The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-26
DIR HOMER BUSHNELL
Well Known Practitioner and Native
of Pownal

evening at o'clock at Skyboro farm
on Mason hill in East Pownal. He had
been out of health for two years and
half. He suffered an apoplectic
shock Sunday evening and this was
the immediate cause of death.
DR.. Bushnelfs health was first af-
fected two years ago last January,
when he suffered a slight shock He
recovered to an extent that enabled
him to continue his practice and this
he did till the later part of the fol-
lowing October, when he suffered a
second shock, the effects OF which
were more severe than those of the
first. Yet even after that ne contin-
ued to do office work and made an oc-
casional professional call. His con-
! ditiOn gradually grew worse however
and he had done no work since last
October Last May DR.. and Mrs.
Bushnell went to Mason hill for the
summer. The home they occupied
there is on high elevation and com,
mands some of the most extensive
and beautiful views and it was felt
that it would be good place for a
man in the Doctors condition. He en-
joyed life there as well as a man IN
his condition could. He was up and
about the house daily and out OF doors
considerable of the time but his trou-
/ BILE was incurable and the severe
shock that he had experienced, was
followed by death at the time stated.
DR.. Bushnell was in his Gath year.
He was born in Bennington, March 30
| 1916 and was the son of Jason and
! Harriet f. Myers Bushnell. The
house in which he was born stood on
the site now occupied by the Benning-
on battle monument He was descen-
ded from Revolutionary stock his
great grandfather having served in
the Revolutionary war. Or. Bushnell
obtained his elementary education in
the public school Of Pownal and he
studied later at Mt. Anthony seminary
in Bennington. After completing his
school studies he taught for about
seven years. He began the study OF
medicine under DR.. K. W. Bennett of
Bennington and later entered the med.
| ical department OF the University Of
Michigan. from which he was gradu-
ated with the class of 70. He began
mis- practice in Stamford, VT, where
he remained till 1877 when he locat-
ed in North Adams where he contin-
ued his practice till his health failed
AS a physician Dr. Bushnell stood
high with the profession and the pub
lie. He was skillful, careful and
strictly conscientious and those who
ayailed themselves of his service re
ceived In every instance the best he
oil saf IN
counsel by his brother practitioners.
all of whom placed a high value on
ais judgment and skill in diagnostics
He was successful in his practice and
held to the fullest extent the contid-
ence of the people who came under
his care. He was a plain and unpre-
tentious man, frank in his inter
course with his patients and all 9th
ers. and was held in the highest es-
esteem by all classes as a profession
al man and a citizen. He was a mem
Der and former president of the Med
ical association of Northern Berk-
shire and was also a member of the
Berkshire District Medical society
and of the State and Union Medical
societies. each of which he had serv-
ed on the North Adams board of
health in 1893, and on June /, 1898, he
was appointed associate medical ex'
aminer for the North Berkshire dis
trict, holding the office to the time of
his death. In addition to his connec-
ton with medical bodies he was
member of the Royal Arcanum the
Knights of Honor. the New England
Order of Protection and the Ancient
Order of United Workmen. He was
an attendant of the Methodist church
at North Adams.
DR.. Bushnell was twice married.
His first wife was Miss Eudora h.
Welch of Pownal, and to them three
children were born Mrs. Bushnell
died over 80 years ago and in 1882
the doctor married Miss Arzella E.
Sweat of Stanstead. Canada. She
survives him with a son and a daugh-
ter by his first wife, DR. Homer Bush
nell and Mrs. Charles H. Bodine, botn
of North Adams. He also leaves two
brothers. Edward Bushnell of Brattle
boro and Andrew Bushnell of Golden
City, Mo.
The body will be taken Thursday
morning to North Adams and the flu
neral will be held at the Methodist
church at O'Clock in the afternoon
Rev. S. w. Irwin, the pastor, will con
duct the services and the burial will
be in the family lot in Hillside GENE
terry.