1/22/1920 7th St, Kiowa Dist 6, Barber Co, KS. At census time thatye ar Abriham J Vangundy was 48 years old, Annie M, 33, Charley, 13,Ralph , 8, and Mildred, 3y 2m. Abraham was born in OH, the rest ofthe famil y in KS. He was a blacksmith and owned their home free ofmortgage. H is mother, "Cordlie" lived in the same city.
OBITUARY
October 4, 1962 "Kiowa News"
Kiowa, Kansas
Abraham Jefferson Van Gundy, son of Julius and Cordelia Van Gundy, wasb orn on July 7, 1871 in Huntsville, Ohio, and died on September 18,1962 a t his home in Kiowa, where he had resided for 57 years, at theage of 9 1 years, 2 months and 11 days. He came to Kansas in 1891 andmade the r un into the Cherokee Strip where he proved up a claim. Hewas married t o Annie Brannan on September 1, 1905 in Alva, Oklahoma.Mr. Van Gundy w as a blacksmith by trade. He was a member of ModernWoodmen of the Worl d Lodge for 55 years. He is survived by his wife,Annie of the home; tw o sons, Charlie Van Gundy of Valley Center andRalph Van Gundy of Wichi ta; a daughter, Mrs. Clyde Schwartz of Kiowa;a brother, Harve Van Gund y of Tahlequah, Oklahoma; two sisters, AliceMarah of Berthoud, Colorad o and Dixie Bacon of Englewood, California;two grandsons, Jack Van Gun dy of Wichita and Jim Van Gundy ofOklahoma City, Oklahoma; a granddaug hter, Phyllis Higgins of ValleyCenter; and five great-grandchildren.
