From: "Dodgeville Chronicle," 30 April 1918 or early May 1918 issue, obituary:
"George Bunting Dies at Age of More Than 104 Years. George Bunting, the oldest person in Iowa County and perhaps the oldest one that was ever in the county, died at the County Home on Saturday, April 27, 1918, aged 104 years, and well along in the 105[th] year of his life."
"He was born in England in 1814, according to the records we can get, and came to America when quite a young man. He had lived in and around Dodgeville for more than fifty years, and was widely known. He also, for a time, lived at Ridgeway, long before the town was established. Ridgeway was then known as Sampson's Tavern. He worked in the mines a part of his life and then settled on a farm and remained a cultivator of the soil as long as he was able to labor. He was married three times, all of his wives long preceding him in death. The writer does not know the names of his deceased companions nor the circumstances concerning their nuptials or death. He united with the Primitive Methodist church in England, and reunited with it again after coming to this country, and has been a member of the P.M. church for more than half a century, dying in full communion therewith."
"Throughout his whole life he was well and favorably known and made hosts of friends along his pathway. Fifteen or sixteen years ago he went entirely blind and never recovered his sight, since which time he was helpless. Otherwise, his physical strength remained remarkably good for so old a man until a few years ago, when it generally broke down and continued to gradually grow weaker until at last death came to his relief which, in his case, was a blessing instead of a cross. He was buried on Sunday, April 28, 1918, from the church of his choice in this city, Revs. M. D. Peavy and W. C. Tyrrell officiating at the funeral. The hymns sang at the service were the favorites of the departed brother, and were rendered in a most excellent way by the Arthur families, who were life-long friends of the deceased. A very large congregation of old friends and more recent acquaintances of our dead brother attended the services, which attested the respect with which he was held by those who knew him well. He had lived so long that it seemed that old age had perished in Grandpa Bunting but it overtook him at last and he went to his final rest as a full sheath, well ripened and ready awaiting the harvest. He had outlived nearly all his relatives, only a few grandchildren remaining to mourn his departure."
"George Bunting Dies at Age of More Than 104 Years. George Bunting, the oldest person in Iowa County and perhaps the oldest one that was ever in the county, died at the County Home on Saturday, April 27, 1918, aged 104 years, and well along in the 105[th] year of his life."
"He was born in England in 1814, according to the records we can get, and came to America when quite a young man. He had lived in and around Dodgeville for more than fifty years, and was widely known. He also, for a time, lived at Ridgeway, long before the town was established. Ridgeway was then known as Sampson's Tavern. He worked in the mines a part of his life and then settled on a farm and remained a cultivator of the soil as long as he was able to labor. He was married three times, all of his wives long preceding him in death. The writer does not know the names of his deceased companions nor the circumstances concerning their nuptials or death. He united with the Primitive Methodist church in England, and reunited with it again after coming to this country, and has been a member of the P.M. church for more than half a century, dying in full communion therewith."
"Throughout his whole life he was well and favorably known and made hosts of friends along his pathway. Fifteen or sixteen years ago he went entirely blind and never recovered his sight, since which time he was helpless. Otherwise, his physical strength remained remarkably good for so old a man until a few years ago, when it generally broke down and continued to gradually grow weaker until at last death came to his relief which, in his case, was a blessing instead of a cross. He was buried on Sunday, April 28, 1918, from the church of his choice in this city, Revs. M. D. Peavy and W. C. Tyrrell officiating at the funeral. The hymns sang at the service were the favorites of the departed brother, and were rendered in a most excellent way by the Arthur families, who were life-long friends of the deceased. A very large congregation of old friends and more recent acquaintances of our dead brother attended the services, which attested the respect with which he was held by those who knew him well. He had lived so long that it seemed that old age had perished in Grandpa Bunting but it overtook him at last and he went to his final rest as a full sheath, well ripened and ready awaiting the harvest. He had outlived nearly all his relatives, only a few grandchildren remaining to mourn his departure."
From: "Dodgeville Chronicle," 30 April 1918 or early May 1918 issue, obituary:
"George Bunting Dies at Age of More Than 104 Years. George Bunting, the oldest person in Iowa County and perhaps the oldest one that was ever in the county, died at the County Home on Saturday, April 27, 1918, aged 104 years, and well along in the 105[th] year of his life."
