J. Bunvill    

J. BUNVILL, dealer in carriages, buggies, etc., Corry, was born in 1824, near Wattsburg, Venango Township, Penn., and is a son of Lewis Bunvill, a native of France, and an early settler here. He participated in the war of 1812, with Hull; his grandparents settled in Erie County in 1812. Our subject learned carpentering and contracting. He is an energetic, successful, self-made man, and has engaged in the following industries through life: From 1860 to 1881, he was in Rouseville, Venango County, and at one time operated four grocery stores, taking much pride in them; he also engaged in other enterprises, in French Creek, Chautauqua County, N.Y., for about twenty-five years, interested in lumbering, milling, grist, saw and shingle mills; he was also successful as an oil producer, engaging in same eighteen years; he was doing a general merchandising business in Corry for two or three years previous to present business, which has been established since 1880. Mr. Bunvill was united in marriage with Pollsy M. Phelps, who has borne him the following children: Julia, wife of William Foster, of Westfield, N.Y.; Phebe R., widow of Benjamin Barnes; Justice J., married to a Miss Berd, of Westfield; Rhoda, wife of B. W. Stennett, of Corry, and Charles Walker, born in 1869.

History of Erie County, Pa Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.: Portraits of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; etc., etc. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884. Read this book online More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.