7/11/1870 Rock Creek Twp, PO Rockfield, Carroll Co, IN. That yearthe c ensus taker recorded him as Louis Van Gundy, 34, works on theRR. He ha d property worth $500/200, and only perons in the family waswife Mary, 2 4.
6/1/1880 Rock Creek, Carroll Co, IN. Listed in the census at age 45,L ewis was a farmer with wife Mary, 34, and daughter Adda, 7, as wellas s ister-in-law Loretta Roop, 21, works in the house. Two Groningerfamil ies lived just down the road.
The birth date posted is calculated from cemetery records.
Lewis VANGUNDY: died Jan. 2, 1881 age 40y1m23d (Mason)
Lewis was buried on Row 5 between Marie M Tribbett and Charles ARaber. A lthough there are other Van Gundys in the same cemetery,none buried cl ose to him. Cemetery records say he was a Mason.
