Individual Details

James Henry Gundy

(20 Dec 1865 - 10 Sep 1916)

Birth: Rossville, Vermilion Co., IL.

Rel.: Protestant, no other info.

Educ. Unknown, probably grammar school.

Occup.: laborer; per 1900 census, was porter in a saloon; also had popcorn
wagon on street in Harrisonville; picture of him w. wagon in poss. of M. M.
Havens.

Marr.: info. from records of Gundy-VanGundy Family Assoc., now inactive;
married at Zion Presbyterian Church, Verona, Lawrence Co., MO. (church Pent.
Holiness as of 1993). His brother, Tom, m. his wife's sister, Lilla.

Descr.: med. height, thin, black hair, brown eyes; in pictures of him, appears
edgy or high strung, shows Indian features; chn. claimed he had mean
disposition.

Health: unknown, but died at 51 from cancer - carcinoma on face.

Death: Harrisonville, Cass Co., MO 10 Sept. 1916; copy of death cert. in poss.
of M. M. Havens.

Burial: Orient Cem., Harrisonville, MO; wife bur. in different lot, quite a
distance away.

Researchers: M. M. Havens and Gundy-VanGundy Family Assoc.

Events

Birth20 Dec 1865Rossville, Vermilion Co., IL
Marriage4 Dec 1894Lawrence Co., MO - Mary Magdelene Williamson
Death10 Sep 1916Harrisonville, Cass Co., MO
BurialOrient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Cass Co., MO

Families

SpouseMary Magdelene Williamson (1869 - 1961)
ChildLloyd Avon Gundy (1896 - )
ChildElsie Willa Gundy (1897 - 1901)
ChildAra Van GRUNDY (1899 - 1991)
ChildMilla Montella Gundy (1902 - 1975)
ChildFerd Uel Gundy (1904 - 1981)
ChildRosetti Elno Gundy (1906 - 2000)
ChildZiba Thomas Gundy (1908 - 1922)
FatherWilliam GUNDY Jr. (1842 - 1917)
MotherElizabeth Catherine PRATHER (1847 - 1926)
SiblingJenny Viola Gundy (1867 - 1915)
SiblingCharles Armor GUNDY (1869 - 1917)
SiblingWilliam Jacob GUNDY (1875 - 1917)
SiblingKatherine Alice GUNDY (1879 - 1917)
Siblingdau GUNDY (1880 - 1880)
SiblingCornelius Jonathan 'Thomas' GUNDY (1882 - 1969)
SiblingElmira May GUNDY (1884 - 1917)
SiblingNancy Zoetta Gundy (1887 - 1903)
Siblingdau GUNDY (1889 - 1889)
SiblingTheo 'Glessie' GUNDY (1890 - 1917)