John Bunch

Brief Life History of John

When John Bunch was born on 10 May 1827, in Grainger, Tennessee, United States, his father, Joseph Anderson Bunch Sr., was 39 and his mother, Sarah Sally Barnett, was 36. He married Sallie Jane Denton in 1848, in Perry, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 19 November 1884, in Perry, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Hutchison Cemetery, Anderson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Bunch
1827–1884
Sallie Jane Denton
1832–1906
Marriage: 1848
Mary Jane Bunch
1844–1939
Sarah Amanda Bunch
1852–1936
Argeant Elizabeth Bunch
1854–1880
John Howard Bunch
1861–1901
George Anderson Bunch
1861–1935
Martha Ann Bunch
1864–1929
William Rufus Bunch
1868–1933
James Thomas Bunch
1871–1922

Sources (7)

  • John Bunch, "United States Census, 1870"
  • John Bunch, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
  • John M Bunch, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish (Angus): perhaps a nickname from Middle English bunche ‘protuberance, hump on the back’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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