J. Whitely

Hardin County, Kentucky

Died:

July 5, 1870

Meade County, Kentucky

  

Samuel Dean Bunger was 35 years of age before he married.  An unusual occurrence of that time.  It is equally unusual that this pattern of marrying later in life continued with male Bunger descendants for several generations beyond Samuel Dean.

 

The children of Samuel Dean Bunger and Louisa Jane Whitely:

Emaline Bunger Born 1841
William Thomas Bunger Born 1842

Mary "Mollie" Bunger Born 1842

John Bunger Born 1843

Gassaway Bunger Born 1845

James H. Bunger Born 1847

Amanda Bunger Born 1849

Samuel Bunger Born 1851

Jane Bunger Born 1852

George W. Bunger Born 1856

Jacob M. Bunger Born 1859

Eliza Florence Bunger Born 1861

Joseph E. Bunger Born 1864

 

 The 1850 Federal Census enumerating Samuel D. Bunger offers that he was resident of Meade County, Kentucky and providing care for his aging parents.  Henry and Barbara Bunger both remain in Samuel Bunger's household until their deaths about 1860.

 

The 1860 Meade County, Kentucky Federal Census record enumerating Samuel D. Bunger can be viewed below:



Transcription: Samuel D. Bunger age 55, Louisa J. age 38, Emelene age 19, William age 18, Gasaway age 14, James age 13, Amanda age 10, Samuel age 9, Jane age 8, George W. age 4, Jacob M. age 1


Louisa Jane Whitely, daughter of Joseph Whitely and Dorcus Wilson, was born on December 31, 1821.  The 1880 Meade County, Kentucky Federal Census record enumerates her as 58 years of age and a housekeeper. 
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Samuel Dean Bunger preceded Louisa Jane Whitely Bunger in death by over 20 years.  Their grave markers stand together in Bunger Cemetery, Meade County, Kentucky. 

Louisa Jane Bunger
death occurred October 5, 1896

Samuel Dean Bunger
 death occurred July 5, 1870

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