Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Charles Berkley Bonnell    
                Born: Feb-16-1866           1,2
                Died: 1950                  2
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1940                 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Walker District, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  4
              Father: John B. Bonnell   (1835 - 1880) 
              Mother: Philothata Davis   (1834 - 1913) 
                Wife: Sarah Catherine VanHorn   3  
             Married: Nov- 2-1885          in Harrison Co, WV  
                Born: Aug- 5-1862           5,2
                Died: Jan-10-1951          in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  5,2
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  3,5
              Census: 1940                 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Walker District, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: Job Vanhorn 
           M Child 1: Orville Francis Bonnell      
                Born: Jan-29-1887           6
                Died: Jan-13-1910           6
                Wife: Bessie Rutter  
             Married: Mar-31-1908           6
           F Child 2: Morata Olive Bonnell      
       Also known as: Moretta Olive Bonnell 7
                Born: Apr- 9-1889          in Doddridge Co, WV  7,8
              Census: 1930                 in Clay District, Wirt Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: Alfred Nathan Meek  b. May- 9-1855  
             Married: Oct- 7-1915           8
           M Child 3: Emery Curtis Bonnell      
                Born: Feb- 6-1891          in Ritchie Co, WV  6,5
                Died: May-  -1974           5
              Buried:                      in Two Ripple Baptist Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
                Wife: Hazel Addie Wilson  b. Aug-13-1891  d. Jan- 5-1953  
             Married: Feb-22-1916           6
           M Child 4: Charles Wesley Bonnell      
       Also known as: Wesley Charles Bonnell 9
                Born: Jan- 9-1893          in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  7,6,10,11
                Died: Mar-25-1978           6,11
             Resided:                      in Salem, WV  12
              Census: 1930                 in Walker District, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Turkey Run (Salem), Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1913                 in Harrison Co, WV  10
              Census: 1910                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 coal miner  4
          Occupation: 1920                 laborer in glass factory  13
                Wife: Nellie Blanche Davis  b. Oct-18-1896  d. Sep-29-1973  
         Census name: Nella Davis 
             Married: May-25-1913          in Doddridge Co, WV  14,6
           M Child 5: Ernest Ray Bonnell      
       Also known as: Ray Bonnell 9,15
                Born: Oct- 5-1900           11,2
                Died: Jun-12-1992           11,3
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided:                      in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  11
              Census: 1940                 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 pumper for oil company  16
                Wife: Elsie Ota Maxson  b. Jan-25-1902  d. Jan-  -1987  
             Married: Apr-14-1921           17

Sources:
(1) 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. 130. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) 1930 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) 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. 194. 
(7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) 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. 187. 
(9) Marriage record of daughter. 
(10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(11) Social Security Death Index. 
(12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(13) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as C. W. Bonnell, 20, b. Ritchie Co, res. Harrison Co; and Nellie Davis, 17, of Doddridge Co.  Married May 25 
1913. 
(15) Headstone. 
(16) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. 
(17) 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. 175. 







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