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Robert Samuel "Okey" BUNNELL

Robert Samuel "Okey" BUNNELL

Male 1871 -


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  • Name Robert Samuel "Okey" BUNNELL
    Birth 2 Mar 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 28 at time of 1903 marriage would put birth in about 1875, but age 49 given in 1920 Census puts it in about 1871.
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1903  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation 1920  [2] 
    laborer for coal company 
    Census 1920, 1930  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [4] 
    state road laborer 
    Person ID I64318  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2018

    Father Charles B. BONNELL,   b. 23 Apr 1843, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1917, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Mother Rulana DAVIS,   b. 18 May 1839, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1893, Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F11940  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice O. DAVIS,   b. 15 Jun 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1932, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [1, 5]
    Marriage 21 Mar 1903  Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Apr 18 1910:
      Okey Bonnell, 31, married 7 yrs (first marriage); wife Alice, 23, married 7 yrs (first marriage), mother of 2 children (both still living); son Charley, 4; son Arthur, 2.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Jan 6 1920 on Northwest Pike:
      Robert Bunnell, 49, laborer at coal company; wife Alice, 34; son Charles, 13; son Arthur, 12; dau Aretta, 5; son Jerld, 4 months; sister-in-law Maggie Davis, 26, single.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Apr 7 1930 on Route 50:
      Okey Bunnell, 59 (54?), laborer with State Roads, age 33 at time of first marriage; wife Alice, 49, age 19 at first marriage; son Charles W, 24; son Arthur B, 22; dau Arletta B, 16; son Gerald A, 11; dau Edith L, 8; dau Wavoline S, 3y 11m; dau Ada B, 1y 6m.
    Children 
    >1. Arthur Paul BUNNELL,   b. 30 May 1908, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1992 (Age 84 years)
    +2. Aretta Bertha BUNNELL,   b. 28 Jun 1914, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1996, Massillon, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +3. Gerald Allen BUNNELL,   b. 28 Aug 1919, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 2001 (Age 81 years)
    +4. Wavelean Thelda BUNNELL,   b. 7 May 1926, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1995 (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F26830  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 115.

    2. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 22.
      Identified as Richard S. Bunnell, single, 28, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, son of Charlied & Lanie (?) Bunnell; and Alice Davis, single, 20, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Reuben & Sarah Davis. Married Mar 21 1903 in Wilsonburg.