Alby Bunnell

From Washington Genweb, Mt. View Cemetery, Names Beginning with "B"

http://wagenweb.org/klickitat/cem/mtviewb.html

Bunnell, Alby M (02-12-1834 to 02-09-1881)

Alby was born February 12, 1834 (by family accounts, in Portage County, Ohio). He married Sarah Ann Mitchell in Salem, Oregon about 1858. The Bunnell family moved to Klickitat County as the second white family to settle in the county. in his wife Sarah's obituary, it is stated that "when Mr. Bunnell died 45 years ago, his body was wrapped in blankets and carried by the Indians across the frozen Columbia river to The Dalles where it was buried. It later was transferred to the Goldendale cemetery where Mrs. Bunnell's interment took place." The original gravestone remains located in The Pioneer Cemetery in The Dalles. Alby died on February 9, 1881. The Bunnell family gravestone is located in Plot: Block Section 083 Lot 3. [Researcher Note: Sarah's obituary cited her husband's name as Alvin. I do not know if that was an error by the publisher, or if that was his formal name. All other documentation that I could find for him (and his son named Alby Jr) was under Alby; however, "Alby" does seem like a nickname as opposed to a formal name.]