BONINES AND RELATED FAMILIES

IN AMERICA
Compiled and distributed by
Kenneth L. Bonine
101 Montrose Ave.
Kalamazoo, Michigan
49001
Revised Second Printing
3
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Printing 2008
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The Bonine family name is French in origin and is believed to have been
written de Bonine. The de before a family name signified a family of importance.
Some authorities believe the name was of Roman origin. A gentleman in the Office
of Tourismo, Pau, France, after looking for Bonines in a large book of family
names of the Pau area and finding none, suggested that the name might be
Italian.
The research by Professor C. A. Bonine has recorded the following facts
about the early family and family name:
"The Bonines were French Huguenots. Jacquemine de Bonine was named
as godmother to a baby christened in the French Huguenot church at
Norwich, :England, in 1591. This family evidently escaped from France
during the earlier persecution, for 100 years later we find in the
patent (naturalization) rolls, John Bonine applYing for citizenship
1/8/1696. He left France because of the revocation of the Edict of
Nantes (religious liberty act) in 1685. His son, Peter Abbadie de
Bonine was born in Millao, Beam, an ancient Previoe of Fmnoe which
inoludes Pau. (This part of France was an important Roman Colony about
the third and fourth centuries A.D. so the name Bonine appears to be
of Roman origin. There are Bonines in Italy.) This Peter was
naturalized in 1113, on reaching his major! ty, supposedly. There is
a record of a William an.d John Bonine who went to England in 1615,
and were naturalized in 1688. Our relationship to these people is
not clear, but it is evident that Bonine is a French Huguenot name."
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YOUR NAME -- BONINE
Your name, Bonine, has been variously pronounced as Bow-nine, Ba-nine', or
Bow-nene'. Having sat is many classrooms in public schools and universities and
answered to various pronounciations of Bonine, I concluded early that the name
was not well known. In southern Michigan where I grew up, I knew a half dozen
or more families in that area bearing the name, all using the pronounciation,
Bo-nine'.
Because I became interested in family history too late in my life to
benefit from the facts about the Michigan Bonines from my grandparents, I set
out to research the family's history. It was then that I became proud to belong
to this family and to try harder to be a credit to the name. I have learned that
the ancestors in the family line were religious, thrifty, and hardworking people,
very often willing to face grave hardships to give a new and better life for
their families. Their migrations to, in, and across America demonstrated these
characteristics. They helped to make America. In the records of their lives
can be found much of the history, expansion, and settlement of midwestern United
States.
In searching for these facts I have traveled, met, and corresponded with
wonderful BOnine descendents. Several had already done research and generously
shared it with me. Through them I have been able to compile much about the
different branches that migrated apart as they left the family settlement in
Richmond, Indiana. Also I have met some who remained in Tennessee. These Ten-
nessee families have not contributed the necessary information to permit me to
connect them to the families whose history is more complete. I am fairly sure
they are related because they live near the area in Tennessee that our known
ancestors traversed. Some seem to bear similar physical characteristics.
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One of them said that their family was believed to have come from Alsace Loraine,
in eastern France.
I met in Tennessee one Bonine who exhibited truer French physical character-
istics than most of the others I have met. He claimed parents in Louisiana who
he believed had migrated from Canada. I have wondered if they might have been
Huguenots who fled directly from France to Canada and then with or following
the Acadians were displaced to Louisiana. Unlike our ancestors, who joined
English families migrating, they may have married other French emigrants and
retained truer French facial features and stature.
Though much that I will compile here was research by others, I will say
that I have traveled many miles to visit areas from which and through which our
ancestors lived and traveled. Some of these include Pau in France, England,
Shelly's Island on the Susquehanna River in York County in Pennsylvania, Eastern
Ten..'lessee's New Hope Meeting Place and Marysville, Richmond in Indiana, and of
course Penn Township in Cass County, Michigan, the place of my own birth and
residence in my youth. I also have visited with some descendents of those who
settled in Iowa.
The gathering and final production of this family history could not have
been possible without the helpful interest and support of my Wife, Neva (Waltz)
Bonine. She not only traveled with me and kept notes, but has assisted in the
completion of this unpretentious document. My objective has been to put to-
gether the known facts and share them as economically as possible with all
Bonine families for future generations. There are many missing facts and
perhaps some not quite accurate statements, but all are printed here as given
to me. I have provided space so that additional data and narration can be
added by any branch caring to update and complete the records for their branch.
I hope they will continue recording through the generations ahead. It is hoped
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that this family hostory will be meaningful, and that it will help all bearing
the name BONINE name to be proud to write and speak it, and always to act to
keep it honest and good.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
I am greatly indebted to the following persons who have contributed to the
detailed family historiesl
Clara Maude Bonine b. 1888 Cass County, Mich.
Chesleigh Arthur Bonine b. 1888
Ann Bonine Snow B. 1918
Hazel Bonine Nelson, Beresford, So. Dakota
Mary Kather,yne (Conway) Boots b. 1925,
Des Moines, Iowa
Beatrice Bonine b. 1908 Galena, Ill.
Isaac B. line
David B. line
Chesleigh's daughter
David's line
Thomas' Line
David's line
Pertinent information has also been secured from these sources:
French Protestants in Exile patent list
Record of Deeds, Wilmington, Delaware; Book G,
Vol. 1, p. 243-1123; Book G, p. 502-1125;
Book K, Vol. 1, p. 321-1135; Book K, Vol, 1, p. 196-1131
Will of James Bonine, Newcastle records in Will Book F,
Vol. 2, P. 55-1184, Somerset Co. Rec. Hist., Quarterly Vol. 4,
p. 162.
MEMORIALS OF THE HUGUENOTS IN PENNSYLVANIA, by Stapleton
FRENCH PROTESTANTS IN EXILE, by Agnew
Naudain History, Mrs. Lattamos, 503 W. 9th., Wilmington,
Delaware
Mrs. H. E. Wieand, 230 Orange, Lancaster, Pa.
Sharpless Geneology, p. 115-116
Will Record Book I, p. 185, York Co.
Will Record, Wilmington, Delaware
Whitewater Monthly Meeting Records, Richmond, Ind.
Hinshaw's Quaker Genealogy
Penn. Archives 5th Series, Vol. VII, p. 168; Vol. VII, p. 182
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THE NUMBERDiG SYSTEM AND ABBREVIATIONS
Every descendant of Elias Bonine has a number in the following compil-
ation. These numbers are assigned the first time the name of a child appears
and shows to the left of the name. The same numbered name appears again in
the next generation if that person survived to adulthood. (There are a few
exceptions to this seoond showing where information was lacking.)
After the names of each descendant, there appears in parenthesis the first
names of their anoestors with the number of their generation just above and
after the name.
The abbreviations are easy to recognize: b. means born, d. means died,
m. means married, res. means residents or address, occ. means occupation or
work.
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FIRST AMERICAN GENERATION
1. Elias Bonine married and had three children:
2. Elias Jr.
3. James
4. Mary m. Wm. Owen
Elias Bonine is the original emigrant. He bought a farm from Elias Naudain
who had it from Jonas \<fright one year before, a farm called Springarden of 200
acres situated on Drawers Creek, New Castle Co., Delaware. Three years later he
died leaving a will written or recorded on October 5, 1726, saying in part "I do
bequeath and devise to my beloved son, James, 169 acres of that land, etc."
Soon thereafter he died. This is mentioned in the acknowledgment of the settling
of James Bonine's estate May 19, 1784, in the Register of Deeds office, Wilming-
ton, Delaware. The whole will is not given. He evidently left his remaining
acres to someone. An Elias Bonine bought some land on the west side of the
Delaware River and the northwest side of Appoquinamiak Creek in 1735 and 1737.
It is assumed that this was the son Elias who died wit out heirs. There is also
mention of a daughter Mary who married a William Owen. The first Elias seems to
have died a fairly young man for his children did not rry or leave home until
ten years after his death.
Elias Bonine bought his land in 1123 from one of th first elders of the
Old Drawers Presbyterian Church. It was organized in 11 1 by the Synod of Phila-
4.
