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Dr. Oliver Bundy was born on March 3, 1837 in Windsor, New
York. He attended Windsor Academy and Binghamton High School before
graduating from Philadelphia Medical College in 1860. In 1862 he was
commissioned Asst. Surgeon in the 144th NYVI. Bundy was put in charge of a
hospital boat at Marine Hospital, Newport Virginia. He was chief medical
officer of the District of Florida for 8 months. At the close of the war
he was put in charge of 3300 prisoners released from Andersonville Prison,
Georgia. He testified before a congressional committee investigating
treatment of Union soldiers. Bundy was mustered out at Elmira, New York on
July 25, 1865, returning to Deposit to resume his medical practice. Also
in 1865 he married his first wife, Helen Dean (she died in 1875). He
married his second wife Emily Clark in 1877, she died in 1922. He was the
coroner of Delaware County for 24 years. He was active in municipal,
educational and religious interests in the community. In 1888 he was
instrumental in organizing support for the
Deposit Union Monument. Dr.
Bundy died in August of 1908, and was buried in his family plot at the
Laurel Hill Cemetery overlooking then village of Deposit. |
