Biographical sketch extracted from:

Biographical and historical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1887. pp. 892-893.

MRS. SARAH A. BUNN is the widow of Jacob Bunn, and both were born in Pennsylvania. The husband was born near Mercersburg, Franklin County, in 1804, and our subject at Newberg, Cumberland County. Jacob was a son of Nicholas and Rosanna Bunn, and when thirty years of age he left Pennsylvania and settled at Manchester, Stark County, Ohio. The mother of our subject, Barbara Wheeler, died in Pennsylvania, and her father, Daniel Wheeler, with five children, John, Jacob, Lena, Thomas and Sarah A., emigrated in 1825 to Stark County, Ohio, where our subject formed the acquaintance of and married Jacob Bunn in 1836. Three years later they removed to this county, settling upon the land that Mrs. Bunn yet owns. Jacob had entered the land the year previous, and engaged some of the residents to build a cabin, that his family might have suitable shelter when they arrived. Two children, James and Dennis, were born in Stark County, and were small children when their parents settled in their western home. They were the eighth family to settle in Jefferson Township. A wagon drawn by one horse, containing necessary bedding, with wife and babies, completed the load. Mrs. Bunn drove the horse while her husband attended to the two cows that were driven through. Two young men accompanied them, but they remained only a short time. When they arrived in 1839 not a stick had been cut except where the cabin stood; but that autumn found two acres cleared and sown to wheat. During the winter several acres more were cleared for corn, and the coming spring found the enterprising farmer ready to plant his crop. The malarial atmosphere brought the ague, which prevailed extensively; yet the heroic pair held bravely on, until by their united exertions the heavy forests had melted away and a nice farm was opened up in the wildwood. The rude log cabin was replaced by a neat hewedlog house, which in turn gave way to the substantial frame building. Their first barn was built of hewed logs, and still stands a monument to the memory of pioneer days, and its builder, Jacob Bunn. Other children came to grace their home—Harriet, David, Jennette, Caroline, Lewis, Isabella, Sabina, Mary and Harrison. Jacob Bunn was for a number of years a member of the Dunkard church, and died firm in that faith. His death occurred in the autumn of 1877, having lived long enough to see a large family well settled in life. Harriet married Dr. A. H. Metts, and is now deceased; Jennette married Henry Gailhouse, a resident of Ohio; Caroline is the wife of Samuel Hughes, who lives on the Bunn homestead; Isabella became the wife of Elza Justus, now in the lumber trade in Mississippi; Sabina married Clarence Carr, and they live in Ossian; Mary E. married Cyrus Weaver, a carpenter and joiner, of Decatur, Indiana; James, deceased, was a farmer, and married Susan Trenary, and they had three children; David married Almira Springer, of Ohio, and has since resided in that State; Lewis and Harrison are unmarried. David was a soldier during the late war, serving in an Ohio regiment, and went through the entire war, except when confined in a rebel prison. Jacob Bunn was a large-hearted man, and the pioneers still speak of his death with regret, as it took from their midst one of the most prosperous and exemplary men. Mrs. Bunn is in her seventieth year, and is still hale and vigorous. She has a pleasant home in Ossian, and is surrounded by her children, two of whom make their home with her. Her lot in life is such as befits one who has lived well and truly.