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THIRD GENERATION
5. Daniel Bonine
3
(Elias
l
, James
2
) b. 1736 d. 1817 Married three times.
Children by Elizabeth m. 1758
9. Mary b. 1760 m. Joseph John
10. Hannah b. 1762 m. John Copeland
11. Elizabeth b. 1764 m. ---- Burgher
12. Susannah b. ---- m. ---- Wright
Children by Sarah Miller
13. Sarah b. 1770 or 1773 m. Evan Jones
Children by Mary Copeland m. 1779 in Newberry Meeting
14. Rachel b. 1782 m. Nathan Williams
15. David b. 1785 m. Prudence Williams
16. Isaac b. 1790 m. Sarah Talbot d. 1872
17. Ann
18. James b. 1796 m. Hannah East d. 1824
19. Lydia b. 1802 d. 1820 Intention of marriage announced
20. Thomas b. 1810 m. Martha Talbot d. 1865
Daniel Bonine was born in Delaware near Drawer's Creek, New Castle Co. As
a little boy he moved with his parents to Newberry Twp., York Co., Penn. in 1743.
, At the time of the French and Indian Wars in 1748 he was a small boy and lived in
some exciting times there. In 1755 after Braddock's defeat at Fort Dusquense the
frontier was ravished by Indians and many settlers were ferried across the Susque-
hanna River at '{right's Ferry (Columbia), about ten miles below Shelly's Island,
. to escape the fury. It is wondered if the Bonines left too, or stuck it out in
their island home. Surely Daniel at 19 was in the thick of it.
Daniel was not a Quaker until after he married Sarah Miller. She was
"complained of" in Meeting for marrying out of Meeting and evidently persuaded
her husband to join for her sake. However this Meeting must not have been very
strict, or she would have been "ruled out of Meeting" immediately. Daniel joined
the Friends in May 7, 1774 shortly after the birth of their first child. Sarah
died in the next year or two, and Daniel married Mary Copeland of Newberry Meeting.
They lived on Shelly's Island which is sometimes listed as Derry Lancaster
Co. and sometimes as Newberry Twp., York Co. Probably the boundaries were not
fixed as to the land out in the river. The island is nearer to Lancaster Co.
The old Indian treaty boundary ran to the edge of the river. The Bonines felt
themselves a part of the Conewago (Newberry) community because of the French
settlement there, even if it was farther away.
According to the Pennsylvania Archives, Daniel Bonine served in the Revolu-
tionar,r War as a private, 6th class, under Capt. Robert McKeen, 7th Battalion,
Lancaster Co., Pa., commanded by Col. Alexander Lowry of Derry. It seems very
odd that he could be in the army and yet be a Quaker in good standing. This
Meeting, located as it was in the midst of Indian warfare and far from Philadel-
Phia, was probably not very strict in its discipline. It is much easier to
preach pacifism in a safe place. However, Daniel Bonine was a faithful Friend
in every other way.
According to the Sharpless Geneology, Daniel Bonine, Jesse Willis, and
Thomas Jennings of Newberry Meeting, proposing to move to a New State, requested
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the advice of their friends, and a committee was appointed 5-11-1793 to confer
with them. A certificate was granted them 8-9-1794 for Daniel Bonine and family
directed to the Westfield Monthly Meeting, North Carolina (which had charge of
beyond the mountains). Leaving behind his two brothers and sister and probably
his oldest children, some of whom were married, Daniel Bonine at the age of 58
set out for beyond the mountains. Always a pioneer, perhaps things were too
civilized in the Susquehanna
valley now for the restless blood
of Daniel. He may have been truly
motivated by the strong desire to
serve his chosen Faith in a new
land, like his father and grand-
father before him. They settled
in Blount Co. Terin. in Friendville,
now Marysville. General Wayne had
subdued the Indians in Ohio that
year and the borders were just open-
ing This country was extremely
wild and there were only a handful
of white settlers there. 'H.hen
alaver,y became established there,
Daniel again gathered his family
around him, like an old patriarch,
Historical Marker Along Route lIE Tenn. and moved on where freedom was not
marred by the curse which the Quakers so strongly opposed. They settled in Wayne
Co. Indiana, again in a primitive pioneer community,for this part of the countr,y
was just opening up. Daniel was 77, yet he helped his sons build Orange Meeting
House in what was to be Richmond, Indiana. He died there four years after his
last move, a long, long way from Delaware, and even from his French people.
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THE SOCIEl'Y OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS)
The society of Friends was formed in about 1652 by George Fox in England.
Dissention in the Established Churoh led some people to agree that they should
eliminate some of the pomp and show. Inward faith to God and outward faith to
man was to be preserved. They were their brothers' keepers. They recommended
temperance, a minimum of entertainment, fairness and honesty in all commercial
dealings, peace, brotherly love, and fear of the Lord. They punished striotly
for breaking these doctrines.
Those who made fun of the fact that Friends would not take part in fight-
ing said that they "quaked" with fear which led to the nickname "Quakers". At
first this name was not liked but later they adopted it to some extent as they
became generally known by the name.
The Friends adopted plain dress, usually grey or black at first. They had
rigid rules that expelled members from the group. To move and to get married
had to be approved py the Monthly Meeting. striot conduct rules led to splits
in memberships. Other churches practicing evangelism of forgiveness of sins
diminished the Friends memberships.
The Bonine Friends started with the marriage of Daniel to Sarah Miller
because she was a Quaker. The moving to different Friends Meetings groups is
the history of the migrations of the family. The earliest records are with the
Hopewell Monthly Meeting near Winchester, Pa., also at Warrington Meeting at
Lancaster and at Newberry Meeting, Pa, next a transfer to Westfield Meeting,
North Carolina because it controlled the area west of the mountains. New Hope
Meeting was then set up near Friendville and Marysville, Tenn. From there to
Orange and Whitewater Meetings in Indiana at Richmond. In Michigan they estab-
lished first the Birch Lake and later the Prairie Grove Meetings one mile south
of Penn. in 1841.
Having plenty of money and more zeal with a strong desire for a better
house. of worship, James E. Bonine and others began work of a building, the
brick church in Vandalia in 1819. (The bricks were donated by Lot Bonine and
came from a kiln on his farm). There were branch meetings established, one at
Traverse City, and one at Log Chapel. These branch meetings with Penn and
Birch Lake constitute the Vandalia Quarterly Meeting, and were loyal subjects
to the Indiana yearly meeting at Richmond, Indiana, the largest body of Quakers
in the world.
The Quakers are noted for their record keeping; thus much of the family
history has been documented.
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FOURTH GENERATION
15. David Bonine
4
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
)
b. 1785 m. Prudence Williams
Children:
21. Rachael b. 1813 m. Wm. Druley (Druleys still
Iive in Hi ehmond, Ind.)
22. Clark b. 1814 m. Clarissa Crouch and Roene Rogers
d. 1856
23. John b. 1816 m. Nancy Montgomery in Ill. d. 1906
. 24. William m. Mary Druley
25. Isaac m. Malinda Williams
26. Mary Ann b. 1829
27. Catherine b. in Ill.
David Bonine was born in 1185 on Shelly's Island in the Susque-
hanna river just south of Harrisburg, Pa. He moved wi th his parents
and family to Blount Co. Tennessee. The little boy, David, never
forgot those early years on the large island farm. He remembered
the long boat ride across the river to attend r1eetings on "First Day"
mornings in the little brick Meeting house. It was brand new and
quite a long walk from the river. His family had secure feelings on
their island land when rumors of Indian attacks reached them. Also,
he never forgot the cemetary near his home with the French tombstones
for his grandparents' graves. Sometimes he would ask his father to
speak a little of the language which already seemed strange to the
children of his English mother. He remembered these things all his
98 years and passed on to his grandchildren the stories he had heard
as a boy on that island of his French grandfather; how he had fled
as a boy with his brother and father, first to England and then to
find refuge in America for freedom to worship God and freedom to own
land in peace.
