JOSEPH S. BUNNEL
1830 - 1908
Thursday, May 7, 1908
" SUDDEN DEATH.
Of Joseph S. Bunnel - Paralysis the Cause - The Oldest Resident of Hicksville.
Saturday morning our city was shocked to learn that Joseph S. Bunnel, the oldest resident of Hicksville, had died at his home on East High street at about 10:30 o'clock Friday night. Mr. Bunnel had not been in robust health for some time but had been able to be about the house, walk down town, and attend to his chores.
Friday evening he had been to the barn to feed the chickens and on his return complained of feeling badly and went to bed. It was soon discovered he had had a severe paralytic stroke and Dr. Cook was called. He found the patient unconscious and unable to take any medicine. He remained in that condition until 10:30 when he passed peacefully away.
Mr. Bunnel was one of the old landmarks of Hicksville, having come to this village in 1839. He was a man of considerable means, honorable in all his dealings, industrious, faultless in character, and an honor to the village in which he has spent almost his entire life. Deceased was 78 years of age."
Source: Obituaries: Pioneers of Northwest Ohio, Volume 1. Carma Rowe Estate (Johnson Memorial Library). No date. p. 207.
Copies available at Defiance Public Library
and Hicksville and Sherwood branch libraries.
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