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Nathan Gifford BUNNELL

Nathan Gifford BUNNELL

Male 1866 - 1943  (76 years)


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  • Name Nathan Gifford BUNNELL
    Birth 14 Oct 1866  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1867.
    Gender Male
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [4] 
    railroad laborer 
    Census 1920  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920 
    coal miner 
    Residence 1921  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [5] 
    farmer 
    Census 1940  Chiefton, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Chiefton, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 12 Mar 1943  Chiefton, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Cause: Bright's disease 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I64346  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2020

    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 1 Bertha A. SKINNER,   b. Sep 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1920, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years)  [3]
    Marriage 13 Feb 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Jun 26 1900:
      Nathan G. Bunnell, 33, b. Feb 1867, railroad laborer, married 10 yrs; wife Bertha, 25, b. Sep 1874, married 10 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Josie, 8, b. Nov 1891; dau Essie M, 5, b. May 1895; son Owen, 2, b. Apr 1898; mother-in-law Bertha (sic) Skinner, 63, b. May 1837, widowed, mother of 3 children (all still living).

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Apr 18 1910:
      Nathan Bonnell, 44, teamster, married 20 yrs; wife Bertha, 36, married 20 yrs, mother of 8 children (4 still living); dau Esa, 15; son Onan, 12; son Theadore, 3; son Walter, 10 months.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Jan 17 1920:
      N. G. Bunnell, 52, coal miner; wife Bertha, 45; son Wilford O, 32, single, coal miner; son Theadore, 12; son Walter, 10; son-in-law Samuel Monroe, 38, book agent; dau Essie Monroe, 24; grandson Thirlwell Monroe, 6.

      Bertha died in June 1920. Nathan remarried Mary Opal Sandy eight months later.
    Children 
     1. Josie May BUNNELL,   b. 5 Nov 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. Essie Mabel BUNNELL,   b. 18 Apr 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1933, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    >3. Wilford Onan BUNNELL,   b. 19 Oct 1897, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1963, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     4. Theodore BUNNELL,   b. 7 May 1907, North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1981 (Age 74 years)
     5. Walter Lee BUNNELL,   b. 14 Jun 1909   d. 14 Sep 1977 (Age 68 years)
    Documents
    64346_NathanGBonnell_BerthaSkinner_MarriageRecord_13Feb1890.jpg    		64346_NathanGBonnell_BerthaSkinner_MarriageRecord_13Feb1890.jpg
    Family ID F26844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Opal SANDY,   b. CA 1894, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1945, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 51 years)
    Marriage 5 Feb 1921  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • When Nathan and Opal married in February 1921, her marital status was divorced and she was going by her maiden name. She did have two children, but no previous marriage record has been found for her.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 19 1930:
      Nathan Bunnell, 64, farmer, age 32 at time of first marriage; wife Opal, 36; age 27 ati first marrage; son Theodore, 22. single; dau Helen, 13; son Hoy, 12.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, Community of Chiefton), enumerated on Apr 5 1940:
      Nathan Bunnell, 72; wife Opal, 46; stepson Hoy Bunnell, 23, single; granddau Mary Smith, 4.
    Documents
    64346_NathanGiffordBunnell_OpalSandy_MarriageRecord_5Feb1921.jpg    		64346_NathanGiffordBunnell_OpalSandy_MarriageRecord_5Feb1921.jpg
    Family ID F26846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2704485&Type=Death.

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

    3. [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.

    4. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

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

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 480.
      Identified as Nathan G. Bonnell, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Bertha Skinner, 16, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Feb 13 1890 "at the residence of Walter Skinner." Informants for marriage license: Charles B. Bonnell & Dorothy Skinner.

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 491.
      Identified as Nathan Gifford Bunnell, widowed, 48, b. Doddridge Co, res. Clarksburg, son of Charles B. & Rulana Bunnell; and Opal Sandy, divorced, 26, b. Gilmer Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Joseph C. & Sarah C. Sandy. Married Feb 5 1921 in Clarksburg.