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 1809 - Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
Samuel Hamilton BUNCH |
| Born |
16 Feb 1809 |
Tennessee  |
| Gender |
Male |
| FamilySearch ID |
9QQP-WZ2 |
| _UID |
FAEFDA4B4D4544E7859E76393997B18EACAA |
| Died |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I11500 |
Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
12 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Col. John BUNCH, b. 11 Feb 1786, , Grainger Co, Tennessee , d. 2 Apr 1837, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri (Age 51 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret Muse CLAY, b. 11 Feb 1792, Halifax, Virginia , d. 1841, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri (Age 48 years) |
| Married |
25 Aug 1807 |
, Grainger Co, Tennessee |
| Family ID |
F5760 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- In 1833, John Bunch and his son Samuel Hamilton Bunch came with a number of slaves from East Tennessee, and selected sites for homes, upon which they erected cabins, and returned for their families, who did not arrive until the following year. John Bunch settled within the present limits of Polk county, where he remained until his death. Samuel made a settlement on a place about ten miles northwest of Springfield, on the place now owned by Mr. Wadlow, on Grand Prairie. Samuel. Bunch remained in Greene county the most of the time till the death of his wife, which occurred in April, 1876, after which he returned to Tennessee with the younger members of his family.
Served as Sheriff of Polk Co Mo. 1842--2years
Samuel H. Bunch Delegate to the 1845-1846 Missouri Constitutional Convention 23d District. This would be the same Samuel H. Bunch that was Sub Indian Agent for the Osage Indians at Fort Scott Missouri in 1844. Fort Scott was built in 1842 Abandoned in 1853.
Buildings sold at goverment auction in 1855 which be came a town. The fort was reactivated during the civil war and is on the Missouri Kansas border which became Fort Scott Kansas when Kansas be came a state in 1861.
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- [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.
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