Richard Shunick

The second son, Richard, was born in December 1826, County Cork, Ireland. The "Past and Present of Warren County, Illinois" Chicago:

H.F, Kett & Co., 1877 indicated the following:

"SHUNICK, RICHARD, Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 19; P.O. Spring Grove; born in Ireland in December, 1826; came to this Co. in 1853; Dem; Cath; owns 360 acres, valued at $20,000; wife was Elizabeth O’Neil, born in Ireland; married June 17, 1857; eight children, five sons and two daughters living, one daughter dead."

Elizabeth was born in 1832 and died in 1902. Richard died five years later on April 6,1907. Both are buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Monmouth, Illinois. The marker is a large one, standing about seven feet tall. On the back side of the stone are the names and years of birth of seven children: Thomas, Mary, Maurice, Daniel, Richard, Jr., Edmond, and Ellen. Years of death are shown for Daniel, Daniel and Richard, Jr., but they appear to be buried elsewhere.

A newspaper obituary  follows:

DEATH ANGEL IN MANY HOMES

SEVEN MONMOUTH PERSONS ANSWER TO SUMMONS FROM THE OTHER SHORE

OLD AND YOUNG CALLED

RICHARD SHUNICK DIED SATURDAY EVENING AND JAMES NESBIT YESTERDAY MORNING

Richard Shunick, for many years a resident of Spring Grove township, and for the past eleven years retired in Monmouth, passed away last Saturday afternoon at his home in this city, 401 North A street. The deceased had suffered for the past 4 weeks with an acute attack of Brights disease.

Mr. Shunick was a prosperous farmer of Spring Grove township and is known there by numerous friends. He has always been a faithful member of the Catholic church and has always identified himself with the various lines of church activity.

He was born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, in January, 1845. He came to America when he was twenty-two years of age, and settled in St. Albans, Vermont. He lived there some six years, and then came to Illinois and was employed on a farm in Spring Grove township. He was married in Burlington in 1857 to Miss Elizabeth O’Neill of Monmouth. They moved to Sumner township and lived on a farm near Denny for a short time. They moved to Spring Grove in 1870.

The deceased leaves a wife, four sons and two daughters. His sons are: Thomas, E. J. and M. D. of Spring Grove township and Daniel of Omaha, and the daughters, Mrs. Mary Baldwin of Chicago and Mrs. Nellie Boozan of Sumner township. All the children are here to attend the funeral today. Edmund Shunick of Alexis and David and Thomas Shunick of Monmouth are brothers of the deceased.

The funeral was held this morning at 10:30 o’clock in the church of the Immaculate Conception. Services were conducted by Father Madden of Lewistown, by reason of Father Owens’ illness. Burial was made in the St. Mary’s cemetery.

Those acting as pallbearers were: Thomas, M. D., Daniel and E. J. Shunick. Thomas Oaldwill and Mike Boozan. all sons of the deceased

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