John Clayton Bunnell

BUNNELL, HAZEN, JACKSON, RENSHAW

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 8/8/2004 at 11:27:15

Among the prosperous agriculturists of Penn township is numbered John C. Bunnell, who is a native of Illinois, born in Stark county, October 23 1872. His parents, Robert E. and Matilda (Jackson) Bunnell, were born in Wyoming county, Pennsylvania. The father removed to Stark county, Illinois, in 1853 and there purchased land, which he operated until 1890, when he removed to Nebraska. After farming there for eight years he came to Madison county, Iowa, where he rented land for a number of years. He then went to Dallas county, where he purchased land, which he is still operating at the age of seventy-six years. His wife, who is also living, is sixty-eight years old.

John C. Bunnell was reared and attended school in Illinois and Nebraska and remained with his parents until 1902. In the meantime he had farmed with his father for a number of years and was well qualified to operate land independently. In that year he was married and rented a farm in Jefferson township, this county. Three years later he purchased eighty acres on section 2, Penn township, and has since carried on general farming there, meeting with well deserved success.

In March, 1902, Mr. Bunnell was united in marriage to Miss Edith Renshaw, a daughter of Sylvester and Sarah (Hazen) Renshaw, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Bunnell is a native of this county and her natal day was September 7, 1875. By her marriage she has become the mother of two children : Howard, a lad of twelve years; and Helen G., aged ten.
Mr. Bunnell supports the candidates and policies of the republican party, and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. He is energetic and capable and his personal characteristics are such as win him many warm friends.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1915"