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- copied 28 May 2009: http://www.bushnellfam.com/Text_Revised_Part_B.pdf
*865. Daniel, b. Lyme, Conn. 18 Dec. 1763, d. Hartford, Ohio, 12 Aug. 1842, m. Hartland,
Conn. 1st, 1 Mar. 1786, Rebecca Banning, b. abt. 1765 d. Hartford, Conn. 7 July 1809, m. 2nd,
Hartford, abt. 1810, Eunice Brockway, who d. abt. 1860.
Daniel Bushnell removed with his father to Hartland, Conn. served in the latter part of Rev. War in his father's Co. at age of 16 it is claimed. After the war he became a carpenter and built the Congregational Church at Hartland, the door step of which carries this inscription, "Built by Mr. Daniel Bushnell, raised June 30, 1801." About 1803/4 he removed to Hartford,Ohio, and built the Congregational Church there in 1819, and when a minister was not to be had he conducted the religious services. He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity and inthe later years of his life was a member of the M.E. Church. He had 17 children, 10 by his first wife and 7 by the second who died in Hartford, Ohio, and was the second adult to be buried in the cemetery at the center of the township.
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