The long trip over the mountains to Maryville stayed in David's
mind. They went with other families to help establish Quakerism
there, transporting their goods in a conestoga wagon after ferrYing
them across the river.
In Maryville, David reached manhood. He met Prudence Williams
who had been born in England and as a young lady with his parents had
come to America. They were married in 1808 and five years later to-
gether with the other Bonine families moved to Wayne Co., Indiana.
Later David's family moved on to Slgamon Co., Ill. where they spent
much of their lives. When David was 80 years old he and his wife
lived with their son, Issac's family near Muncie, Ind. They probably
died there. He lived to be 98 and she to be 96. David died in 1883
and Prudence soon after. At 80 years of age David ploughed forty
acres of corn four times and did all the other work while his son was
sick with typhoid.
Prudence (Williams) Bonine was the daughter of William Williams
from England who had come to Tennessee to do missionary work among
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the pioneer families. Some of their brothers and sisters had stayed
in England. William died in Richmond, Ind. in 1824. Prudence Was
the aunt of Sir George Williams who founded the Y.M.C.A. in England.
16.
4 1 2 3
Isaac Bonine (Elias, James , Daniel )
b. 1190 on Shelly's Island . m. Sarah Tal bot d. 1812
near Penn, Michigan
Children:
28. Susanna b. 1815 m. Isaac P. James d. 1816
29
James E. b. 1816 m. Sarah Ann Bogue d.
30. Daniel b. 1818 ,d. 1819 in Wayne Co.
31. Samuel b. 1820 m. Esther Bulla
and Mary Arnold d. 1895
32. Evan J. b. 1821 m. Evaline Beall d. 1892
33. Jacob b. 1823 m. Malinda Thomas d. 1811
34. Lot b. 1825 m. Susan Donnell
and Amanda Pri ce d. 1913
35.
Lydia b. 1821 m. Nathan Jones d. ,1899
36. Isaac b. 1829 m. Elizabeth Green
and Annie D. Stanton d.
37
Sarah b. 1831 m. Franklin D. Currier d. 1931
38. Jonathan b. 1833 d. 1845
Isaac Bonine was a small boy when his parents and some of his
brothers and sisters left Shelly's Island for the West beyond the
mountains. Their first settlement in the new territory was in Tennes-
see where they joined up with the Talbot family. Isaac's father was
active in the New Hope Quaker Settlement near Marysville. Today there
is a historical marker east out of Marysville along Route 11 which
says of New Hope Meeting that Daniel Bonine was "overseer of the poor".
Isaac married Sarah Talbot, daughter of Jacob Talbot and Susanna
Sharples Talbot, both of English ancestry. The Sharples family were
from Cheshire, England, and were descended from Lydia Lewis of Glamor-
.ganshire, Wales, whose ancestors can be traced back through three King
Edwards and three King Henrys and on back to Charlemagne.
Being opposed to slavery Isaac's and Sarah's families moved north
in 1813 into Wayne Co. Ind. to what is now Richmond. All eleven children
were born there. Their prosperity grew, as the Register of Deeds books
show over a thousand acres of land owned by them between 1831 and 1845.
On some of the land now stands Earlham College, a Quaker institution,
and it is known that the Bonine men helped to build the first building
ocoupied by the college. Isaac also had a mill on Elk River near
Richmond that,produced linseed oil.
It is recorded that Isaac went security for Sarah's brother-in-
law, Henry La Rue for $13,000, which wiped out a lot of their holdings.
In 1842 Isaac and Sarah moved their family to Michigan where they
settled in Youngs Prairie near Penn in Cass County. They found better
land than they had had in Indiana and between 1836 and 1845 the records
show that Isaac purchased a total of 1040 acres at a total price of
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$8040. We .do not know if he bought and sold in Penn Twp. during this
time. We think not but that as he sold his holdings in Indiana he
bought in Michigan. He took great pride in blooded stock and made
much money from them. He raised Berkshire hogs, Blakewell and Merino
sheep.
Isaac and Sarah liked their new homeland and lived into their
early eighties. They died in 1812 three months apart and are buried
in Prairie Grove Cemetary near Penn, Michigan.
18.
4 1 2 3
James Bonine (Elias, James, Daniel) b. 1196 in Tennessee
m. Hannah East in 1824 d. 1824
Child:
39. James Bogue Bonine b. 1825 after his father's death
James was a farmer in Wayne County, Ind. His wife, Hannah, was
the daughter of Rachel Talbot East, a sister of Sarah Talbot who was
married to Isaac Bonine. James died before his son was born. Hannah
married again to Stephen Bogue in 1831.
20. Thomas Bonine
4
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
4
) b. 1803
m. Martha Talbot in "'ayne Co., Ind. 1826
d. 1865 in Madison Twp., Madison Co., Iowa
Children:
40. Mary Jane b. 1821 m. Jacob Gabbort, Dalas, Iowa,
had 11 children
41. James M. b. 1821 - twin, unmarried d. 1865
42. Sarah Ann b. 1829 m. John Smith, Perry, Iowa
43. Emily Maria b. 1831 d. 1845
44. John Talbot b. 1833 m. Lizzie Barnes, Princeton, Ia.
one Son, Elza
45. Nancy b. 1836 d. 1862
46. Thomas Elwood b. 1839 m. Rebecca Smith and in
1844 Mary K. Bonine, two daughters
41. Martha Ellen b. 1841 m. John Bonine, son of
Clark Bonine, in Perry, Iowa
48. Calvin Levie b. 1843 m. Sue Buck, Perry, Iowa
49. Esther Caroline b. 1845 m. Henry Willis of
Audubon, Iowa, three children
50. William Nelson b. 1848 m. Maggie Domains of
Missouri Valley, Iowa
Thomas Bonine, the youngest of the Daniel Bonine children, was born
near Maryville, Tennessee and in 1814 went with his parents and family
to Wayne Co., Indiana. Thomas married Martha Talbot in 1826, the daughter
of John Talbot, oldest brother of Rachel and sarah Talbot who also married
Bonines. He owned 90 acres of land in Wayne Co., Ind. which he sold in
1832 when he and his brother David and their families left Indiana for
Illinois and Iowa. His burial place is in Fairview, north of Winterset
County, Iowa. Many descendents of Thomas and Martha live in
and near Des Moines.
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22. Clark Bonine
5
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, David
4
) b. 1814 in
Wayne Co., m. Clarissa Crouch in 1833 and Roene Rogers in
1843; killed by lightening in 1856
Children by Clarissa Crouch d. 1842
51. Sarah Ann b. 1834 m. Anson Morgan and
Jonathan Willis d. 1933
52. David b. 1836 m. Mary McKeen d. 1901
53. John b. 1838 m. Martha Bonine
54. William b. 1841 m. Emily Palmer d. 1886
Children by Roene Rogers who died in 1908
55. Delfin b. 1844 m. Larkin Johnson d. 1912
56. Martha Elizabeth b. 1846 m. Joe Nolan d. 1933
57. Walter B. b. 1848 never married d. 1927
58. Mary Angoline b. 1850 d. 1853
59. Filetu8 b. 1852 d. 1853
60. Anton North b. 1854 m. Ella Ege d. 1942
61. Arthur E. b. 1856 d. 1863
23. John Bonine
5
(Elias
1
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, David
4
) b. 1816
m. Nancy l1ontgomery (b. 1822, d. 1897) d. 1905 (1906)1
Children:
62. Robert
63. David
64. Adeline All three died of malignant croup
65. Elizabeth m. McLaughlin
66. John Wesley
67. Joel Carter b. 1860 m. Lola Henry d. 1935
68. Harriet Delpha m. N. Carpenter
John Bonine was born in Richmond, Indiana, in 1816. Born of Quaker
parents, he joined the Methodist Church and was made an Exhorter at the
age of 22. He was later ordained a minister and followed his calling
for 25 consecutive years. After leaving Richmond he resided in Sangamon
00., Ill. and there met Nancy Montgomery of Posey, Ill., who was visit-
ing the family of an uncle, John Barr. They were married later and took
up their home in Iowa. John Bonine is thought to have preached for the
United Brethren Church at one time in Knoxville. His traveling in in-
clement weather was the cause of a severe case of catarrh which destroyed
his hearing and caused him to give up preaching. They moved from Iowa
to Gibson Co., Ind., and later to Franklin Co., Kansas. There he bought
a farm and retired from the ministry. This farm is close to Richmond
and had a large white house with a blue grass yard and a big barn.
