Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Joseph Henry BUNGER

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JOSEPH HENRY BUNGER - farmer of Lewisburg District, and owner and miller
of BUNGER Mills, was born where he now lives, January 31, 1838 the date
of his birth.  April 24, 1861, at the bride's residence on Muddy Creek,
this county, he married Julia A. C. ARGABRIGHT, who was born on Muddy
Creek, August 31,1838.  Seven children were born to them:  Ella May,
October 31, 1862;  Mary Alice, October 8, 1865;  Ada Pearl, July 1,
1868, died May 31, 1869;  Lizzie, March 19, 1870;  Mertie, February
14, 1872, died April 1, 1877;  Alta Dinsmore, December 3, 1875;  Rachel,
July 8, 1878 - the living children are all at home.  John and Mary
(HOCKMAN) ARGABRIGHT, the former born in Rockingham County, Virginia,
and the latter on Muddy Creek, Greenbrier County, were the parents of
Mrs. BUNGER.  Her mother died August, 1862, her father is still
living in this county.  Henry BUNGER, son of Jacob BUNGER, was born
in Rockingham County, Virginia, February 15, 1800, and he came to
Greenbrier County when very small.  He married Rachel HUTSONPILLER,
who was born August 27, 1803, in Greenbrier County, and they were the
parents of Joseph Henry, subject of this sketch.  Their other children
were eight:  Matilda, who married Archibald LEWIS, and lives near
Lewisburg;  Sophia, married Alexander DODSON, both are deceased and
buried on the home farm;  Sarah Ann, married Wallace ROBINSON, and
lives on Spring Creek, fourteen miles north of Lewisburg;  Elizabeth,
married William HUTSONPILLER, resides in Clarke County, Iowa;  Mary
Jane, died January 28, 1832;  Mehitable, married Dr. B. F. WILLIAMS
and resides in Washington County, Arkansas;  Eliza, married Dr. E. F.
RAYMOND, and lives at Frankford, Virginia;  Harvey Lewis, born August
15, 1843, died November 7, 1861.  Henry BUNGER died March 30, 1862,
and Rachel, his widow, died November 27, 1869.  They died on the home
farm where their son Joseph H. lives.  Joseph H. BUNGER;s post office
address is Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.


Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.