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Indian Pioneer Papers - Index

Indian Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma
Date: May 25, 1937
Name: Dorthea Bunch
Post Office: Medford, Oklahoma
Date of Birth: August 16, 1868
Place of Birth: Rogersville, Indiana
Father: S.D. Walker
Place of Birth: Tennessee
Information on father:
Mother: Martha White
Place of birth: White Burg, Tennessee
Information on mother:
Field Worker: Naomi L. Garringer
 
Dorthea Bunch was born in Rogerville, Indiana, August 16, 1868.

Mr. Bunch made the "run" on horseback when the Cherokee Strip was opened to settlers on September 6, 1893.

He staked a claim eleven and one-half miles southwest of Medford. When Mr. Bunch returned to his family a man jumped his claim. This man had some lumber with him. He started a small building. That evening a friend of Mr. Bunch's tore down the building and hid the lumber. The friend then wrote to Mr. Bunch telling him of the claim jumper. Mr. and Mrs. Bunch came down immediately. They brought with them their livestock, several cows and a few chickens.

Mr. Bunch went back to Kansas for the first harvest. He was there for the first two winters. Mrs. Bunch kept the neighbor's cow and sold butter to help out with living expenses as finances were very low. After the first two winters they progressed rapidly.

Submitter's comments: Dorthea Bunch was born in Rogerville, Indiana, [actually, she was born in Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee] August 16, 1868. Daughter of S. D. (Stokley Donaldson) Walker and Martha Louise White.

Dorthea Virginia Cornelia Walker married David Edward Bunch on December 22, 1883, Hawkins County, Tennessee. He was the son of James Pouncey Bunch and Alethia Berry. He was born June 4, 1861, probably in Tennessee, and died February 5, 1921, Medford, Grant County Oklahoma. Dorthea Walker Bunch died January 31, 1945, Grant County, Oklahoma. They had five children, born in Gage County, Nebraska - Oliver Alvin, Ethel, Roy Otis, Martha, and Oscar Calvin.

Submitted to OKGenWeb by Karen Clark <kclark969@aol.com> 06-2000.