History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 737.
[Nicholas County]  [Carlisle City and Precinct]

E. M. BUNTIN, farmer, P. O. Carlisle, was born near his present home, Nov.
27, 1842, to John J. and Theresa A. (McDaniel) Buntin, who were married in
March 1837; she was a daughter of John McDaniel, a very early settler in
Nicholas County; John J. had by her three children, viz: the first died
in infancy; John W. residing in Union precinct, and E. M.; the mother died
April 22, 1846; the father remarried Elizabeth A. West, March 11, 1847, who
is still living, and a daughter of Adam and Mary (Wills) West, she a
daughter of David and Margaret (Goram) Wills, who were natives, the father
a native of Ireland; the West family were from the State of Delaware, the
Wills from Pennsylvania, and both were very early settlers in the State
of Kentucky; Adam West was a son of Isaac and Nancy (Heney) West; by this
second marriage there was one child: Margaret S., a maiden lady; Mr.
Buntin died Feb. 20, 1880; was born Jan. 6, 1812; John J. Buntin was a
son of William Buntin, who was three times married, first to a Miss Hill,
second to a Mrs. Howard, from whom sprang this branch of the family;
their children were John J., Susan, who married Joshua Dale and settled
in Missouri, where they left a family; Henry, residing in Boone County,
Ind., and Byers, in Nicholas County; the third marriage was to Susan
Grimes, by whom he had three children, the first died young; Margaret and
Elizabeth married brothers, John and James Darrow, at the same place and
under the same ceremony, and reside in Boone County, Ind.; William
Buntin was a native of Nicholas County; was a son of William, who, with
his family was the second settler at the town of Harrodsburg, Ky.; he was
a brother-in-law of Major McGreary, who was killed at the battle of the
Blue Licks; William was also killed by the Indians; the subject of this
sketch is engaged with his step-mother in general agriculture and stock
raising business; they are members of the M. E. Church; he is a member of
the Masonic order; in September 1862, he enlisted on Company B., 9th Ky.
Cavalry, under General Morgan and served gallantly as a soldier until in
1864, when he returned home.

Buntin McDaniel West Wills Goram Heney Hill Howard Dale
Grimes Darrow Byers McGreary
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Mercer-KY Boone-IN MO PA DE Ireland

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