Jesse Bunnell founded the company to manufacture telegraph apparatus bearing his name by the age of 35. In 1899 Jesse caught a severe cold which worsened. He died of heart failure on the 9th of February, 1899 at age 56. He was buried in Brooklyn's Garden Greenwood Cemetery.
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Massillon Independent - Semi Weekly
Massillon, Ohio
February 13, 1899
Page 2
OBITUARY NOTICE
JESSE H. BUNNELL
Jesse H. Bunnell, a brother of DeWitt Bannell, of this city, and senior partner of the firm of J. H. Bunnell & Co., manufacturers of electrical supplies, at No. 10 Cortlandt street, New York, died on Wednesday night at the Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, from heart trouble. He was 50 years old and leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters. In the sixties Mr. Bunnell was one of the famous telegraphers of this country, doing a lot of important government work in a highly acceptable manner.
The New York Tribune on Friday, February 10, contained the following notice. "Jesse H. Bunnell was born in Massillon, O., in 1813, and when eleven years old began to learn operating at the local telegraph office. He went from Pittburg to Washington in 1801, and became one of the military operators. He was stationed first, at Annapolis, in the Peninsular campaign he was attached to McClellan's headquarters, and when McClellan's headquarters were transferred to the steamer Commodore, at Yorktown. Bunnell operated the wires between the steamer and Washington. At the battle of Antietam he set up an office on the field and sent and received messages under fire. In 1863 Bunnell was transferred to the department of the Cumberland, and was attached to Rosecrans's headquarters. He saw some terrific work as an operator at Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge. At General Rosecrans's wing, Bunnell was the only man left on the field. His instrument was in the farm house of Mrs. Glenn. After Rosecrans reached Chattanooga, Bunnell reopened communications with him, telling him how the other division fared. He went from Chattanooga to Atlanta, where exposure and hardship brought on illness, and he left the service. In 1860, before the war, Bunnell sent Buchanan's message from Pittsburg to Cincinnati, making an average of thirty-eight words a minute for two hours, without a break. L. C. Weir, in Cincinnati, took the message, making eight manifold copies. That was the telegraphing speed record for years. After the war Bunnell came to New York, and twenty years ago became associated with Charles McLaughlin. The funeral will take place this morning at St John's Episcopal church, in Seventh avenue, Brooklyn. Mr. Bunnell did not return to Massillon after the civil war."
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Massillon Independent - Semi Weekly
Massillon, Ohio
February 13, 1899
Page 2
OBITUARY NOTICE
JESSE H. BUNNELL
Jesse H. Bunnell, a brother of DeWitt Bannell, of this city, and senior partner of the firm of J. H. Bunnell & Co., manufacturers of electrical supplies, at No. 10 Cortlandt street, New York, died on Wednesday night at the Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, from heart trouble. He was 50 years old and leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters. In the sixties Mr. Bunnell was one of the famous telegraphers of this country, doing a lot of important government work in a highly acceptable manner.
The New York Tribune on Friday, February 10, contained the following notice. "Jesse H. Bunnell was born in Massillon, O., in 1813, and when eleven years old began to learn operating at the local telegraph office. He went from Pittburg to Washington in 1801, and became one of the military operators. He was stationed first, at Annapolis, in the Peninsular campaign he was attached to McClellan's headquarters, and when McClellan's headquarters were transferred to the steamer Commodore, at Yorktown. Bunnell operated the wires between the steamer and Washington. At the battle of Antietam he set up an office on the field and sent and received messages under fire. In 1863 Bunnell was transferred to the department of the Cumberland, and was attached to Rosecrans's headquarters. He saw some terrific work as an operator at Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge. At General Rosecrans's wing, Bunnell was the only man left on the field. His instrument was in the farm house of Mrs. Glenn. After Rosecrans reached Chattanooga, Bunnell reopened communications with him, telling him how the other division fared. He went from Chattanooga to Atlanta, where exposure and hardship brought on illness, and he left the service. In 1860, before the war, Bunnell sent Buchanan's message from Pittsburg to Cincinnati, making an average of thirty-eight words a minute for two hours, without a break. L. C. Weir, in Cincinnati, took the message, making eight manifold copies. That was the telegraphing speed record for years. After the war Bunnell came to New York, and twenty years ago became associated with Charles McLaughlin. The funeral will take place this morning at St John's Episcopal church, in Seventh avenue, Brooklyn. Mr. Bunnell did not return to Massillon after the civil war."
