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From: Julie Cromwell <>
Subject: Re: [TNMORGAN] Bunch Reunion Details?
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:34:22 -0400
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Doug
Don't have details on this one. But the paper will be out tomorrow and I
will check then.

Julie

Doug Bunch wrote:
>
> I had a message on my answering machine from my "double first cousin once
> removed", Rhoda Dagley of Petros, saying that there was going to be a Bunch
> family reunion at Frozen Head park on Saturday June 29th.
>
> She also called my Dad and said that it was a reunion of the descendents of
> Laford L. Bunch, my Great Grandfather.
>
> Does anyone else have any detail on this? I've been trying to call Rhoda,
> but she's not home.
>
> I will post more detail if I get any.
>
> FYI, Laford L. Bunch (b. abt. 1847) was the son of Laford Bunch (b. abt
> 1825, d. 1858) and Elizabeth Patterson. The older Laford was a son of James
> Bunch (b. abt 1795) and Nancy (phillips?). The older Laford was a brother
> to John Bunch, Isaac Bunch Sr., James Monroe, Elizabeth, Nancy, etc. The
> younger Laford (Laford L.) had the following siblings that I know of: James,
> Matthew, Nancy, George, Elizabeth, Lindsey, etc
>
> Laford married Sally Daugherty in Morgan County about 1867 and they had the
> following children: Elizabeth, John, Mandy, Ramsey, Lindsey, George W.,
> Nancy J., Minnie, and Rosetta.
>
> After Sally Daugherty died in 1900, Laford L. married Mary Ann Overton, His
> children by his second marriage with Mary Ann Overton were William, Melvin,
> Emily, Ollie, and Oley(?).
>
> Laford L. died in Oliver Springs in June of 1924 (was living in Petros).
>
> Other interesting stuff:
>
> >From civil War pension files...
>
> Laford L. Bunch.
> He enlisted in Co. H, 2nd Tenn inf in Feb of 1862. Over the next couple of
> year he decide to return home a couple of times and was possibly declared a
> deserter.
>
> Apparently when he realized that he was not going to get a pension based on
> his record with the 2nd Tenn infantry, he returned to Camp Nelson, KY and
> reenlisted with the 4th Kentucky Infantry and served until he was captured
> at Lovejoy Station, GA in July of 1864 and was sent to Andersonville prison.
> He was mustered out with his unit in 1865. When he died in 1924 while
> living in the Petros area, he was getting a pension of $72 a month.
>
> I guess that's enough for now.
>
> Thanks
>
> Doug Bunch
>
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