Lydia Bunker was shot and killed along with her daughter, Clara, by Clara's husband, Mr. Lacey. The murderer then turned the gun on himself.
Contributor: (48041998)

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
about William Bunker
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Lydia Colman
Number Pages: 1

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
about William Bunker
Residence: Fulton, Muscatine, Iowa
Class: 2
Congressional District: 2nd
Age on 1 July 1863: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Race: White
Place of Birth: Pennsylvania

William was in listed in the household in the 1870 census

1880 United States Federal Census
about Lydia Bunker
Age: 53
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1880: Fulton, Muscatine, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Keeping House
Household members:
Lydia Bunker 53
Benn Bunker 23
Clara Lacy 27
Frank H. Lacy 5
William Hambrick 29 (Occupation works on farm)


Other names on this monument are Benn Bunker, Frank and Clara Lacey and Harry Lacey

Lydia Bunker was shot and killed along with her daughter, Clara, by Clara's husband, Mr. Lacey. The murderer then turned the gun on himself.
Contributor: (48041998)

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
about William Bunker
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Lydia Colman
Number Pages: 1

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
about William Bunker
Residence: Fulton, Muscatine, Iowa
Class: 2
Congressional District: 2nd
Age on 1 July 1863: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Race: White
Place of Birth: Pennsylvania

William was in listed in the household in the 1870 census

1880 United States Federal Census
about Lydia Bunker
Age: 53
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1880: Fulton, Muscatine, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Keeping House
Household members:
Lydia Bunker 53
Benn Bunker 23
Clara Lacy 27
Frank H. Lacy 5
William Hambrick 29 (Occupation works on farm)


Other names on this monument are Benn Bunker, Frank and Clara Lacey and Harry Lacey