Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John B. Bonnell    
                Born: 1829                  1,2,3
                Died: Dec-30-1896          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Salem, WV  3
      Cause of death:                      apoplexy and gastritis   (see note 1)
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  
              Father: Jonathan Bonnell   (1800 - 1885) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Maxwell   (1807 - 1904) 
                Wife: Phoebe Davis     
             Married: Sep-29-1848          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  4
                Born: Jun-29-1828           5
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Peter Davis   (1783 - 1873) 
              Mother: Sarah "Sally" Davis   (1786 - 1842) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Phedora Davis      
         Census name: Phedor Davis 6
                Born: Apr- 6-1846          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4,7,8
                Died: Aug-15-1921          in Doddridge Co, WV  9,10,8
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  9,11
              Census: 1880, 1920           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1866                 in Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Martin VanBuren Davis  b. Sep-20-1840  d. 1927  
       Also known as: Van Davis 12
             Married: Nov- 1-1866          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
           F Child 2: Isabelle Bonnell    4  
         Census name: Isabel 
                Born: ca 1849               2
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           F Child 3: Samantha Bonnell      
         Census name: Samanthy 
                Born: ca 1852              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  13
                Died: Sep- 2-1911          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  14
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: William Goodwin  b. ca 1852  
             Married: Mar-21-1872          in Doddridge Co, WV  15

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. 354. 
(2) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 99, Line 1258 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046720&Type=Death. 
(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. 70. 
(5) 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. 32. 
(6) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(8) Headstone (year only) 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(10) 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. 
(11) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(12) Marriage record of son. 
(13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(14) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as William Goodwin, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of 
James & Ann Goodwin; and Samanth. Bonnell, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of John B. Bonnell & Peggy Dotson. 
Married Mar 21 1872 in Doddridge County. MR p. 188 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791182&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) News item, "Parkersburg State Journal," Thursday, January 16 1896:
"Salem, W.Va., Jan 9. -- The autopsy of the stomach of the late John B.
Bonnell, made by Dr. S. E. Strothers, showed that he had died from disease and
not from poison, as was suspected."







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