"He was born in England in 1814, according to the records we can get, and came to America when quite a young man. He had lived in and around Dodgeville for more than fifty years, and was widely known. He also, for a time, lived at Ridgeway, long before the town was established. Ridgeway was then known as Sampson's Tavern. He worked in the mines a part of his life and then settled on a farm and remained a cultivator of the soil as long as he was able to labor. He was married three times, all of his wives long preceding him in death. The writer does not know the names of his deceased companions nor the circumstances concerning their nuptials or death. He united with the Primitive Methodist church in England, and reunited with it again after coming to this country, and has been a member of the P.M. church for more than half a century, dying in full communion therewith."
"Throughout his whole life he was well and favorably known and made hosts of friends along his pathway. Fifteen or sixteen years ago he went entirely blind and never recovered his sight, since which time he was helpless. Otherwise, his physical strength remained remarkably good for so old a man until a few years ago, when it generally broke down and continued to gradually grow weaker until at last death came to his relief which, in his case, was a blessing instead of a cross. He was buried on Sunday, April 28, 1918, from the church of his choice in this city, Revs. M. D. Peavy and W. C. Tyrrell officiating at the funeral. The hymns sang at the service were the favorites of the departed brother, and were rendered in a most excellent way by the Arthur families, who were life-long friends of the deceased. A very large congregation of old friends and more recent acquaintances of our dead brother attended the services, which attested the respect with which he was held by those who knew him well. He had lived so long that it seemed that old age had perished in Grandpa Bunting but it overtook him at last and he went to his final rest as a full sheath, well ripened and ready awaiting the harvest. He had outlived nearly all his relatives, only a few grandchildren remaining to mourn his departure."
"George Bunting Dies at Age of More Than 104 Years. George Bunting, the oldest person in Iowa County and perhaps the oldest one that was ever in the county, died at the County Home on Saturday, April 27, 1918, aged 104 years, and well along in the 105[th] year of his life."
"He was born in England in 1814, according to the records we can get, and came to America when quite a young man. He had lived in and around Dodgeville for more than fifty years, and was widely known. He also, for a time, lived at Ridgeway, long before the town was established. Ridgeway was then known as Sampson's Tavern. He worked in the mines a part of his life and then settled on a farm and remained a cultivator of the soil as long as he was able to labor. He was married three times, all of his wives long preceding him in death. The writer does not know the names of his deceased companions nor the circumstances concerning their nuptials or death. He united with the Primitive Methodist church in England, and reunited with it again after coming to this country, and has been a member of the P.M. church for more than half a century, dying in full communion therewith."
"Throughout his whole life he was well and favorably known and made hosts of friends along his pathway. Fifteen or sixteen years ago he went entirely blind and never recovered his sight, since which time he was helpless. Otherwise, his physical strength remained remarkably good for so old a man until a few years ago, when it generally broke down and continued to gradually grow weaker until at last death came to his relief which, in his case, was a blessing instead of a cross. He was buried on Sunday, April 28, 1918, from the church of his choice in this city, Revs. M. D. Peavy and W. C. Tyrrell officiating at the funeral. The hymns sang at the service were the favorites of the departed brother, and were rendered in a most excellent way by the Arthur families, who were life-long friends of the deceased. A very large congregation of old friends and more recent acquaintances of our dead brother attended the services, which attested the respect with which he was held by those who knew him well. He had lived so long that it seemed that old age had perished in Grandpa Bunting but it overtook him at last and he went to his final rest as a full sheath, well ripened and ready awaiting the harvest. He had outlived nearly all his relatives, only a few grandchildren remaining to mourn his departure."
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Eastside Cemetery. From: "Dodgeville Chronicle," April 30, 1918 or early May 1918, front page,
"He was buried on Sunday, April 28, 1918, from the church of his choice in this city, Revs. M. D. Peavy and W. C. Tyrrell officiating at the funeral."
From Shirlee Eddy: "...how I knew George Bunting had 8 lots. The guy at the cemetery said George is in section 1, block 43 and lot 7 which consists of 8 graves. The only one shown buried there is Mary [Penniston Flint Simpson] Bunting. I'm sure George must be there and I believe Caroline Cox P. Bunting is there and also her stepson Christian. Martin Peterson is buried at Otter Creek Cemetery near Highland and Caroline and Christian are buried in Dodgeville. I wish I could find the date George purchased the plots because if it was as early as 1888 then Amos Luther Tyrer (baby) most likely is buried there also. If he didn't buy them until 1893 when Mary died, well, of course those records burned in the 1930's."
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