Individual Details

Rufus Bunnell

(19 Mar 1777 - 11 Jul 1826)

graduated at Yale College.

Events

Birth19 Mar 1777
Event1802Meredith, N. Y.
Marriage4 Mar 1804Diantha Fitch
Event1806Pennsylvania
Event1810Philadelphia
Event1815New York
Death11 Jul 1826Cambridge, Mass

Families

SpouseDiantha Fitch (1778 - 1858)
ChildGeorge Bunnell (1805 - 1806)
ChildWilliam Rufus Bunnell (1806 - )
ChildJames Fitch Bunnell (1807 - )
ChildThomas Fitch Bunnell (1808 - )
FatherCaptain Israel Bunnell (1747 - 1813)
MotherJerusha Dowd (1749 - 1829)

Notes

Event

He was a merchant at Meredith, N. Y. (1802-6)

Event

he removed to Delhi, where he engaged in the manufacture of pot andpearl ashes, and in lumbering on the Delaware river for the market ofPhiladelphia,

Event

Philadelphia, whither he removed in 1810, and carried on the lumber business with his brother-in-law, Dr. Thomas Fitch.

Event

In 1815, he commenced the money exchange and brokerage busiuess in NewYork, under the firm of Beers (Joseph D.) & Bunnell, adding thecollection of drafts to it, and dealing in cotton They opened branchoffices at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Petersburgh, Va., and Charleston,S. C., etc., and established agencies throughout the United States,Canada England, and France

Death

d. suddenly of cholera morbus at Cambridge, Mass., July 11, 1826,aged 49, leaving a good name behind him as a man of business and of social character and position, and also a large estate.