George Shunk

HISTORY OF BEDFORD, SOMERSET AND FULTON COUNTIES, p. 506:

"Jacob Shunk lived in this county [Somerset County, PA] at an early day. Afterward he moved to Canada, where a son named George was born, who came to this county in 1820. George Shunk moved to Westmoreland county in 1871. He married, first, Nancy Rose; second, Martha Griffith. Children: Jonathan, William, Allen, Edmund, James K., Rebecca, Mary, Catharine and Anna. Jonathan, William and Allen served in the late war. Jonathan enlisted in October, 1862, in Co. E, 171st regt. Penn. Vols., and again in September, 1864, in Co. E, 52d regt. Penn. Vols., serving in all about eighteen months. He now resides in Jenner township and is the only member of his father's family now living in the county."