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Charles B. BONNELL

Male 1843 - 1917  (74 years)


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  • Name Charles B. BONNELL 
    Born 23 Apr 1843  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From Oct 1864 to 10 Jun 1865  [4, 5, 6] 
    Pvt, Co G, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870  [7] 
    farmer 
    Census 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1890  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 1910  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [9] 
    laborer at odd jobs 
    Died 20 Sep 1917  Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10] 
    Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Person ID I30910  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2014 

    Father Jonathan BONNELL,   b. 14 Jul 1800, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth MAXWELL,   b. 9 Mar 1807,   d. 12 Mar 1904  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1825  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11705  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rulana DAVIS,   b. 18 May 1839, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1893, Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 15 Aug 1865  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Nathan Gifford BUNNELL,   b. 14 Oct 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1943, Chiefton, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Arrilla J. BONNELL,   b. CA 1868
     3. Madore E. BONNELL,   b. Jul 1870
    +4. Robert Samuel "Okey" BUNNELL,   b. 2 Mar 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Jonathan B. BONNELL,   b. CA 1875
     6. Minnie M. BONNELL,   b. CA 1877
     7. Mary Ann BONNELL,   b. Oct 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Randolph BONNELL,   b. 10 Jun 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1973  (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F11940  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Melissa Jane MCCLOY,   b. CA 1861, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1922, Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)  [13] 
    Married 29 Aug 1894  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 24 1880:
      Charles B. Bonnell, 37, farmer; wife Rheulanah, 41; son Nathan G, 13; dau Arrilia J, 11; dau Maclore E, 10; son Robbert S, 8; son Jonathan B, 5; dau Minnie M, 3; dau Mary A, 7 months. [15]
    Children 
    +1. Charles Dee BUNNELL,   b. 12 Nov 1898, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1947, Lamberts Run, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     2. William F. BONNELL,   b. 12 Aug 1901,   d. 17 Aug 1922, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
    Family ID F19571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Sep 1917 - Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    30910_BUNNELL_CharlesB_1843-1917_GreenlawnCem_Clarksburg_HarrisonCoWV.jpg    		30910_BUNNELL_CharlesB_1843-1917_GreenlawnCem_Clarksburg_HarrisonCoWV.jpg

    Documents
    30910_CharlesBBonnell_MelissaJMcCloyDavis_MarriageRecord_29Aug1894.jpg    		30910_CharlesBBonnell_MelissaJMcCloyDavis_MarriageRecord_29Aug1894.jpg
    30910_BONNELL_CharlesB_1843-1917_DeathCertificate.jpg    		30910_BONNELL_CharlesB_1843-1917_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 115.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2619] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S493] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).

    8. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    9. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    10. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (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.)

    11. [S2298] Cemeteries of Coal District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)).

    12. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    13. [S1604] Death record of son.

    14. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 441.
      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."

    15. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >).