Jul-28-2018Husband: 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 1
Wife: Melissa Jane McCloy 4,3 Married: Aug-29-1894 in Doddridge Co, WV 15 Born: ca 1861 in Doddridge Co, WV 16 (see note 1) Died: Dec-24-1922 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV 17 Buried: in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 17 Census: 1910 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: John (Jonathan) McCloy (1838 - 1901) Mother: Harriet Davis (1841 - ) Other spouse 1 Notes
M Child 1: Charles Dee Bunnell Born: Nov-12-1898 in Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV 17 Died: Nov- 4-1947 at Lamberts Run, Harrison Co, WV 17 Buried: in Sardis Cemetery, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV 17 Resided: at Lamberts Run, Harrison Co, WV 17 Occupation: coal miner (Alvarez Mines) 17 Wife: Clara Elizabeth Strother
M Child 2: William F. Bonnell Also known as: William F. Bunnell 17 Born: Aug-12-1901 17 Died: Aug-17-1922 in Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV 17 Buried: in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 17 Cause of death: typhoid fever 17 Occupation: miner 17
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) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as C. B. Bonnell, 51, b. & res. in Harrison Co; and Melissa J. Davis, 33, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Aug 29 1894 "at the residence of J. McCloy's.", MR p. 441. (16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) Event Notes Note (1) Death record states birth date as Dec 12 1854, with age given as 68 at time of death on Dec 24 1922. But age 15 given at time of Sep 1876 marriage would put birth in about 1861/62, as would age 18 given at time of 1880 Census, and age 33 given at time of Aug 1894 marriage.Name Index