Nancy Montgomery was born in 1822 in Smith Twp., Posey Co., Ind.
\fhen her aunt, Comfort Marvel Barr, became ill, her mother sent the
young girl out to Illinois to care for her. A cousin, Nanqy Barr, was
just three years younger and the two girls enjoyed each other. While
there she met and married John Bonine who later became a circuit rider.
Both John and Nancy died near Richmond where John had left $200 to erect
a tombstone and railings around the plot. He said he didn't want anyone
walking over his grave. At death he was 87 in 1905, and she 75 in 1897.
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28. Susanna Bonine
5
(Elias
1
, James
2
, Daniel', IS6&c
4
)
b. 1814 m. Issac P. James d. 1891
Children:
69. Sarah Emily b. 18,7 d. 1842
10. Caroline b.
1839
m. Harmon DeLong d. 1913
71.
Lot b. 1842 m. Sarah Vol taw and
Eva Young d. 1921
12.
Mary Catherine b. 1844 m. Wm. Beard d. 1816
13.
Lydia Ellen b. 1846 m. John Rinehard d. 1921
14. Alcinda J. b. 1848 m. Mil ton Wright d. 1934
15.
Parker b. 1850 m. Jane Brown d.
1933
16. Henry Rue b. 1854 d. 1851
11.
Josephine b. 1851 m. Orlando Alexander d. 1932
d. 1865
m. Dougan
m. Alice Wilkinson
m. N. B. Hannum, divorced
b. 1845
b. 1841
b. 1849
b. 1851
Susanna Bonine was born in Richmond, Ind. and was married at Whi te-
water Meeting to Isaac P. James who was born in Campbell Co., Virginia.
Isaac was the son of Isaac James and Sarah Parker of Columbiana Co.,
Ohio. They moved to Youngs Prairie in Cass Co. in 1846.
29. James E. Bonine
5
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Daniel', Isaac
4
)
b. 1816 m. Sarah Ann Bogue d. ---- at Niles
Children:
18. Evan E.
19. Mary E.
80. Isaac A.
81. Elva E.
James E. Bonine was born in \o/ayne Co., Ind. In 1844 at Cassopolis
he married Sarah .Ann Bogue who was born in Preble Co., Ohio in 1825,
daughter of Stephen Bogue and Eliza. James came to Michigan one year
subsequent to his father's coming and purchased eighty acres of land.
Later he owned a total of 1,600 acres containing five houses and eight
barns. Everything around him betokened the man of thrift and cultivated
taste, from the elegant brick house, with fine fountain and attractive
surroundings to the farthermost field.
On his farm a beautiful grove, twelve acres of which were an elk
and deer park, established some twenty years after procuring one pair
of elk from Iowa, and one pair of deer, also from the West. After that
time he sold $1000 worth of elk, seven of which were sold to King Emanuel
of Italy, who sent a war vessel for them and numerous other animals of
this country. He had purchased these for his plrk of fifteen hundred
acres, where they doubtless multiplied where their descendents are today.
The Bonine park was surrounded partially with a high picket fence and
the balance with a rail fence. It was most beautifully sodded and was
supplied with water from a spring. It was always an attractive sight
along the highway west of Vandalia where these denizens of the wild
roamed around at pleasure with their young capering at their side.
Nearly opposite the residence and across the road from the elk park was
a chestnut orchard of 100 trees, set out regularly, which began bearing
fine large nuts after nine years. The nuts were larger than the seed
which had been procured earlier from East Tennessee. Thirty acres of
fruit tress much more than supplied the necessities to the household.
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AroUJld the residence were planted a row of native pines which grew
to measure more than thirty-two feet across the tops. They not only
tell their age but also do service as a yearly barometer, plainly in-
dicating the wet and dry seasons for each year by setting forth a row
of limbs enoircling the trunk. If the season is wet the growth may
exceed two feet to the next year's outshoots, but if dry, or very dry,
the growth is proportionately small. Very fine stock of all kinds could
be found grazing over the farm, while among the bovines, grazing as
quietly as if upon the wild prairies of the West, could be found several
buffalo, whioh added a certain pioturesqueness to the scene.
Exactly opposite the residence, which was on the comer, was a
finely built storehouse, from which radiated two rows of arbor vitae.
It was doubted that Michigan had another farm that could compare with
this one.
Mr. Bonine was on the building committee with four other local men
who built the new Quaker meeting house in Vandalia. It was 34 feet by
51 feet and had a 20 foot ceiling all topped by a belfry. It was built
of red brick at a cost of construction of $5,250 and was dedicated
December 28, 1819. The bricks were supposed to have been made on one
of the near-by farms. The elders among others were James E. Bonine and
Sarah Bonine. Lot Bonine was Treasurer of the Sunday School. Years
after the Quakers gave up the building the Masonic Lodge bought the
building and have kept it up for their meeting place. It can be seen
on the south side of Highway M-60 as one enters Vandalia from the east.
Also along Highway M-60, about two miles east of Vandalia, can be
seen a stone monument to remind us that on this farm was one of the
stations of the underground railway, a freedom route for slaves to
escape to Canada.
31. Samuel Bonine
5
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Is&&c
4
)
b. 1820 m. Esther Bulla, Co. and Mary Arnold
d. 1905
Children by Esther Bulla:
82. Martha b. 1842 m. James Burton
83. . Malinda b. 1846 m. David Montgomery
84. Evaline b. 1848 d. 1856
85. Angeline b. 1855 m. George Gray
Children by Mary Arnold:
86. James Henry b. 1866 d. in Kansas
81. Evan J. b. 1866 m. Nettie Kline and Emma Hough
d. 1942
88. Mary Elizabeth b. 1869 d. in Kansas
Samuel Bonine was born in Wayne Co., Ind. and married Esther Bulla
also of Wayne Co., who died in Penn, Michigan. His second wife was from
Marion, Indiana. They moved to Reno Co., Kansas in 1811 where he died
in 1895.
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32. Evan J. BOnin.,6 (Elias
l
, Jamel!?, Danie1
3
, Isaac4)
b. 1821 m. Evaline Beale at Centerville, Ind., 1844-
d. 1892
Children:
89. Fred N. b. 1863 ' m.Viva Thomas d. 1941
90. Wa1ter V. b., 1865d. 1873.
" . Evan J. Bonine was born in Rich-
mond, Indiana, of Quaker parents. The
foundation of his education was laid in
the common schools of Centerville, Ind.
After completing his studies
he remained to stUdY medicine with a
prominent physician of that town.
Later he graduated from the. Ohio Medi-
cal College at Cincinnati. Soon after
his to Miss Beall they removed
to Cassopolis, Michigan. In 1849 he
and his bI'9ther-in-law" Laban Harter,
made' an overland trip to California,
to look for gold. He returned
in 1851 and settled in Vandalia, Mich.,
where he ,resumed his practice and also
served as postmaster. From that time
onward, until the breaking out of the
war of rebellion, he resided in this
place and in Cassapolis and carried
on an extensive practice.
J. was elected to represent
Cass County in the Lower House of the
State Legislature in 1852.' The Doctor
quite prominent in politics and
in his later years he held offices by election and appointments. He was
originally a Whig and then a member of the Free. Soil party and subsequently
aided in the organization of the Republican party of which he remained an
adherent. On the breaking out of the Civil. War, he enlisted as a private,
and was soon afterward appointed by Governor Blair as Surgeon of the Second
Regiment of Michigan Infantry. He received steady promotion through the
various grades to the position of Surgeon-in-Chief for the Third Division
of the Ninth Army Corps, which consisted of about 30,000 men. During his
service he participated in twenty-nine engagements, the principal ones
being the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks; the seven-days
fight for Richmond, the second battle of Bull Run, Chantilly and Freder-
icksburg. In 1864 he returned to Michigan and located at Niles. He was
elected to the Legislature, but preferred to accept the position of
Examining Surgeon on the Provost Marshall's Staff for the Western District
of Michigan, with headquarters in Kalamazoo where he remained until the
close of the war.
