Orville Mortimer Bunnell was referred to as “Mort” among his family members. He was a son of Isaac Bunnell and his first wife Rachel Brink, and was born on 4 August 1823 in Genoa, Cayuga County, New York, where the family had moved for a short period of time. From Genoa they moved to Tioga County, New York, and there Mort spent the rest of his childhood and early adulthood. His mother died when he was a young man. By 1850 h was no longer living at home.
He became a traveling salesman and ventured out of New York state. About 1861 he married Nancy Palmer in Trumbull County, Ohio. Their first-born child, a son Harry, was born 10 March 1862 in Ohio. Mort enlisted in the Union Army on 15 October 1861 at the age of 36 for a period of three years, and began his service in the 6th Ohio Cavalry in Oil Diggins, Trumbull County, Ohio. A day after his enlistment he was mustered in as Quartermaster of Company I, First Regiment, Ohio Cavalry. He remained in that position until December 1861 when he was sent back to Ohio as a recruiting sergeant. In March 1863, he was discharged due to a disability. His illness was described as chronic rheumatism, chronic bronchitis and the loss of all his upper teeth. His discharge took place in Columbus, Ohio.
By May 1864, Mort had travelled to DeKalb County, Illinois where most of his siblings, his invalided father and his stepmother had relocated from Tioga County, New York in the fall of 1854. In DeKalb, Illinois he obtained four parcels of land for a total of $2,780.00. For Orville, this was the beginning of a new career. Three months later he sold one of the four parcels for $1680, having purchased it three months earlier for $428.00. By 1880, Orville, his wife, Nancy, son Harry and daughter Hattie moved to Aurora, Kane County. Orville’s oldest brother John lived with them.
In 1890, Mort moved to Chicago and began a real estate business. They lived in the Hyde Park area. Orville passed away on 16 March 1896, and his body was taken by train to DeKalb where it was met at the train station by the Merrit Symonds Post# 283 Grand Army of the Republic, who accompanied it to the cemetery and he buried in the family plot in Oak Wood Cemetery.
He became a traveling salesman and ventured out of New York state. About 1861 he married Nancy Palmer in Trumbull County, Ohio. Their first-born child, a son Harry, was born 10 March 1862 in Ohio. Mort enlisted in the Union Army on 15 October 1861 at the age of 36 for a period of three years, and began his service in the 6th Ohio Cavalry in Oil Diggins, Trumbull County, Ohio. A day after his enlistment he was mustered in as Quartermaster of Company I, First Regiment, Ohio Cavalry. He remained in that position until December 1861 when he was sent back to Ohio as a recruiting sergeant. In March 1863, he was discharged due to a disability. His illness was described as chronic rheumatism, chronic bronchitis and the loss of all his upper teeth. His discharge took place in Columbus, Ohio.
By May 1864, Mort had travelled to DeKalb County, Illinois where most of his siblings, his invalided father and his stepmother had relocated from Tioga County, New York in the fall of 1854. In DeKalb, Illinois he obtained four parcels of land for a total of $2,780.00. For Orville, this was the beginning of a new career. Three months later he sold one of the four parcels for $1680, having purchased it three months earlier for $428.00. By 1880, Orville, his wife, Nancy, son Harry and daughter Hattie moved to Aurora, Kane County. Orville’s oldest brother John lived with them.
In 1890, Mort moved to Chicago and began a real estate business. They lived in the Hyde Park area. Orville passed away on 16 March 1896, and his body was taken by train to DeKalb where it was met at the train station by the Merrit Symonds Post# 283 Grand Army of the Republic, who accompanied it to the cemetery and he buried in the family plot in Oak Wood Cemetery.
Orville Mortimer Bunnell was referred to as “Mort” among his family members. He was a son of Isaac Bunnell and his first wife Rachel Brink, and was born on 4 August 1823 in Genoa, Cayuga County, New York, where the family had moved for a short period of time. From Genoa they moved to Tioga County, New York, and there Mort spent the rest of his childhood and early adulthood. His mother died when he was a young man. By 1850 h was no longer living at home.
He became a traveling salesman and ventured out of New York state. About 1861 he married Nancy Palmer in Trumbull County, Ohio. Their first-born child, a son Harry, was born 10 March 1862 in Ohio. Mort enlisted in the Union Army on 15 October 1861 at the age of 36 for a period of three years, and began his service in the 6th Ohio Cavalry in Oil Diggins, Trumbull County, Ohio. A day after his enlistment he was mustered in as Quartermaster of Company I, First Regiment, Ohio Cavalry. He remained in that position until December 1861 when he was sent back to Ohio as a recruiting sergeant. In March 1863, he was discharged due to a disability. His illness was described as chronic rheumatism, chronic bronchitis and the loss of all his upper teeth. His discharge took place in Columbus, Ohio.
By May 1864, Mort had travelled to DeKalb County, Illinois where most of his siblings, his invalided father and his stepmother had relocated from Tioga County, New York in the fall of 1854. In DeKalb, Illinois he obtained four parcels of land for a total of $2,780.00. For Orville, this was the beginning of a new career. Three months later he sold one of the four parcels for $1680, having purchased it three months earlier for $428.00. By 1880, Orville, his wife, Nancy, son Harry and daughter Hattie moved to Aurora, Kane County. Orville’s oldest brother John lived with them.
In 1890, Mort moved to Chicago and began a real estate business. They lived in the Hyde Park area. Orville passed away on 16 March 1896, and his body was taken by train to DeKalb where it was met at the train station by the Merrit Symonds Post# 283 Grand Army of the Republic, who accompanied it to the cemetery and he buried in the family plot in Oak Wood Cemetery.
He became a traveling salesman and ventured out of New York state. About 1861 he married Nancy Palmer in Trumbull County, Ohio. Their first-born child, a son Harry, was born 10 March 1862 in Ohio. Mort enlisted in the Union Army on 15 October 1861 at the age of 36 for a period of three years, and began his service in the 6th Ohio Cavalry in Oil Diggins, Trumbull County, Ohio. A day after his enlistment he was mustered in as Quartermaster of Company I, First Regiment, Ohio Cavalry. He remained in that position until December 1861 when he was sent back to Ohio as a recruiting sergeant. In March 1863, he was discharged due to a disability. His illness was described as chronic rheumatism, chronic bronchitis and the loss of all his upper teeth. His discharge took place in Columbus, Ohio.
By May 1864, Mort had travelled to DeKalb County, Illinois where most of his siblings, his invalided father and his stepmother had relocated from Tioga County, New York in the fall of 1854. In DeKalb, Illinois he obtained four parcels of land for a total of $2,780.00. For Orville, this was the beginning of a new career. Three months later he sold one of the four parcels for $1680, having purchased it three months earlier for $428.00. By 1880, Orville, his wife, Nancy, son Harry and daughter Hattie moved to Aurora, Kane County. Orville’s oldest brother John lived with them.
In 1890, Mort moved to Chicago and began a real estate business. They lived in the Hyde Park area. Orville passed away on 16 March 1896, and his body was taken by train to DeKalb where it was met at the train station by the Merrit Symonds Post# 283 Grand Army of the Republic, who accompanied it to the cemetery and he buried in the family plot in Oak Wood Cemetery.
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