Jesse Bunnell founded the company to manufacture telegraph apparatus bearing his name by the age of 35. In 1899 Jesse caught a severe cold which worsened. He died of heart failure on the 9th of February, 1899 at age 56. He was buried in Brooklyn's Garden Greenwood Cemetery.
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Massillon Independent - Semi Weekly
Massillon, Ohio
February 13, 1899
Page 2
OBITUARY NOTICE
JESSE H. BUNNELL
Jesse H. Bunnell, a brother of DeWitt Bannell, of this city, and senior partner of the firm of J. H. Bunnell & Co., manufacturers of electrical supplies, at No. 10 Cortlandt street, New York, died on Wednesday night at the Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, from heart trouble. He was 50 years old and leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters. In the sixties Mr. Bunnell was one of the famous telegraphers of this country, doing a lot of important government work in a highly acceptable manner.
The New York Tribune on Friday, February 10, contained the following notice. "Jesse H. Bunnell was born in Massillon, O., in 1813, and when eleven years old began to learn operating at the local telegraph office. He went from Pittburg to Washington in 1801, and became one of the military operators. He was stationed first, at Annapolis, in the Peninsular campaign he was attached to McClellan's headquarters, and when McClellan's headquarters were transferred to the steamer Commodore, at Yorktown. Bunnell operated the wires between the steamer and Washington. At the battle of Antietam he set up an office on the field and sent and received messages under fire. In 1863 Bunnell was transferred to the department of the Cumberland, and was attached to Rosecrans's headquarters. He saw some terrific work as an operator at Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge. At General Rosecrans's wing, Bunnell was the only man left on the field. His instrument was in the farm house of Mrs. Glenn. After Rosecrans reached Chattanooga, Bunnell reopened communications with him, telling him how the other division fared. He went from Chattanooga to Atlanta, where exposure and hardship brought on illness, and he left the service. In 1860, before the war, Bunnell sent Buchanan's message from Pittsburg to Cincinnati, making an average of thirty-eight words a minute for two hours, without a break. L. C. Weir, in Cincinnati, took the message, making eight manifold copies. That was the telegraphing speed record for years. After the war Bunnell came to New York, and twenty years ago became associated with Charles McLaughlin. The funeral will take place this morning at St John's Episcopal church, in Seventh avenue, Brooklyn. Mr. Bunnell did not return to Massillon after the civil war."
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Massillon Independent - Semi Weekly
Massillon, Ohio
February 13, 1899
Page 2
OBITUARY NOTICE
JESSE H. BUNNELL
Jesse H. Bunnell, a brother of DeWitt Bannell, of this city, and senior partner of the firm of J. H. Bunnell & Co., manufacturers of electrical supplies, at No. 10 Cortlandt street, New York, died on Wednesday night at the Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, from heart trouble. He was 50 years old and leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters. In the sixties Mr. Bunnell was one of the famous telegraphers of this country, doing a lot of important government work in a highly acceptable manner.
The New York Tribune on Friday, February 10, contained the following notice. "Jesse H. Bunnell was born in Massillon, O., in 1813, and when eleven years old began to learn operating at the local telegraph office. He went from Pittburg to Washington in 1801, and became one of the military operators. He was stationed first, at Annapolis, in the Peninsular campaign he was attached to McClellan's headquarters, and when McClellan's headquarters were transferred to the steamer Commodore, at Yorktown. Bunnell operated the wires between the steamer and Washington. At the battle of Antietam he set up an office on the field and sent and received messages under fire. In 1863 Bunnell was transferred to the department of the Cumberland, and was attached to Rosecrans's headquarters. He saw some terrific work as an operator at Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge. At General Rosecrans's wing, Bunnell was the only man left on the field. His instrument was in the farm house of Mrs. Glenn. After Rosecrans reached Chattanooga, Bunnell reopened communications with him, telling him how the other division fared. He went from Chattanooga to Atlanta, where exposure and hardship brought on illness, and he left the service. In 1860, before the war, Bunnell sent Buchanan's message from Pittsburg to Cincinnati, making an average of thirty-eight words a minute for two hours, without a break. L. C. Weir, in Cincinnati, took the message, making eight manifold copies. That was the telegraphing speed record for years. After the war Bunnell came to New York, and twenty years ago became associated with Charles McLaughlin. The funeral will take place this morning at St John's Episcopal church, in Seventh avenue, Brooklyn. Mr. Bunnell did not return to Massillon after the civil war."
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