Col. William Edgar Bundy
William Edgar Bundy was born in Jackson County, Ohio, on the site now occupied by the city of Wellston, October 4, 1866. His father, William Sanford Bundy, was wounded while in the service of his country, near Bean Station, Tennessee, as a private soldier, and died from the effects of his wound, January 4, 1807. His mother, Kate Thompson Bundy, was killed in an accident two years later, and their young son was raised and educated by his grandfather, Hon H. S. Bundy.
The subject of this sketch was graduated from the Ohio University in 1890 (of which institution he is now a Trustee) as a Bachelor of Arts, and has since attained the degree of Master of Arts. For two years he was editor of the Wellston Argus, and then came to Cincinnati, attended the Law School, and was graduated there from in 1890. During the years 1890 and 1891 he was Secretary of the Board of Elections of Hamilton County. He has been four times elected Solicitor of Norwood, and has a beautiful home in that thriving suburb. He was married May 8, 1890, to Miss Eva E. Leedom, daughter of the late Ex-Congressman, John P. Leedom, of Adams County, and they have one son, William Sanford Bundy (named after the child's martyred grandfather).
Mr. Bundy was Commander of the Ohio Division, Sons of Veterans, in 1890, and was Commander-in-Chief of that order for the United States in 1894-5. He has always taken an active and practical interest in politics. In 1898, he was President of the Ohio Republican League, and during that year was appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, for a term of four years. Through his own efforts and industry he has attained a leading position at the Hamilton County bar.
From History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900