Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 904.
 
FRANKLIN O. BUNTING

     was born September 9, 1868, near Virginia City, Nevada, the son of
Alexander J. and Mary M. (Schalk) Bunting. The father was born in Ohio and
crossed the plains to California in 1852, and after residing short periods in
different parts of the state, removed to Virginia City, Nevada, where he engaged
in the, freighting business. From Virginia City he removed to Austin, Nevada,
thence to Reno. From the latter city he at length returned to the state of
California, founded the town of Buntingville and entered the general merchandise
business. He came to Lake county, Oregon, in 1883 and located at Lakeview where
he lived until 1900, when on account of failing health he went to San Francisco.
He died in a hospital in that city at the age of seventy years. Our subject's
mother was a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and emigrated to the west with her
parents during the pioneer days.
     The brothers and sisters of Mr. Bunting are: Charles A., of Merrill,
Oregon; Mrs. Kate E. Hazelton, of Lakeview; and Edward R., of Reno.
     When at the age of sixteen years, shortly after coming to Lake county, Mr.
Bunting started in life for himself. He had no means, so in order to get a
start, he worked for a time on salary for a stock man. In 1894 he took a
contract to run a stage line between Lakeview and Paisley and Plush, the latter
a small town in Lake county. Four years later he began running a stage from
Lakeview to Alturas, California. This line he conducted until 1902, when he
retired from the stage business. During the meantime he engaged in the stock
raising business. In 1900 he went to Missouri and purchased a herd of pure bred
Hereford cattle, ever since which time he has made a specialty of raising that
particular strain of stock. He has the largest herd of pedigreed Hereford cattle
in the state of Oregon, numbering two hundred and thirty head, all pure bred
Herefords. Of lands he has in all one thousand acres in Drew's valley
twenty-three miles west from Lakeview and a small hay ranch six miles southwest
from Lakeview. All of his land is fenced and well improved, yielding him all the
feed required for his stock. His large farm is known far and wide by the name of
"The Bunting Stock Farm.''  In addition to this property Mr. Bunting has a modem
home in, Lakeview, where he spends the winter each year in order to give his
children the benefit of the city schools, and the summer months are spent on the
farm.
     On December 9, 1897, occurred the marriage of Mr. Bunting and Miss Alice
Rebecca Tullock, a native of Drew's valley, Lake county, Oregon. Mrs. Bunting's
father and mother, William, and Armona Rebecca (Chandler) Tullock were the first
settlers in Drew's valley, where they followed the stock business during their
residence there. The last ten years of their lives they spent in Lakeview. The
father died in 1899 and the mother in 1898. Mrs. Bunting was their only child.    
     To Mr. and Mrs. Bunting have been born two children, Frederick Oscar and
Ruby Armona, though they have another child; Elma Chandler by name, whom they
are caring for as their own.
     Mr. Bunting is one of the most prominent stock men in Iris state.. He
enjoys a wide circle of acquaintances and is a man of great popularity owing to
his public spirit and his many acts of kindness and generosity. He is also a
prominent Odd Fellow, being a member of Lakeview lodge, No. 63, of which he is a
past grand. He is also a past chief patriarch of the encampment No. 18, of
Oregon.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in February 2011 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.