He was subsequently elected t1ayor of Niles fot two terms: in 1873,
was appointed Postmaster and re-appointed in 1877 and 1881. He had been
Vice President of the State Medical Society and for twenty-five years a
surgeon of the Michigan Central Railroad.
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33. Jacob Bonine
5
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
)
b. 1823 m. }Wlinda Thomas d. 1911
Children:
91. Lot J. b. 1851 m. Lydia Garwood and Aura Garwood
d. 1933
92. Olive Esther b. 1862 d. 1880
34. Lot Bonine
5
(E1ias
1
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
)
.b. 1825 m. Susan Donnell 1946 and Amanda Price
d. 1913
Children by Susan Donnell:
93. Johnathan Donnell b. 1941 m. Ida Chapman,
Delia Paugh and Linnie Mitchell d. 1929
94. John Newland b. 1850 m. Mary Kitenad and
Emma Cross d. 1950
95. Anna Estella b. 1852 d. 1864
96. James Moline b. 1856 m. Mary Ann Ray d. 1941
91. Sarah Lee b. 1860 m. Charles \fright, d.
98. Rose Elva b. 1865 m. Claude Pemberton d. 1936
Children by Amanda Price:
99. Effie b. 1812 d. 1819
100. Arlie Inez b. 1883 m. James Graham and Sheridan Ronn
of Los Angeles, d. 1966
Lot Bonine was the sixth
child in Isaac t s family and h.
outlived most of his brothers and
sisters. He gained his education
in the schools of Richmond, Ind.
He was fifteen when he came with
his parents to Cass County in
1840. After coming to Michigan
he spent winter months as a student
in a little log schoolhouse, which
was a typical "temple of learning"
of a frontier district. It was
called Dodgeville School and was
on the same piece of land as the
modern school of the 1910's,
formerly known as Billy Holister's
farm.
Throughout the remainder of
the year his time and energies
were given to farming. He assisted
in the clearing and developing of
the home farm upon which he re-
mained until the time of his
marriage in 1845. The lady of'
his choice was Miss Susan Donnell,
a native of Ohio. During the next
few years the discovery of gold in
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the West attraoted him and in 1851 he set out via New York and the
Isthmus. After a year there he returned to Cass Co. and his wife and
two sons. They had stayed with Lot's parents and at the Price home
during his absenoe. While in California he worked on the Yuba River
for no a day for Bome time. Later he discovered a gold mine and
worked that until the oholera broke out in camp when he left the State
and returned home. He took passage on a sailing vessel and was on the
water sixty-six days, thirty of those days out of sight of land. He
reached home early in 1852 and remained in Cass Co. the remainder of
his life. Mr. Bonine killed a great many fur bearing animals in his
day. His land lay along a creek and was quite a wilderness. He got
his start in life by selling furs along with his farming.
His early home was a log cabin on land he had owned since he was
18 years old. He later had a valuable farm property of 160 aores,
whioh he had transformed from a raw state into one of rich fertility
and productiveness. He added many improvements including good build-
ings, fenoes, and the latest improved machinery. In conneotion with
tilling the soil, he was largely interested in the raising of pure
breed stock, espeoially sheep, Merinos, which he kept on his farm for
over sixty years.
Mr. Bonine voted with the Republioan party to whioh he gave earnest
and stalwart support sinoe its organization, while previously to that
time he was an old-line Whig. He held a number of looal offices in-
cluding that of highway commissioner and opened up a number of roads
in the township. In public affairs he was always interested, and his
cooperation oould be oounted upon as a helpful measure. He assisted
in the building of the two-story brick sohoolhouse in Vandalia and the
oause of eduoation found in him a warm friend. He was also a member
of the Friends Churoh and his life was always in oonformi ty with its
teachings and faith. Mr. Bonine won suooess through earnest and per-
sistent labor, and moreover he was rich in the more desirable qualities
of charaoter, the integrity and justice and consideration which work
for honorable manhood, respeot, and esteem in every land and olime.
35. Lydia Bonine
5
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Daniel', IS8&0 4)
b. 1821 m. Nathan Jones in 1841 d. 1899
Children:
101. Mary Esther b. 1841 m. Mendenhall d.
102. Sara Inda b. 1853 m. John Shafer d.
103. Isaao B. b. 1858 m. Lillian Eddy d. 1938
104. George b. 1865 m.------- Eddy d.
105. Warner b. 1812 m. Viola Kline d.
Lydia was born at Richmond, Ind, and Nathan Jones was born in
Preble Co., Ohio, son of George Jones and Mary Bogue. Lydia died at
Penn, Micl1igan.
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36. Isaac (Tuss) Bonine
5
(E1ias
1
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
)
b. 1829 m. Elizabeth Green 1856 and
Annie stanton 1880 d. 1903
Children:
106. Jennie A. b. 1858 m. Joseph Hubbard d. 1946
101. Lydia E. b. 1861 d. 1881
108. Frank L. b. 1864 d. 1866
109. Olivia M. b. 1810 d. 1811
110. Wilbur G. b. 1812 m. Vera 0' dell d. 1934
in California
Isaac was born in Richmond, Ind., married in Constantine, Mich.
and died at Penn, Michigan. He left an estate of estimated $45,000.
31. Sarah Bonin.
5
(E1ias
1
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
)
b. 1831 m. Franklin D. Carrier d. 1815
Child:
Ill. Sarah R. b. 1865 in Penn Twp.
Sarah lived for a time in Calliope, Sioux Co., Iowa, but died in
Penn, Michigan, by taking her O'Wl'l life.
38. Jonathan Bonine
5
(E1ias
1
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, rsaac
4
)
b. 1833 d. 1845 Buried in Birch Lake Cemetary
39. James Bogue Bonine
5
(E1ias
1
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, James
4
)
b. 1825 m. Sarah S. Osborn d. 1900
Children:
112. Laura E. b. 1849 m. Michael Pemberton d. 1914
113. Evangeline b. 1852 m. John Bartlett d.
1935
114. Charles J. b. 1854 m. Lydia Burnham d. 1934
115. James Clarence b. 1856 m. Elizabeth Brower
d. ----
116. Justin Hall b. 1858 d. 1864
111. William Marion b. 1858 d. 1864
118. George Walter b. 1863 d. 1864
119. Edward Claire b. 1863 d. 1864
120. Orion Ray b. 1865 d. 1812
121. Herman O. b. 1861 d.
122. Chester Herbert b. 1868 m. Edna Fellows d. 1941
123. Bertha Hanna b. 1810 m. Sam Stevens d.
14
James Bogue Bonine was born in Wayne Co., Ind., married in Porter
Twp., Cass Co. to Sarah, daughter of Charles Osborn and Hannah Swain
born in Clinton Co., Ohio 1818, resided in Porter Co., Indiana. James
died at Vandalia, Michigan.
40.
51234
Mary Jane Bonine (Elias, James , Daniel , Thomas )
b. 1821 m. Jacob Gabbert 1841 d. 1913
Chi1drenz
124.
125.
126.
121.
Sarah Elizabeth b. 1858 m. W S. Gowin 1814 d.----
Emma b.---- m. "'m. Conway d. ----
Phoebe Bell m. Oyer Morgan 1887 d.1933
Harriet Elmore (Ella) b.1863 m.Isaac Foster d. 1958
Martha Lodicea b.1851 m.Asahe1 Ward d.1906
Ota W. b.1867 d.1867 d.1870
Effie E. b.1869 m. Charles Jones d.1930
44. John Talbot Bonine
5
(E1ias
1
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Thomas
4
)
b. 1833 m. Lizzie Barnes d.
