Record #:

34973

Author(s):

Jones, Jeremy B.

Abstract:

Chang and Eng Bunker, world-renowned conjoined Siamese twins, settled in Mount Airy, North Carolina in the mid-1800s. After decades traveling the world in circus exhibitions, they desired a quiet life and to settle down with their wives. Now, their descendants come back to Mount Airy to remember the twins and their legacy.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November 2017, p132-136, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bunker, Eng, 1811-1874; Bunker, Chang, 1811-1874; Mount Airy--Description and travel

Record #:

12910

Author(s):

Pleasant, Paul

Abstract:

Born in Siam in 1811, as Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker arrived in America in 1819. Brought to the New World on a sailing ship captained by a man named Coffin, the Bunker brothers began an exhibition tour, stopping in North Carolina along the way. While in North Carolina, in 1839, the brothers met Adelaide and Sarah Yates, whom they married four years later. The Bunkers settled in Wilkes County and lived between Europe and America until their deaths, 17 January 1874.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 28 Issue 24, Apr 1961, p8-9, 37, il

Subject(s):

Conjoined twins--Mount Airy; Bunker, Eng, 1811-1874; Bunker, Chang, 1811-1874