This is what Carol sent along with his picture. Interesting man. Bette The family bible states that Stephen Fales Bunker was born in Athens, Maine, on December 12, 1840. Official records have his age at the date of enlistment as 18. In all post war pension applications he goes by the Dec 12, 1843, date until late in life. When he was able to get an increased pension at age 70, he, for the first time, claimed that he was born in 1840. He was living in the small community of Empire, near Farmington, in Dakota County, Minnesota, when the war began. He volunteered and was mustered into service on April 29, 1861. He became a private in Company H of the First Minnesota Infantry. He was 5' 7 1/2" tall, had a dark complexion, black eyes and black hair. Stephen was wounded in the right forearm at the battle at Bull Run, on July 21, 1861. The musket ball entered near the elbow and was eventually cut out near his wrist half way around from the point where it entered. The orderly sergeant noted on the monthly muster roll, for the company, that Stephen would probably be discharged. He was sent to recover at a General Hospital in Alexandria, Va, for four weeks. Dr Daniel Hand signed his Certificate of Discharge for Disability on Dec 10, 1861 at the regiment's camp at Camp Stone, Md. He returned home to Minnesota, but toward the end of the war he entered the service once again. On Feb 15, 1864, he enlisted in Company F, 2nd Minnesota Cavalry. He served until the war's conclusion and was mustered out, with the unit, on Dec 2, 1865. On May 26, 1866, Stephen married Adelaide V Bishop Bunker. They were married at the Hennepin County Court House. They raised seven children. They were Lewis A, Frank L, Fred J, Le Roy, Arthur L, Delbert E and Sylvira M Bunker. As of 1879, he was working as a clerk and they were living in Middleville in Wright County. In 1892 the town changed its' name to Howard Lake. In 1902 and 1903 his address was 1408 Clinton Ave S in Minneapolis. In 1906 he was at #47 12th Street South in Minneapolis. In 1907 he was living at 3728 5th Ave S, also in Minneapolis. All this movement would indicate that his wife was not with him and he was on his own and drifting from place to place. At some time he moved to Seattle, Washington, perhaps to live with one of his children. According to the 1910 and 1917 rosters of the surviving veterans of the First Minnesota his address was 7033 Jones Ave NW, in Seattle. That was his place of residence until he death on Jan 9, 1924, at the age of 81. He is buried is Seattle, at the Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery. Sources: National Archives military service records, Stephen F Bunker. National Archives pension records, Stephen F Bunker. Discharge Certificate. Roster of the First Minnesota Infantry, 1910. Roster of the Survivors, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 1917.