Chi1drenz
128. E1zie b.
m. ---- Baer d. ----
46. Thomas Elwood Bonine
5
(E1ias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Thomas4)
b. 1838 m. Rebecca E. Smith 1865 and
Mary K. Bonine 1884 d. 1909
Children:
129. Clara b.---- m. Jesse Gowin d. 1901
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49. Esther Caroline Bonine
5
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Thomas
4
)
b. 1845 m. Harvey Willis d.----
Children:
130. Fred b.-------- m.--------------------
131. Florence b. --------- m. -------------------
132. Ashley b. -------- m. --------------------
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SIXTH GEmmATION
52. Dsvid (Elia.
l
, Jamee
2
, Danie1
3
, DaVid
4
, ClartS)
b. 1836 m. Mary McKeen d.190l
Children:
133. Arthur b.---- m.Clemme Armstrong d.----
54. William (Elias
l
, Jamee
2
, Danie1
3
, David
4
, Clark?)
b. 1841 m.Emily Palmer d. 1886
Children:
134. SylvaniuB Clark b.- lYl. --------- d.--
135. Caroline b.---- m.------------ d.----
136. Walter b.---- m. ----- d.----
66. John Wesley6 (Elias
l
, Jame8
2
, Danie1
3
, David
4
, John
5
)
a.---- -----. - d. ---
Children:
137. Grace b.---- m.------------- d. ----
138. Hanford b.---- m. Cora Batle!! d.----
139. Emma b.- m. -. - Krull d.
140. Myrtle b. - m. -------- d. ----
Cas8ie b. - m. ----- d. --
Hazel b. -- m. ------ d. --
67. Joel Carter Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, David
4
, JohnS>
b. 1860 m. Lola Henry d. 1935
Children:
141 Maurice Gerald b. 188' m. ---- d.----
142 Chesle1gh Arthur b. 1888 m. Beulah 1tJhiteman d.----
Joel Carter Bonine was born Dec. 21, 1860 in Knoxville, Iowa. He
married Lola Ida Henry on November 25, 1885 in Hamilton, Caldwell Co.,
Mo. in the Baptist Church, Dr. Kenny officiating. Two sons were born
to them, Maurice Gerald, born in Richmond, Kansas, Nov. 15, 1886, and
Chesleigh Arthur, born near Sorrento, Florida, March 25, 1888.
Joel Carter Bonine was named for the presiding elder in the diocese
in which his father was preaching at the time of his birth. He left the
farm and was clerking in a store in Hamil ton, Mo. where he met Lola
Henry and married her. They moved to Richmond, Kansas then to Florida,
then to Georgia. While liVing in Georgia the tragedy of blindness
oocurred which was to alter all the rest of his life. He was chopping
wood when a splinter entered his eye and caused pressure on his optic
nerve (so the doctor explained it) causing loss of all but a fraction
of vision. Apparently there remained a sort of peep hole through which
he could see clearly what ever crossed it. Each time he saw his grand-
daughter he would say eagerly "My eyes are betterl I can Bee almost
your whole face", taking her face in his hands and moving it around so
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as to put the parts of it together in his mind. Mostly, he was com-
pletely un-selfconscious about his affliction, to the extent that no
one who talked with him felt him to be in the least different or to
be pitied. He oonquered his disability so completely that it oeased
to exist in the minds of others, and even in his own at times. Probably
for that reason most people failed to appreciate adequately how remark-
ably he overcame his handicap and lived normally, even successfully,
wi th one strike against him.
He had been studying to be a pharmacist when blinded. This of
oourse became impossible, so he became a wholesale drug salesman for
the DeWitt Drug Co. He traveled for them in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
all over the South. His work took him into many baokwoods areas where
he had to stay with some local citizens (as there were often no hotels)
but he never oomplained how difficult it was for a blind man to get
around. He had plenty to say about how awful the cooking was, however,
and how tired he got of pone and chickory. He had many a "ghost story"
to tell which he gathered on these trips.
He broke off with DeWitt and started his own company, called the
Rydale Remedy Co. which made drugs and patent medicines first in Hickory,
N.C. and then in Newport News. One laxative they sold he named
"Chesleigh's Little Early Risers" after his son. This company was ruined
in the panic of 1907, and he went back to DeWitt. He was IlBde supervisor
of their sales force in the East until his last illness.
Joel Carter Bonine was six feet tall. He had brown hair and hazel
eyes and had grown bald as his son Chesleigh remembers him. He wore a
pointed beard and a mustache moderately trimmed and made a striking
figure in his panama hat and black alpaca coat. He was a great talker
keenly interested in the latest scientific news, and kept up on all
developments by hiring hotel clerks to read to him. The invention of
the radio was a great delight to him. Before that he loved the phono-
graph and always bought new records of operas and classical music.
Music was a passion he had and he took it upon himself to educate his
son's ear to music. He also bought the classic children's books and
promoted the love of reading. He wrote a book himself called "Modern
Money", which was published, unfortunately, just as the U.S. went off
the gold standard.
Joel Carter was always cheerful and had a joke to tell, usually
the same one about the Northerner who had been told that negroes spoke
a foreign language. . When the man heard the following dialogue, he was
convinced; ''Wha. he!, Wha. who!", "Obediah", "Oh, Obediah ober dere
totin taters".
Mr. Bonine carried a gold watch with the pictures of his wife
and two sons inside the case. He could tell time without looking at
it just by putting his fingers on the outside of the case. He said he
could see the face in his mind and read the time with his eyes shut.
He had some theory about the electrons from the clock striking his
fingers. At any rate he could tell time to the half-minute this way
and never make a mistake.
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About ten years before his death he went through the formality
of divorce to clear the title to some property. He had not seen his
wife for thirteen years since she deserted her family. In 1933 he
was taken ill with leukemia. He partly recovered, enough to get
around a little, but then failed rapidly and died in April, 1935, in
Chevy Chase, Maryland. During the latter years of his life he made
his home with his son Maurice in Washington, D. C. between business
trips.
74. Alcinda James
6
(Elias
l
,
b. 1848 m.
Children:
143. Clinton
144. Flora Belle
145. Harriet \
146. Susanna Grace
147. Fred Sharples
148. Jay
James
2
, Daniel', Isaac
4
, Susanna
5
)
Mil ton Wright d. 19,4
b. 1871 d. 1872
b. 1874 m. Breyfogle d. 1972
b. 1877 d. 1941
b. 1882 m. Harry Stamp d.
b. 188, m. Verna Pound d.
b. d.
Alcinda James was born at Penn and married in 1870 in Dowagiac,
Michigan to Mil ton J. Wright, born in Marion, Indiana, son of Jacob
Wright and Malinda Elliot of Marion.
77.
Josephine
Child:
149.
James
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Daniel', Isaac
4
, susanna
5
)
b. 1857 m. Orlando Alexander d. 19,2
Second marriage to Calvin V. \vright
Leon Barton b. 1884 m. Sadie Bonine 1911 at
Cassopolis b. 1888, daughter of Charles Bonine
and Lydia Burnham
80. Isaac A. Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Daniel', Isaac
4
, James
5
)
b. 1849 m. Alice Wilkinson d. ----
Child:
150. James Gordon b. 1875 m. Margaret Gage d. 1934
Isaac A. Bonine, Bon of James E., ma.rried at Niles to the
daughter of Louis F. Wilkinson and Ruth A. Clark. He owned a farm
south of his father's. Together with other Bonines in that area, the
Bonines possessed a very great amount of real estate. Isaac died at
Niles, Michigan.
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87. Evan J. Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
, Samue1
5
)
b. 1866 m. Nettie Kline and Emma Hough d. 1942
Children:
151. Lisle b.
152. Iva b. m. Freeman Washburn
89. Fred N. Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
, Evan J.
5
)
b. 1863 m. Viva Thomas d. 1941
Child:
153. Natalie b. 18eO m. Willard French
Fred N. Bonine attended high
school in Niles, Michigan where he
was a classmate of the original
automakers "Dodge Boys", John and
Horace. After graduation, he com-
pleted his early education in
Frei burg, Germany. In 1886, while
a student at the University of
Michigan, the 23 year old athlete
raced 110 yards in 104/5 seconds
setting the world record. It was
broken in 1921 by Charley: Paddock.
