CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO -  Silas Gundrum, bio in 1902 Biographical History of Crawford Co.

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From the 1902 Biographical History of Crawford Co., OH
pg. 840

     "Silas Gundrum, a representative citizen and leading farmer of Crawford
county, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, on the 14th of January, 1830, 
a son of John and Charlotte Fogle Gundrum.  The father was also a native of
the Keystone state, his birth occurring about 1797, and his father came from
the fatherland to the United States.  John Gundrum learned the blacksmith's
trade early in life, but later devoted his time and attention to agricultural
pursuits.  About 1834 he came to Crawford county, Ohio, and about six months
later located in Bucyrus township, where he purchased the farm of eighty 
acres on which our subject now resides.  This place was then covered with 
native timber with the exception of about three acres, which had been cleared 
by a Mr. Cox, the former owner, and to this tract the father afterward added 
another eighty acres adjoining the place on the south and which is now owned 
by Lewis Heller.  Thus he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of 
land, which he improved and placed under a fine state of cultivation, and he 
became known as one of the substantial and reliable citizens of the township.  
He passed to his final reward in 1862.  He was an active supporter of the
Democratic ticket and was a stanch member of the Lutheran church.  His wife
survived him but a few months, when she, too, passed away in death.  Mr. and
Mrs. Gundrum became the parents of sixteen children, seven of whom still 
survive, namely: Henry, a resident of Richland county, Ohio;  Pasetta, wife 
of Arthur Cleland, of this county; Sarah, the wife of Isaac Cole, of Richland 
county, Ohio;  Lovina, wife of Henry Cloyd, of Missouri; Michael, who resides 
in Steuben county, Indiana; Rebecca, wife of James Smith, of Tiffin, Ohio; 
and Silas, the subject of this review.
     The latter was reared to manhood in the place of his nativity, there
acquiring a limited education in the old pioneer log school house of his
neighborhood.  In 1856 he came to Bucyrus, Ohio, and learned the cabinet-
maker's trade, but after two years spent in the city his father purchased his
eighty-acre tract and, wishing the son to assist him in its cultivation, the
latter located on that place, and in 1860 he and his brother Henry took 
charge of the farm, conducting the same on the shares.  After the father's 
death Silas purchased the home farm and the brother became the owner of the 
adjoining eighty acres.  On this place our subject has ever since continued 
to make his home and his efforts in his chosen vocation have been attended 
with a high and well merited degree of success.  His fields are under a fine 
state of cultivation, everything about the place being neat and thrifty in 
its appearance, and its owner stands among the foremost agriculturists of 
Crawford county.
     On the 27th of June, 1861, Mr. Gundrum was united in marriage to Miss
Lovina Buck, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and a daughter of John Buck. 
Unto this union have been born eight children, as follows: John, a resident 
of Polk township, Crawford county; William, at home; Anna, deceased; Joseph, 
who resides in Sandusky township, this county; Margaret, the wife of Albert 
Heller, of Sandusky township; Silans and Emma, twins, and both now deceased; 
and Frank, who is still under the parental roof.  Mr Gundrum is a stanch 
supporter of the principles of the Democracy and is also a zealous member of 
the United Brethren church."