By JOE PRYOR, News Tribune (MO) 4 Jun 2007 – U-755 ISAIAH9 BUNKER told this story in 1858 The Bunker families were early settlers in Missouri near when he was in his early teens of walking from where he the town of Eldon. The first Bunker located in what is lived to visit his grandfather, William. One time his now Miller County was William7 Bunker (U-752). He grandfather told him he could have the old clock on the was born in 1790 in Delaware. His grandfather was wall as it wouldn’t run anymore. The clock probably had Jonathan5 and his father was John6. The history of these been moved here from Ohio. He carried it home under two is incomplete. John served in the Revolutionary War his arm. On arriving home he got a jar of kerosene and a including the Battle of Bunker Hill [no proof]. He was feather and took the clock apart and cleaned each part taken prisoner in 1777 at the Battle and put it back together and it kept of Brandy Wine and escaped after time for many years. Isaiah’s the close of the War. He moved to daughter, Ellen, can remember Delaware (see 1965 BunGen p.216). seeing the clock in their home. U-752 WILLIAM7 was bound out The two children of William7 Bunker to a hatter in Pennsylvania where he who chose to live in Miller County learned the trade. He served in the were Milton P.8 Bunker and Lydia war of 1812 and after his discharge Ann8 Bunker. Both married and moved to Urbana, Ohio to practice raised their families in Miller his [skill]. In 1815, near Urbana, County. Ohio, he was married to Mary Glass. Ed NOTE: The above reference to In 1832, he moved with his family to Milton P. Bunker is incorrect; it Danville, Illinois. Two years later he should read Milton Bunker. Milton walked to Missouri to file a land Parks10 is his grandson. claim. When he returned home he th found his wife and one child had 04a Milton Bunker Co. B 8 Inf. 1816 died. In 1836, he moved to Missouri 8 with his children and settled U-752-VI LYDIA ANN married southwest of where Eldon is now Franklin Cotton. They had three located. He paid for his land with children. One son, Joe and two land grants from the war of 1812. daughters, Alice who married Frank Before the Civil War, he sold the land where he located Jones and they had several children and their grandson, and bought land where the Starks Caverns was located Dwight Jones, lives on Route 1, Eldon and he has two (now known as Fantasy Caverns). He lived in a log sons. Louis married W.A. Simmons. They had three house on the hill above the caverns and lived there until sons. They have one grandson still living, Paul Simmons the 1860 census. He was living with his daughter, Lydia of Steelville, MO. Ann Cotton. His death was recorded in 1869 and he was buried in Dooley Cemetery near Rocky Mount. Other Author NOTE: The above paragraph is incomplete tragedies struck William Bunker before his death. Two regarding the three children; it was copied as written in sons, Cyrus and Isaac left for California in 1849 for the the original manuscript. JP gold rush and never returned. Another son, William, was taken from church services near California, Missouri by 04a Milton’s photo added to the mil db – 30 Mar 2020 bush whackers and killed. 2397 (See Milton p.2402) BUNKER FAMILY ASSOCIATION Pres. Dialogue PRESIDENT th gil Bunker, 9 Sommerset Rd., Turnersville NJ 08012-2122 The new fiscal year began on June 17 (Bunker Hill [email protected] – 856.589.6140 Day) and with it a plan of challenges for the future. Will the Bunker Family Association survive the next epoch or VICE-PRESIDENT & HISTORIAN as Gen. MacArthur once said, just fade away . Now is the Bette Bunker Richards, 4570 N. Camino de Oeste, Tucson AZ time to confront our purpose “…to collect, compile and 85745-9735 - [email protected] publish genealogical data and information relating or of interest…” with these: SECRETARY Shirley Bunker Howell, 38 West 1600 South, Orem UT CHALLENGES 84058-7444, [email protected] a CHALLENGE to bond TREASURER a CHALLENGE stay safe Lowell K. Bunker, 690 E. 2780 N., Provo UT 84604-4045 a CHALLENGE to network [email protected] a CHALLENGE to make contacts a CHALLENGE for social distance WEBSITE & EMAIL COORDINATOR a CHALLENGE to wear your mask Douglas G. Detling, 363 Fargo St., Eagle Point OR 97524- a CHALLENGE to increase donations 9576 [email protected] a CHALLENGE to increase volunteers a CHALLENGE to increase our membership SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR a CHALLENGE to alleviate officers’ overload LiAnn Pennington, 2632 52nd Ave, Greeley CO 80634-4005 [email protected] a CHALLENGE to increase the military database a CHALLENGE to increase the genealogy database GRAVEYARD COMMITTEE CHAIR a