Author: Ira S. Bunker
Alternate names: Ira Sweet Bunker
Born: 1848
Died: 1904
Bio: American Civil War Soldiers about Ira Bunker
Name: Ira Bunker
Residence: Huntington, Vermont
Enlistment Date: 16 Dec 1863
Side Served: Union
State Served: Vermont
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 16 December 1863.
Enlisted in Company K, 7th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 24 Dec 1863.
Mustered Out Company K, 7th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 22 Jul 1865.

Ira came west with his brothers William Oliver and George Hall Bunker. He lived in Missouri for many years before moving west once again and settling in Freewater, Oregon (now Milton-Freewater). They later moved to Walla Walla, Washington. 

Ira patented several inventions during his lifetime.

He married Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hoover, sister of Eliza Catherine "Kitty" Hoover, who married his brother William Oliver. They are both daughters of Harrison Hoover and Sarah Scholl, a descendant of Daniel Boone.