Blunk, Goldsbury/Golsbay

Personal Information
Last Name	Blunk
First Name	Goldsbury/Golsbay
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Maiden Name
Death Date	2/14/1857
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Obituary Source
Source Information	Cemetery index/Blanchard's History of Morgan Co.
Cemetery	Mt. Pleasant, Hall

Family Information
Spouse	Elizabeth Pritchett
Survived By	Wife.
Other	Age 58 years and 4 months. Born Oct. 14, 1798 in Kentucky. Son of Aaron Blount, "which surname has been since changed to Blunk" and his wife, Miss ___ Golsbay. Aaron was a Virginian and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Goldsby was a farmer, "but labored as a steamboatman on the Lower Mississippi River for several years, and in 1827 married and began farming" in Adams Township, Morgan County, Ind. "He cleared his land, and was the first settler in that part of the township. He was an expert hunter and marksman, a man of strong will, and owner of 237 1/2 acres, and died February 4, 1857, aged fifty-eight." Father of five sons and five daughters. [Cemetery index gives his name as Golsbay.] Allen R. Seaton was named Administrator of his estate. Married on Oct. 11, 1829 in Owen Co., Ind.; ceremony performed by Rev. John Jones. Father of 10 children: Andrew, Louisa, Luemma, Bryson, William, Paulina, Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, and Golsbay II.
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