CHALLENGE to increase writers to the Bunker Banner Steve Bunker, 229 Portland Road, Gray ME 04039-9505 207-657-2117 chinaseatrading.com I am happy to report this edition of the Bunker Banner contains many new entries to the BFA and military DUES: Bunker Family Association databases, including the unheard of Milton Bernard 690 E. 2780 N., Provo UT 84604-4045 Bunker plus many British cousins that served in WW I. PayPal NOTICE This issue also contains several “leaves” from our family If paying dues or other items via by PayPal, please select option ”Send money to friends and family” instead of “goods tree that remain anonymous and unidentified; the obit and services,” to avoid a service fee deduction from the column names three more mysterious relatives (entered payment. After making that selection, the next screen will ask into BFA dbatabase). Your help in placing these leaves you to enter an amount with the option to “write a note.” That on the correct family tree branch will be immensely is where you enter a reason for the expense. Send payments to appreciated. Somebody must know them! Lowell Bunker at [email protected] – a receipt will be sent to your account. The military database is now 400 pages in length and harbors nothing but those named Bunker that served in STATEMENT the military, save for a few named Bonker, Bunkert, The Bunker Banner is published quarterly, August, November, Bunkers (with the “s”) and a WW II general whose February and May, by the Bunker Family Association (FOUNDED in 1913), as a non-profit organization. middle name was Bunker. His Nantucket mother was a Circulation is to 200+/- Bunker families worldwide. Annual ninth generation descendant of George Bunker, born dues including the Bunker Banner are PDF e-file $20.00 1620, England. The mil db begins with a half-dozen (worldwide) – Paper copies: USA $25.00 – Canada $30.00 – medieval archers and continues to the present hostilities. Europe $35.00 USD. Announcement of the Annabelle Moore Annual LIFE MEMBERSHIP Scholarship Award will be published in the November - Benefactor $300.00 - Humanitarian $400.00 - Bunker Banner. Monies will be forwarded after the - Philanthropist $500.00 - current July 30 deadline. The Bunker Family Association is recognized as a tax-exempt organization; contributions qualify as charitable donations Please note the BFA Secretary Shirley Bunker Howell under Section 501(c) (3) of the IRS code. now has a new E-mail address and Lowell Bunker has Join the largest Bunker association in the world resumed his duties as BFA Treasurer. Website: www.BunkerFamilyAssn.org gil Bunker 2398 Bunker Babble Devonshire Bunkers – 2000 GILLIAN BUNKER is the Assistant U.S. Attorney, for -Bette Bunker Richards AFFIRMATIVE CIVIL ENFORCEMENT in Portland, Oregon. Descendents of James (D-1) on a USB flash-drive Do you know Gillian? * Gordon Dritschilo in the January Approximately 1,333 pages in length, it updates 11, 2020 edition of The Eagle Times wrote of a bill the 1982 Bunker Genealogy – parts of the proposed by the President of the Vermont Old Cemeteries 1965 Bunker Genealogy and more It includes descendants of: Association , Tim Griffin. Vandalism in old cemeteries, a • James (D-1) Bunker of Dover, New Hampshire persistent problem, was addressed in the bill that proposed • Benjamin Bunker & Betsey Daniels, New London, NH a five dollar fee (a committal charge) added to GREEN • Thomas Bunker & Alice Pertie, Rattery, Devon, UK MOUNTAIN STATE INTERMENTS would establish a fund to • William Bunker & Ann Forrester, New Castle, DE help remedy the destruction. Similar bills are in House Plus: and Senate committees. The proposal was modeled after a • Devonshire Parish Records similar plan in New York. * BFA member JAY 11 • Military service info for Bunkers from all branches BANCHOR moved east from the Denver area to • Nearly 100 pictures • Maps • Indexes Wiggins, Colorado, about an hour’s drive. Thanks to JED BANCHOR (Jay’s twin) for the updated address. Do you Bedfordshire Bunkers – 2008 know why their great-great-great-grandfather -Bette Bunker Richards 6 JONATHAN BUNKER changed the family name back Descendants of in 1819 to BANCHOR? We surely don’t. * On November Roger Bunker, Tingrith, Bedfordshire, England 20, 2002, Captain Faris T. Farwell of the cruiser USS available on a USB flash-drive, including: Bunker Hill CG-52 in transit to engage the enemy of • George (C-1) Bunker of Charlestown, Global Terror, ordered a 21-gun salute at the exact spot of • George (N-1) Bunker of Nantucket the WW II Kamikaze attack on the carrier USS Bunker and the following connected by DNA tests: Hill CV-17. The captain said, You will be proud to know • Joseph Bunker (b ca.1797 St.