W. & J. R. BUNYAN, druggists, are sons of Robert and Hellen (Russell) Bunyan, who came from Saratoga County, N. Y., to Lima, La Grange County, Ind., at an early date, settling upon a farm . Here the mother died in 1856, their father, subsequently removing to Batavial, Ill., in 1859, where he remained until his death, in 1864. The family consisted of four children: the subjects of this sketch, Mrs. Kate E. Reed, of Kendallville, and Mrs. Helen M. Ostrander, of Kalamazoo, Mich. W. and J. R. Bunyan, are natives of Saratoga County, N. Y., and until 1859 were assocated upon the home farm, in La Grange County, after their removal thither. In 1859, they began their business career in Kendallville, where they have been continuously engaged up to the present writing, and now represent one of the oldest and most substantil drug houses in Northern Indiana. William has taken a leading interest in politics, and in 1872 was elected State Representative from the counties of Noble and La Grange, which position of honor he filled most credibly for four years. He was married, in August, 1870, to Miss Cornelia R. Hudson, of Noble County. They have had one child, Mable Grace, deceased. J. R. Bunyan was united in marriage, in 1858, to Miss Rebecca Barnum, of West Unity, Ohio; they have five children -- Winnifred, Robert, George B., Walter W. and James R. He is a membmer of the K. of H. and Chosen Friends. Has served the township two terms as Trustee. Goodspeed, Weston A, Richard Collins, Thomas R. Marshall, W. L. Matthews; Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana: historical and biographical; Chicago, F. A. Battey & Co., 1882, p. 299. |
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