Gigi Best advises that this photograph has been misidentified. A copy hangs in Bunches Church with the correct identification. She is Caroline Simms Bunch, not Caroline Simms Smith.

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In the 1870 census of Stantonsburg township, Wilson County: Harry Simms, 64; wife Hannah, 50; and children Emily, 19, Caroline, 15, Frank, 13, and Jesse, 8; and Junah Acock, 2.

On 8 August 1872, Mack Bunch, 24, married Caroline Simms, 19, in Wilson County.

In the 1880 census of Stantonsburg township, Wilson County: farmer Mack Bunch, 30; wife Caroline, 25; and children Harriet, 7, Clara, 6, Georganna, 3, and Annie, 2.

In the 1900 census of Nahunta township, Wayne County, North Carolina: farmer Mack Bunch, 55; wife Cailinie, 44; children Hairiet, 25, Clara, 23, George A., 22, Fannie, 19, Joseph, 17, Jarvish, 15, Paul, 14, Jamess, 12, Manda, 8, Laura, 6, Stella, 4, and Earvin, 5; grandsons Dabert, 1, and Sidney, 3; and mother Hannah Bunch, 80.

In the 1910 census of Nahunta township, Wilson County: Mack Bunch, 60; wife Caroline, 45; children Georgganna, 25, Joeseph, 23, Thomas, 18, Amanda, 17, Laura, 15, Estella, 13, and Debro, 10; and grandchildren Arthur Grice, 8, and Erving Ward, 16.

Caroline Bunch died 12 April 1925 in Nahunta township, Wayne County. Per her death certificate, she was 70 years old; was born in Wayne County; was the widow of Mack Bunch; and was buried in Aycock graveyard. Tom Bunch was informant.

Thank you, Gigi.