Frederick W Bunn (abt. 1826 - 1906)

Born about Jan 1826 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Elmira (Noel) Bunn — married 28 Apr 1851 in Jackson, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 17 May 1906 at about age 80 in Yamhill, Yamhill, Oregon, United States

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Biography

FREDERICK W. BUNN

North Yamhill, Ore. May 27—

(Special)—Frederick W Bunn, a

Yamhill County Pioneer, died here

May 18, aged 80 years.

He was born at Murfreesboro,

Tennessee, November 3, 1825,

which was his home until

he was ten years of age, when he

went to Lone Jack, Missouri.

He spent a portion of the year 1844

near Dallas, Texas. He was married

April 28, 18, 1851 and left for

Oregon the next day by wagon,

arriving at North Yamhill

September 20 of the same year.

Soon after his arrival, he took up

a donation land claim four miles

west of Yamhill, and resided

thereupon until removing to

North Yamhill some years ago.

He outlived most of those with

whom he crossed the Plains.

His long residence here gained

him a multitude of friends who

remember him as a man of

excellent character, who cared

little for public life, a lover of

home and a man of ideal personal

personal habits.

He is survived by a wife, one

son, eight grandchildren and

four great-grandchildren.

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Sources

• "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28N-HQJ : 18 January 2020), Fredrick Bunn, 1851.
• "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28N-H7L : 18 January 2020), Fredrick Burns, 1851.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQV-H6N : 11 November 2020), Frederic Bunn, 1860. Election Precinct 24 North Yamhill, Yamhill, Oregon, United States--Oregon, Yamhill, North Fork Precinct
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDM-S66 : 19 March 2020), Frederick Bunn, 1870. Election Precinct 24 North Yamhill, Yamhill, Oregon, United States
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDT-RPK : accessed 16 August 2019), Chester L Bunn in the household of John M Bunn, North Yamhill and Checowen Precincts North Yamhill city, Yamhill, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 169, sheet 3B, family 63, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,353.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112833732/frederick-bunn: accessed March 1, 2024), memorial page for Frederick Bunn (11 Nov 1825–17 May 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112833732, citing Pike Cemetery, Yamhill, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Ancestors (contributor 48053541).
• "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ45-LFH : 11 December 2014), Frederick W. Bunn, 17 May 1906; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Yamhill, Oregon, certificate number 1033, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.