Bunn Family Lines

Samuel Jefferson Bunn Family of Clay and Talladega Counties, Alabama

Samuel Jefferson Bunn (1850-1940) and his grandson, Jim S. Sexton (b. 1929) in the early 1930's in Clay County, Alabama at the Elurd Atkisson homeplace.  Samuel J. Bunn is the son of Marquis De Lafayette Bunn (1811-1899) and Zina Era Hearn (1812-1906).

Samuel Jefferson Bunn (1850-1940), far right, standing at the front of the team of oxen, during the Talladega, Alabama Centennial celebration of 1919. 

Sena Samantha Cole (1854-1930), wife of Samuel Jefferson Bunn.  Sena is the daughter of Charles Shockley Cole (1827-1863) and Martha Catherine Barnes (1833-1921) of Talladega and Clay Counties, Alabama. 

Nancy Ann Cole (1857-1898), sister of Sena Samantha Cole, shown here about 1896 with her husband, William Eldridge Calhoun (1856-1915) and their family.  This picture was probably taken in Deport, Lamar Co., TX.  Image is courtesy of Jackie Phillips, Dadeville, AL.

Sena Samantha Cole (1854-1930), wife of Samuel Jefferson Bunn.

Sena Samantha Cole (1854-1930), wife of Samuel Jefferson Bunn.

Children of Samuel Jefferson Bunn and Sena Samantha Cole.  Photo courtesy of Janie Bunn Godfrey, Childersburg, Alabama.

John Ornton Bunn.

Manerva "Nervie" Bunn Atkisson (1889-1960) shortly before her death in Talladega, Alabama.

Manerva "Nervie" Bunn Atkisson (1889-1960) probably taken in the late 1940's in Talladega, Alabama.  Manerva is the daughter of Samuel Jefferson Bunn and Sena Samantha Cole.

Grover Jasper Bunn (b. 1922) and his cousin, Lonnie Monroe Atkisson (1922-1987).  This picture was taken in Clay County, Alabama about 1924.  Photo courtesy of Janie Bunn Godfrey, Childersburg, Alabama.

Grover Jasper Bunn (b. 1922) at his home in Childersburg, Alabama about 1996.  Photo courtesy of Janie Bunn Godfrey, Childersburg, Alabama.

Bunn-Atkisson Reunion, October 9, 1999 in Clay County, Alabama.  The reunion is held at the old Pink Bunn place - descendants of Pink Bunn have built a hunting cabin on the location of the old house (notice the stone retaining wall in the foreground, which was part of the old homeplace).  Photo courtesy of Paul G. Atkisson, Alexander City, Alabama.

Another photograph of the Bunn-Atkisson reunion, October 9, 1999.  Photo courtesy of Paul G. Atkisson, Alexander City, Alabama.

Silas Mitterson Bunn Family of Clay and Talladega Counties, Alabama

Invitation for the 1991 Bunn Reunion showing sons William and Silas Bunn who served the Confederacy.

Silas Mitterson Bunn (1845-1929), Mary Jane Cole (1852-1930) and their daughter, Vembry E. Bunn (1882-1964).  Silas is the son of Marquis De Lafayette Bunn and Zina Era Hearn. Mary Jane Cole is the sister of Sena Samantha Cole who married Samuel Jefferson Bunn and Silas is Samuel Jefferson Bunn's brother.

 Silas Mitterson Bunn (1845-1929).

Riley Francis Bunn (1875 - 1953) was the son of Silas M. and Mary Jane Cole Bunn.  He was a Baptist Minister and married to Mary Lou Hill (1888 - 1966).

This is the marriage license of Marquis DeLafayette "Fate" Bunn (1886 - 1973) and Jessie Mae Jenkins (1895 - 1950).  M.D.L. "Fate" Bunn was the son of Silas M. and Mary Jane Cole Bunn.

Marquis DeLafayette "Fate" Bunn and Jesse Mae Jenkins.  Apparently some children vandalized this photo by poking holes in Jesse's eyes.

This is the marriage license of Ellis F. Bunn (1894 - 1980) and Lou Amy Watts (1898 - 1960).  Ellis F. Bunn was the son of Silas M. and Mary Jane Cole Bunn.