When Sarah Eleanor Bunting was born on 25 March 1860, in Edwards, Illinois, United States, her father, John Bunting, was 40 and her mother, Martha Virden, was 33. She died on 29 June 1861, at the age of 1.
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Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English bunting ‘corn bunting’, perhaps used of a short, plump person. Compare Bunt and Scots buntin ‘short and thick’, Welsh bontin ‘rump’, bontinog ‘large-buttocked’.
History: Sarah Bunting (1686–1762), born in Matlock, Derbyshire, became a noted Quaker minister in Cross Wicks, NJ. It is believed but not certain that other members of her family, including her father, John Bunting, came with her to NJ sometime before 1704, when her marriage to William Murfin is recorded.
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