Husband: Charles B. Bonnell
Also known as: Charles B. Bunnell 1,2,3
Born: Apr-23-1843 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4,5,6
Died: Sep-20-1917 in Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV 7,5
Buried: in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8,9
Census: 1910 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV
Resided: 1890 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1910 laborer at odd jobs 11
Occupation: 1870 farmer 12
Military: Oct- -1864 - Jun-10-1865 Pvt, Co G, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 1,13,14
Father: Jonathan Bonnell (1800 - 1885)
Mother: Elizabeth Maxwell (1807 - 1904)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Rulana Davis Also known as: Rulina Davis 15 Married: Aug-15-1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
Born: May-18-1839 in Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV 4,6 Died: Feb-20-1893 in Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 16 Cause of death: tuberculosis 4 Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Nathan Gifford Davis (1814 - 1863) Mother: Mary Ann M. Davis (1819 - 1906)
M Child 1: Nathan Gifford Bunnell Also known as: Nathan G. Bonnell 17 Born: Feb- -1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 18,19,4 Resided: 1921 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 19 Census: 1900 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1900 railroad laborer 18 Wife: Bertha A. Skinner b. Sep- -1874 d. Jun-15-1920 Married: Feb-13-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 20 Wife: Opal Sandy b. ca 1894 Married: Feb- 5-1921 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 21
F Child 2: Arrilla J. Bonnell Census name: Arrilia J. Bonnell Born: ca 1868 12 Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 3: Madore E. Bonnell Also known as: Madora E. Bonnell 4 Born: Jul- -1870 12 Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 4: Robert Samuel "Okey" Bunnell Census name: Robert S. Bonnell 22 Born: Mar- 2-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,23 (see note 1) Census: 1920, 1930 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1903 in Harrison Co, WV 19 Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1930 state road laborer 24 Occupation: 1920 laborer for coal company 23 Wife: Alice O. Davis b. Jun-15-1882 d. Jan-28-1932 Married: Mar-21-1903 in Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV 25
M Child 5: Jonathan B. Bonnell Born: ca 1875 22 Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 6: Minnie M. Bonnell Born: ca 1877 22 Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 7: Mary Ann Bonnell Also known as: Mary Ann Bunnell 19 Born: Oct- -1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 22,19 Resided: 1901 in Harrison Co, WV 19 Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Marion Namen Williams b. Oct- -1870 d. 1949 Also known as: Naaman Williams 4 Married: Jul-26-1901 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 26
M Child 8: Randolph Bonnell Born: Jun-10-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 27,4 Resided: 1904 in Harrison Co, WV 27 Wife: Dorothy May Skinner b. Jan-17-1889 d. Oct- -1981 Also known as: Dortha Skinner 28 Married: Dec- 1-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 27
Sources: (1) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (2) Headstone. (3) Death record of son. (4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 115. (5) Headstone (year only) (6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Charles B. Bonnell, 73, married, died Sep 20 1917 in Wilsonburg, Harrison County. (Note: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 115, incorrectly reports death date as Sep 20 1918.) (8) Cemeteries of Coal District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (9) Findagrave.com. (10) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (11) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. (12) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (13) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (14) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (15) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (16) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Rulina Bonnell, age (blank), born in Harrison Co, dau of Nathan G. & Mary A. Davis; died Feb 20 1893 at Adamston, cause of death consumption. Informant: Charles B. Bonnell, husband. (Note: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 115, incorrectly reports death as Apr 22 1893 in Salem.), DR p. 167. (17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (18) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (19) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (20) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Nathan G. Bonnell, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Bertha Skinner, 16, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Feb 13 1890 "at the residence of Walter Skinner." Informants for marriage license: Charles B. Bonnell & Dorothy Skinner. MR p. 480. (21) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Nathan Gifford Bunnell, widowed, 48, b. Doddridge Co, res. Clarksburg, son of Charles B. & Rulana Bunnell; and Opal Sandy, divorced, 26, b. Gilmer Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Joseph C. & Sarah C. Sandy. Married Feb 5 1921 in Clarksburg. MR p. 491. (22) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (23) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. (24) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (25) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Richard S. Bunnell, single, 28, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, son of Charlied & Lanie (?) Bunnell; and Alice Davis, single, 20, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Reuben & Sarah Davis. Married Mar 21 1903 in Wilsonburg. MR p. 22. (26) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Marion Namen Williams, widowed & divorced, 30, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, son of Ai & Rebecca Williams; and Mary Ann Bunnell, single, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Charles & Laney Bunnell. Married Jul 26 1901 in Grafton WV. MR p. 181. (27) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001) (28) Obituary of daughter. Event Notes Note (1) Age 28 at time of 1903 marriage would put birth in about 1875, but age 49 given in 1920 Census puts it in about 1871.