Excerpts from the lengthy obituary of Judge B. F. Junkin of New Bloomfield Perry County copied from an old newspaper clipping, which came to me in pieces from the family of my great aunt, Lillie Willis Junkin (wife of his son J. E. Junkin) in New Bloomfield, Perry County. There is nothing to identify the newspaper except "died at his residence in this place Friday morning of last week". Judge Junkin died October 9, 1908. ... Of the original stock of Junkins in this section there were two brothers, Joseph and Benjamin, who lived near Kingston, Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County. Joseph moved to Mercer county, this state, some time prior to 1812. Rev. Dr. George Junkin, at one time president of Lafayette College, was one of the sons of Joseph. Benjamin, the grandfather of the deceased, had four children: John (father of the subject of this sketch); Joseph, who became a physician; Benjamin, who went to Mississippi where he died in 1830-his brother Joseph preceded him in death; a sister who married Mr. Irvin in Allegheny, Pa. The Cumberland county records show that Benjamin Junkin, the second of the two brothers died about 1812. Benjamin F. Junkin was the son of the late Associate Judge John and Maria (Adams) Junkin of what is now Alinda, this county, and was born near Kingston Cumberland County, November 12, 1822. When but six months old with his parents he moved to Perry County, and his father purchased the Stroop farm at Blue Ball, later the Samuel Spotts farm, and now owned by Geo. B. Dum. Here they lived until 1853, when having sold [missing material] ...catine county, Iowa, where Mr. Junkin died in 1866. Mr. Junkin served Associate Justice of Perry county from Aug. 1832 to Jan. 1852. Mr. Junkin was twice married, his first wife having been as stated above Maria Adams, and his second wife, Susan Guss. The entire family emigrated west except the subject of this biography. At the time of their departure there were two sons and one daughter. By Mr. Junkin' second marriage with Susan Guss there were seven children born, all of whom are dead except one, a sister, Alice, unmarried and residing at Muscatine, Iowa. Mr. Junkin's full brother Harry died in this place in 1876. ... ... The deceased was married April 12, 1848, to Ann Eliza, daughter of the late James and Eliza (Conn) McGowan of this place. From this union two children resulted: Mary, wife of Jacob Strickler of Ploughkeepsie, N. Y., and John Edward, who died in this place March 31, 1895. Mrs. Junkin died April 18, 1889. Mr. Junkin was married a second time to Mrs. Laura W. McClurkin, August 23, 1890, who survives him without issue.