Daughter of Christian C. Swartzendruber &
Elizabeth Eash
Oldest of eleven children;
4 sisters & 6 brothers
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1860 Catherine "Katie" (Swartzendruber)***see below
1862 John Christian ***see below
1863 Lydia (Gunden)***see below
1865 Simon Christian ***see below
1866 Amos Christian ***see below
1871 Isaac Christian***see below
1875 Mahlon Christian ***see below
1877 Barbara***see below
1877 Magdalena (Bontrager)***see below
1880 Christian C.***see below

Married John Gunden
16 Mar 1879 Wellman, Washington, IA
Mother of 14 children;
9 daughters & 5 sons
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1879 Catherine E. (Kauffman)***see below
1881 Emma (Bender)***see below
1882 Christian J.***see below
1884 Lizzie (Steckley)***see below
1886 Lydia S. (Mayer)***see below
1888 Anna***see below
1889 John J.***see below
1892 Agnes B. (Byler)***see below
1893 Fannie (Yoder)***see below
1895 Joseph W.***see below
1897 Mary E. (Albrecht)***see below
1899 William S.***see below
1901 Laura B.***see below
19?? Theodore

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Sadly, her last son, Theodore, died when he was less than 5

Obituary May 16, 1957
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Mrs. John (Mary Swartzendruber) Gunden
June 1, 1859 in Johnson County, Iowa - Sunday, May 12, 1957 at home in Pigeon - 97 years
Marriage: March 16, 1879 to John Gunden, who died May 24, 1931
Cemetery: Mennonite

Survivors: 4 sons; Chris (Ind.), Archibald (Ohio), William (Ind.), John (Bay Port) 5 daughters; Mrs. Lydia Mayer (FL), Mrs. Mary Albrecht (Bay Port), Mrs. Agnes Byler (Pigeon), Miss Laura Gunden (Pigeon), Mrs. Fannie Yoder (Pigeon) and 2 brothers. She leaves 167 direct descendants.

Comments: She died following a short illness. She moved to Huron in 1904.