After graduating from the University
of Michigan in medicine he then re-
turned to Europe where he took post-
graduate work at London and Paris
devoting his entire time to the
study of the eye, ear and throat.
In order to better himself for his
work he made an extended trip,
visiting Berlin, Vienna, Egypt,
the Sudan, Palestine and Southern
Asia.
Dr. Bonine beganhis practice
in Niles, Michigan in the second
floor office of his father, Dr.
Evan J. Bonine, and continued in
this same location for fifty years
until June 1, 1936. This office occupied by father and son at 126 East
Main Street, Niles, Michigan for over one hundred years was razed in 1966
for an Urban Renewal project.
Dr. Bonine's most celebrated work was in the cure of cataracts by
the use of a solution which was supposed to dissolve them and make surgery
unnecessary in a large percentage of the cases. He treated 50,000
patients a year and set a record of 517 in one day. There was a "Dr.
Bonine Special" motorbus arriving three times a week from Chicago, and
others from Indiana.polis and Columbus. He is reported to have restored
sight to people who had been blind as long as thirty years.
20
Although he was famous as an eye specialist, he would rather be
tucked away in the comer of a ringside than anywhere he knew of,
wrote Rex Beach in a 1935 Cosmopolitan. He served as senior member of
the Michigan State Boxing Commission. He was a personal friend of Jack
Dempsey and Joe Louis and attended every heavyweight fight since the
days of Sullivan.
Dr. Bonine served four terms as Mayor of Niles. In 1931 some two
hundred persons gathered at the Four Flags Hotel to honor him for his
service. Michigan Supreme Court Justice, Louis H. Fead, said of him,
"I often think it would be a good thing if we could capture from him
some of the hardships and labor which have made him an outstanding
citizen of the State". Dr. Bonine died in 1941 at the age of 18.
Mrs. Bonine lived to the age of 91 and died in 1956.
91. Lot J. Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
, Jacob
5
)
b. 1851 m. Lydia Garwood and Aura \-lright Garwood
d. 1933
Children by first marriage:
154. Charles E. b. 1885 m. Claribel Morton
155. Mable E. b. 1886 m. Winfield Leach
156. Bina M. b. 1894 m. Joseph Blake d. 1924
Lot J. Bonine was born in Penn, Michigan and married at Cassopolis
in 1883 to Lydia, daughter of Benjamin Garwood and Catherine Lamb, who
died in 1909. He then married Aura in 1910, daughter of Nathan Wright
and Lydia Reee, who was born at Newcastle, Indiana.
9'. Johnathan Donnell Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Daniel', Isaac
4
, Lot
5
)
b. 1841 m. Ida Chapman, Delia Baugh and Linnie Mitchell
d. 1929
Children:
151. Wi1ie b. 1869 m. Georgia Hall and Harriet Perchbacher
d. 1949
158. Susie b. 1814 d. 1816
94. John Newland Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
,
4
Lot
5
) Isaac ,
b. 1850 m. Mary Kight and Emma. Cross d. 1941
Children by Mary:
d. 1962
159. Nellie Alfretta b. 1814 m. Harley East
Children by Emma:
160. Frank Joel b. 1885 d. 1896
161. George Robert b. 1886 m. Mabel Seidl d. 1912
162. Clara Maude b. 1888 d. 1966
163. Florence Emily b. 1892 career woman, Evanston, Ill.
164. Ada Maurine b. 1899 career woman, Evanston, Ill.
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John Newland Bonine was born near Vandalia. He married the first
time to Mary at Buchanan who died in 1881. The second marriage was at
Penn to Emma who was born at Niles, daughter of Joel Cross and Emily
Davie. Emma. died in Vandalia in 1950. John was a farmer on a farm
south of Vandalia, MiChigan, and later in the Village of Vandalia. He
served many years on the Town :Board and on the School Board. as
president for a period of time on the latter.
96. James Moline Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac4, Lot
5
)
b. 1856 m. Mary Ann Rq d. 194i
Children:
165. Paul b. 1882 m. Lydia Swanson and Leona Leach
d. 1969
166. Ray b. 1885 m. Nellie Youngs and Pearl Young
d. 1968
167. Vera b. 1888 m. Joe Tietsort d. 1960
168. Georgia Marlene b. 1894 m. Earl Welsh
169. Graoe Olive b. 1896 m. Ray Lawrence d. 1950
James Moline (Lina) Bonine was born in Penn Township, Cass Co.,
Michigan, married in Vandalia to Mary Ann Ray in 1879 fro. Bellefon-
taine, Hardin Co., Ohio, daughter of Isaiah Ray and Sarah Paxson.
Mary Died 8 months after James in 1941 and both are buried in Prairie
Grove Cemetary, Penn, Michigan. James was a farmer in Penn Township,
except for two years spent in South Dakota, and a life long resident
of Penn Township. The last fifty-three years he spent in the home in
Vandalia where he died. He had a large barn and barnyard in town from
which he daily drove cows to p:l.sture south of town and went from there
also to till the soil on land that was adjacent to his brother's farm.
Both pieces had belonged to their father, Lot.
James was active in politics, was a lifelong Republican, and had
served his people as supervisor, clerk, treasurer and Township Com-
mitteeman of Penn Township. He was also a business man in Vandalia,
handling coal and feeds and served as postmaster in the early 1900's.
In his later years he walked a trap line along the creek that ran
through the town catching muskrats and mink just as his father, Lot,
had done. He was a member of the Maccabee Lodge until its disband-
ment. On January 11, 1940 James and Mary celebrated their sixty-first
anniversary at the home of their daughter, Grace.
97. Sarah Lee Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
,
b. 1860 m. Charles Wright d.
Children:
170. Walter Claude b.
171. Susan b. 1880
172. Charles Ralph b.
22
1879 d. 1819
m. W. H. Bucknum
1886 d. 1898
d. ----
Sarah Lee was born near Vandalia, Michigan where she married
Charles, son of Joab Wright and Matilda Elliot of Marion, Ind. After-
wards they moved west where her husband and san were drowned on a
fishing trip into the Paoific Ocean. Sarah lived with her daughter,
Susan, in Eugene, Oregon, who also was widowed young.
98. Rose Elva Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
, Lot
5
)
b. 1865 m. Claude Pemberton d. 1941
Children:
173. Viva b. 1886 d. 1887
174. Don Miller b. 1888 m. Merle Johnson d.
175. Lindlay Claude b. 1891 m. Hazel stevenson d. 1965
176. Grace Marguerite b. 1895 m. Alvin Bausch
Rose Elva was born in Penn Township, Cass Co., married in
Newberg Township to Claude, son of Reason S. Pemberton and
. Margaret Miller. Claude died in 1936.
101. Mary Esther Jones
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
, Lydia
5
)
b. 1847 II. VIm. Mendenhall d. ----
Child:
177. Charles Dwight b. 1877 m. ------------------
(Elias
l
,James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
, Lydia
5
)
m. John Shafer d. ----
102.
6
Sarah Inda Jones
b. 1853
Children:
178. Bessie Amelia
179. George Al bert
180. Paul
b. 1880
b. 1883
b.
m. Henry Stephenson d.
IR. Charlotte Marie d.
m. Lydia White d.
103. Isaac B. Jones
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
, Lydia
5
)
b. 1858 m. Lilliam Eddy d. ----
Child:
181. Don Ebert b. ----
Isaao married Lillian, daughter of Jacob Eddy and Achsah Paxson
of Vandalia.
104. George Jones
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
2
, Isaac
4
, Lydia
5
)
b. 1865 m. Margaret Eddy d. ----
Child:
182. Harold b. 1893 d. 1966
23
Warner Jones
6
(Elias!, James
2
, Danie13, Isaac4, Lydia
5
)
b. 1869 m.Vio1a Struble Garrett d.196?
