Bushnell, William
physician, state legislator, was born Sept. 10, 1800, in Hartford, Conn. He became interested in the New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad, and, when the enterprise was threatened with failure, devoted eight years to superintending the building of the road, securing the right of way, and raising the capital. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1849 and succeeding years, and assisted in passing the Ohio school law. In 1878 he was a delegate to the international congress for prison reform at Stockholm.