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Surnames: Munson, Gunter, Coffman, Hasty, Bragg, Lambert,
Classification: Biography
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This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the
insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just
thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE:
I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no
index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it.
Typed by Lora Radiches:
Surnames in this biography are: Munson, Gunter, Coffman, Hasty, Bragg, Lambert,
BURR N. MUNSON is a prominent young Indiana businessman, is a World war veteran, and at
Muncie is owner of the Munson Automobile Agency. Mr. Munson was born at Warsaw, Indiana,
September 10, 1895, son of Albert U. and Alice A. (Gunter) Munson. His great grandfather
was the founder of the family in Indiana, coming from Ohio, and settled at a very early
date near Warsaw. Mr. Munson’s grandfather, James Munson, spent his life as a farmer and
stockman, and he and his wife are buried near Warsaw. Albert U. Munson was born at Warsaw,
and has been interested in farming and cattle raising all his active life. He resides at
Warsaw. He married Miss Alice A. Gunter, who was born near Warsaw, attended school there,
and is a very active Methodist. The Gunters were pioneers of that section of Indiana.
Albert U. Munson and wife had nine children: Hazel Jane, now deceased, was the wife of
Earl Coffman; Lawrence lives at Minot, North Dakota; Gale D. is in the automobile business
at !
Warsaw; Burr N.; Donald J. conducts an automobile sales and service business at Wabash,
Indiana; Albert B., also an automobile man, is in business with his brother in Warsaw,
Indiana; Cloris died when twenty years old; Grant T. was in the automobile business at
Hartford City, and is now farming with his father; and Edith is Mrs. Albert Hasty, of
Auburn, Indiana. Burr N. Munson attended his first school at Warsaw, Indiana. Later, while
living on a ranch in Ward County, North Dakota, he continued his schooling there. He left
school to go to work on his father’s North Dakota ranch, where he remained five years. He
left that to take up the automobile business, which he and all his brothers except one
have followed. He spent one year with his brother Gale at Warsaw, leaving there to join
the colors. He received his training in the Aviation Corps at San Antonio, Texas, and
after one year was assigned duty as a flying instructor, spending one year in the field at
Americus, !
Georgia. He was commissioned a sergeant in aviation. Mr. Munson was given an honorable
discharge in May, 1919, and soon after the war returned to Warsaw, where for seven
years he was with his brother Gail. Mr. Munson on March 15, 1926, located at Muncie and
has since been in business for himself, under the name of Burr N. Munson. He has the
Studebaker agency for Delaware and Blackford counties and has been responsible for the
sale and distribution of hundreds of these popular cars over this territory. He has well
equipped sales rooms and shops at 209 North Walnut Street in Muncie. Mr. Munson is a man
of public-spirited attitude and interested in the affairs of every community where he has
lived. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, Chamber
of Commerce, Muncie Automobile Dealers Association, and Muncie Post No. 19, American
Legion. He votes as a Republican and is a member of the High Street Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mr. Munson !
married at Kalamazoo, Michigan, February 12, 1921, Miss Nell Lambert Bragg, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Lambert. She was left an orphan by the death of her parents when she
was small, and she was then adopted by Miss Delilah Bragg, of Marion, Indiana, where she
grew up and attended school. After high school she entered the Central Business College of
Indianapolis and for several years was retained as instructor in shorthand and typewriting
in that business college. She is interested in the Methodist Church and Sunday school. Mr.
and Mrs. Munson have four children: Betty Maxine, Marylin JO. Billie Bernard and Jack Rex.
Bettie is in school and Marylin Jo is a kindergarten pupil.