Robert E. Bunnell

Robert E. Bunnell, son of Benjamin and Sally Ann (Little) Bunnell, was born in Wyoming county, Pa., September 25, 1839, and is the fourth child of a family of six children. In his fifteenth year he entered the Wyoming Academy, remained there a short time, when he returned to his home. In his twenty-seventh year he purchased the farm of his father and assumed control at once. Four years later, September 15, 1870, he married Miss Matilda H. Jackson, a daughter of George W. and Harriet (Jackson) Jackson, who was born June 15, 1817. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania, who removed to Illinois. Here her mother died in 1819. Mr. Jackson having married again, the family settled at Clayton, Adams county, where her father engaged as superintendent of the foundry, and was also a preacher. He is the inventor and patentee of the "Jackson" scales. In 1861 he organized Company A, of the One-hundred-and-forty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was elected Captain. In a short time, on account of failing health, he was compelled to return home. In 1870 the family removed to Burlington, Iowa, where he engaged in the manufacture of his scales. Two years later Mr. Jackson died, his widow being now a resident of Peoria. Mrs. Bunnell, until her marriage, had been engaged in teaching in the graded schools. Since marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bunnell have resided in Penn township, where five children have been born to them, namely: Nellie E., John C, Beulah C, Fred. J. and Bernice M. Mr. Bunnell now owns 1,240 acres of the choicest lands in Penn township, on which is situate one of the finest farm residences in Stark county. He also owns a large amount of real estate in Nebraska. Mr. Bunnell has always been a Republican. His wife is a member of the M. E. church.