When Lewis DeMott Bunce was born on 29 September 1827, in Wolcott, Wolcott, Wayne, New York, United States, his father, James Avery Ludlow Bunce, was 30 and his mother, Esther Hester Lewis, was 21. He married Esther Almira Voorhees on 28 October 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada, United States in 1870 and Sterling Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1870, at the age of 42, his occupation is listed as brewer in Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada, United States. He died on 6 August 1900, in Price, Carbon, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Price, Carbon, Utah, United States.