DAVID BUNN, farmer; P. O. Mason City; one of the early settlers of Mason Co.; he was born in Somerset Co., N. J., March 21, 1823, and emigrated to Mason Co. and located in what is now Quiver Township, in 1848.  At that date, there were only a few settlers, some houses being ten miles apart.  He had no means at that time, save his team, and labored for such wages as he could get, taking his pay in corn, etc.  About the year 1850, he purchased some school land, which he sold the following year; in the spring of 1869, he came to Mason City Township and purchased 410 acres of his present place, where he has since lived.  He also owns 134 acres in Logan Co. and has good farm buildings upon both places. His marriage with C. E. Appleman was celebrated in Somerset Co., N. J., Dec. 18, 1847; she was born Jan. 27, 1826; three children were the fruit of this union—Martha A., John M. and William C.



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