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Author: Bowen & Co. (1903)

JOHN G. BUNN.

   John G. Bunn, of Meriden, Wyoming, is a native of Otsego county, N. Y., and
was born on January 13, 1860, a. son of John P. and Sarah (Bard) Bunn, both
natives of New York state. His father was engaged in the occupation of farming
in Otsego county and later removed to the county of Delaware, where he still
resides, following the same occupation. The mother passed away during the
residence of the family in Otsego county and lies at rest beneath its sod. Mr.
Bunn received his early education in the common schools of Otsego and Delaware
counties, N. Y., and remained with his father on the farm until he had attained
the age of twenty-one years. He then engaged in business for himself and worked
for wages as a farm hand in New York until 1882. He then resolved to seek his
fortune in the West and came to Nebraska, where for three months he worked on a
farm, and then secured a position on the Union Pacific Railroad as a member of a
repair crew on the line of that road as far as Ogden, Utah. In the fall of 1882
he returned to Cheyenne and was employed in the construction of railroad shops
at that place, remaining in that employment until the spring of 1883. He came
then to Lagrange, Wyo., and secured employment on the ranch of Mr. R. Martin,
which adjoins his own home property. Here he remained for one year and acquired
a thorough and practical knowledge of the stock business from that best of all
schools, the school of experience. In the spring of 1884 he took up the ranch
where he now resides on Bear Creek, about thirty-one miles east of Chugwater.
Here he has since made his residence and is engaged in the profitable industries
of cattle and horseraising, and he possesses one of the finest hay and stock
ranches in his section of the state. He owns 320 acres of patented land and has
a tract of range land which he holds under lease from the state. His business is
being steadily increased from year to year, and from small beginnings, by hard
work, perseverance and close attention to details he has built up a successful
ranch property and also won the highest respect of the community where he
resides. On November 18, 1886, Mr. Bunn was united in marriage with Miss Anna
Fletcher, a native of Iowa, a daughter of William and Martha (Ewers) Fletcher,
both natives of Ohio. Her parents early emigrated from their native state to
Iowa, settling first in Jefferson county, and they were among the very earliest
of the pioneers of that section, where they followed the occupation of farming,
later removing to the county of Decatur where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. Bunn
have six children, William, Walter, Ralph, Elsie, Arthur and Archie. They are
all still living. Mr. Bunn is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, being
affiliated with the lodge at Lagrange. Politically, he is a stanch member of the
Democratic party, giving unswerving and loyal support to that organization,
although he has never sought or held a political office.


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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

ILLUSTRATED

A people who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors, will
never achieve anything worthy to he remembered with pride by remote
generations.—.MACAULAY.

CHICAGO, ILL.
A. W. BOWEN & CO.
PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS
1903


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