Bundy - Quincy - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

It seems that there is no start in life which so well prepares a man for his future career, whatever he may choose to follow as the boyhood years spent on the farm; this is not strange to the contemplative mind, for in the first place the boy reared next to nature, to the fresh soil, surrounded by the clear air and amidst the growing, blooming vegetation, will be stronger physically and mentally than his city-bred brother, and all will agree that health is the first pre-requisite in the chase for success in this world; many a man has been handicapped, submerged and defeated because of lack of it. Another thing, the farmer boy knows few of the temptations that lead to ruin which the city boy has to combat from almost the very cradle; the former uses his energy in wrestling with the plow, the unbroken colt, the quick-growing sprouts, and many other things in his daily life, while all this pent-up energy of the city lad must seek outlet in various channels, so he gets into trouble or at least neglects to properly direct his energies in life's affairs and when manhood comes he is left behind by his stronger and more self-reliant country contemporary. One of the inhabitants of Union township, Montgomery County, who has been fortunate in being reared on the farm and wise enough to remain a tiller of the soil is Quincy E. Bundy, at present a popular county commissioner.

Mr. Bundy was born on September 14, 1862, in Union township, Montgomery County, and in this and Boone county most of his life has been spent. He received a good common school education and when a boy growing to manhood worked on the farm, as already intimated.

Mr. Bundy was married on September 24, 1885, to Frances M. Ford, who was born in Boone county, Indiana, February 17, 1865. She is a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Ford. The fater was born in Virginia. The mother was also a native of Virginia. They spent their earlier years in the Old Dominion, finally coming to Boone county, Indiana, where they established the future home of the family, and there Mrs. Bundy grew to womanhood and received a common school education. She was a devout member of the Lutheran church near Darlington, and was known to all her neighbors as a woman of kindly impulses and strong character. She was called to her eternal rest on December 18, 1912. She was a member of the Eastern Star.

The union of our subject and wife resulted in the birth of one child, Violet, who was born on December 24, 1888. She received a good high school education, later attending DePauw University. She married Lee La Follette, of Darlington, this county, he being a promising young banker of that place.

Mr. Bundy made his start in life on the farm in Boone county, where he resided a number of years, finally selling out and moving back to Union Township, Montgomery County, purchasing one hundred and sixty acres, which he operated with his usual success for some time, then sold out and purchased the one hundred and sixty acres of valuable and well improved land where he now resides, having owned this since 1910. It is all tillable, well tiled and otherwise well improved.

Politically, Mr. Bundy is a Democrat, and has been loyal in his support of the party.  He was elected county commissioner in 1911, and he discharged the duties of this office in such a highly commendable manner that he was reelected in 1913 for two more years. He has been very popular as a commissioner. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic Order. - typed by kbz