As a young man, Elias Conway Bunch went to Arizona, where he settled in Springerville, Arizona, and was appointed judge of Apache County's probate court. While in Springerville, he met and married a Mormon girl, Lucy Celestia Bigelow, who bore him four children before her death in 1885. Bunch married Lydia Ellen Weatherford just five months later, and she raised the two surviving children from his first marriage. Elias Bunch had six more children with Lydia.
As the father of eight, Bunch was eager to improve Arizona's schools. By 1913, he was Assistant Superintendent of Arizona Public Schools, a post he gave up in 1913 in order to become the principal of a school in Benson, Arizona.
As a young man, Elias Conway Bunch went to Arizona, where he settled in Springerville, Arizona, and was appointed judge of Apache County's probate court. While in Springerville, he met and married a Mormon girl, Lucy Celestia Bigelow, who bore him four children before her death in 1885. Bunch married Lydia Ellen Weatherford just five months later, and she raised the two surviving children from his first marriage. Elias Bunch had six more children with Lydia.
As the father of eight, Bunch was eager to improve Arizona's schools. By 1913, he was Assistant Superintendent of Arizona Public Schools, a post he gave up in 1913 in order to become the principal of a school in Benson, Arizona.
Gravesite Details
Next to Lydia Ellen Bunch
Family Members
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William M. "BUCK" Bunch
1838–1859
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Nathaniel Columbus Bunch
1841–1916
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Nancy Caroline Bunch Champlin
1843–1899
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George Dallas Bunch
1845–1864
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Lucetta B Bunch Wood
1850–1936
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Judge Thomas Stanford Bunch Sr
1852–1911
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Sarah Jane Bunch
1854–1857
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Arizona Donna Bunch
1858–1883
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Laura Alice Bunch Keck
1863–1953
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Larkin B Bunch
1863–1895
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