Child:
183. Lydia Rose b. 1914 m. Harold Splrks
110. Wilbur G. Bonin.
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Isaac
4
, Isaac
5
)
b. 1812 m. Vera O'dell d. 1934 in California
Children:
184. Burget Wesley b. 1911 a. Celeste Gont in Reno in
1932, and Roberta Garrison in 1934. d. ----
185. Elizabeth Lavina b. 1913 m. Lee Standish Osborne
in 1934 and Dr. Julian Edmund in 1944, Modesto,
Calif. d. ----
Laura E. Bonin.
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
,
4
Bogue
5
) 112. James , James
b. 1849 m. Michael Pemberton d. 1940
Children:
186. Claire b. 1811
181. Fantine b. 1814 d.
1935
188. Inez b. 1882 d. 1902
189. Rex b. 1881 m. Ella Vienboer
Laura was born in Vandalia, married in Cassapolis to Michael, son
of Joseph Pemberton and Prudence Osborn
(Elias
1
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, James
4
, James Bogue
5
)
m. John Bartlett d. 1935
m. Helen Hain
and Winifred Wright
m. Robert Haskell d. ----
b. 1882, Las Vegas, N.M.
d. 1960
b. 1894
191. Genevieve
Evangeline Bonine
6
b. 1852
Children:
190. Glen C.
113.
114. Charles J. Bonine
6
(Elias
1
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, James
4
, James Bogue
5
)
b. 1854 m. Lydia Burnham d. 1934
Children:
192. Mabel Arlene b. 1883 d. 1931
193. Sadie E. b. 1888 m. Leon Alexander
Charles was married at Cassapolis to Lydia, born on Youngs Prairie,
1851, daughter of Franklin Burnham and Emily Hunter.
24.
115. James Clarence Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, James\ James Bogue
5
)
b. 1856 m. Elizabeth Brower d.
Children:
194. Jessie Brower
195. Lloyd Bartlett
b. 1818 d.
b. 1819 d.
James was married at Vandalia to Elizabeth, bom in Preston,
Canada, of Daniel Brower and Ann Pool of Vandalia.
122. Chester Herbert Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
,
4
James Bogue
5
) James ,
'b. 1868 m. Edna Fellows d. 1941
Children:
196. Leslie b. m. Ruth Marrin d. 1965
191.
Lawrence b. m. Francis O'Hala
198. Helen b. Di. Karl Kern
199. Hattie Louise b. 1901 d.
200. James Wallace b. 1913 m. Lavina Gebhard
Chester was a farmer and nurseryman who raised his family south
of Vandalia
123. Bertha Hannah Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, James4, James Bogue
5
)
b. 1810 m. Sam Stevens d. ----
Children:
201. Lola b.
202. James Harold
m. --------------------- d.
b. m. Marion ------------ d. ----
124. Sarah E. Gabbert
6
James
2
, Danie1
3
, ThOIDaS
4
, Mary Jane
Gabbert )
b. II. William Gowin
d. ----
Children:
203. Nina b. 1815
d. 1815
204. James b. 1811 m. Anna Bamett d. 1943
205. Charles b.
1819
m. Ida Britain d. 1944
206. Bertha E. b. 1881 m. Wm. Robibson and
James Billings d.
201. George b. 1883 m. Mae Meyer d. 1948
208. Jessie b. 1886 d. 1886
209. Vessie b. 1886 d. 1886
210. Mary Jane b. 1890 m. Hazel Bales
21l. Arthur G. b. 1894 m. Marie Ruth
212. Dean b. 1898 never married
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125. Emma Gabbert
6
(Elias
1
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Thomas
4
, Mary Jane Gabbert
5
)
b. ----
m. Wm. Conway
d. ----
Children:
213. Frank b. 181 m. Virginia Handley d. 1965
214. Ernest b. 1880 m. Mabel Campbell d.
1959
215. Fa:y b. 1889 m. Samuel Ferguson d. 1966
121. Harriet Elmore Gabbert
6
James
2
, Daniel
3
, Thomas
4
,
Mary Jane Gabbert )
b. ---- m. -------- Foster d. ----
Child:
216. Adah D. b. 1885 m. Bert Jones
Adah lives in Sioux City, Iowa
Also: Opal, Donald, Vera Mae and Richard
129. Clara Bonine
6
(Elias
l
, James
2
, Danie1
3
, Thomas
4
, Thomas Elwood
5
)
b. ---- m. Jesse Gowin d. 1901
Children:
211. Fred b. 1891 m. ------------------ d.
218. Minnie b. 1893 m. ------------ Wacht d.
219. Etta b. 1895 m. Nyswonger d.
220. Fa1itha Ellen b. 1891 m. -------- young d. ----
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)
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(
\
I
SEV':ffiTH GENERATION -- DAVID'S LINE
133. Arthur Bonine
1
(David4, C1ark
5
, David
6
)
b. ---- m. Clemme Armstrong d.
Children:
242. David Hall b. ---- m. Margaret Splrgeon
136. Bonine
1
4
Clark
5
, William
6
) Walter (David,
b.
----
a.
------------------
d.
----
Children:
221. Walter b. 11..
--------------------
d.
222. Claude b. m.
--------------------
d.
223. Everett b. m.
--------------------
d.
224. William b. m.
--------------------
d.
225. Gladys b. m.
--------------------
d.
226. Ethel b. a. -------------Roberts d.
221. Hazel b. m.
-------------
Nelson d.
228. Marian b. lI.
--------------------
d.
229. Violet b. m.
--------------------
d.
230. Grace b. m.
--------------------
d.
231. Emma b. m.
--------------------
d.
131. Manford Bonine
1
(David4, Jooo
5
, John Wesle,.6)
b. ---- m. Cora Belle Hatleff d.
Children: (d. 1972)
233. Beatrice Letha b. 1908 career person, artist,
Galena, Ill.
234. Clifford Lee b. 1910 m. Ida ----------- d.
235. Herman Laverne b. 1912 m. Dorothy ------- d.
236. Richard L19yd b. 1914 m. Lula Bell Showalter
231. Alba Laurette b. 1916 m. Orlin Ellis, H. T. Robbins
238. Fred Lavante b. 1918 m. Novie ------------
239. Elizabeth Ellen b. m. ---------- Dilley
240. Hatleff Rex b. m. Joyce ---------------
241. Ethie Pauline b. lI. 1'ugene Farmer
Manford and Cora Eelle lived in Erie, Kane.s.
139 Emma :Bonine (DaVid
4
, JohnS, John We81e,.6)
b. - m. ----Krull
Children:
Harold b.-- m. Mary Frances ---
Children: Mark and Chad
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14-1. Maurice Bonine
7
(David4, John
5
, Joel c.
6
)
b. ---- m. Mary ------------------ d. 1973
Children:
14-2. Chesleigh Arthur Bonine
7
(David4-, John
5
, Joel c.
6
)
b. 1888 m. Beulah H. Whi teEn in 1913
(Beulah d. 1967)
Children:
232. Ann' b. a premature and died
Ann Whiteman b. 1918 m. Walter A. Snow d. 1972
Chesleigh A. Bonine was born March 25,
1888 at Wayland, Florida, five miles east
of Sorrento. The blizzard of '88 and the
yellow fever epidemic drove the family to
,Georgia. He was nine months old when his
father was partly blinded and changed jobs
to one which did not require eyesight,
traveling for a wholesale drug company.
The family lived in.Waycros, Georgia,
Hickory, North Carolina," Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and Washington, In Altoona, Pa., the
family was nearly wiped out by a loose gas
light. Fortunately the innkeeper had stuffed
the boys with ice cream so that they became
sick. Their retchings roused the half-con-
scious mother who made her way to the night
bell before collapsing in the hall. The inn
keeper heard her and saved them.
When the children were 6 and 8 years old, their mother decided to
study optometry. She sent them to her sister, Corah, in Willow Springs,
Mo. They had a fine time that year when they were supposed to start
school, for the teacher discriminated against them in some way and their
Aunt Corah took them out of school "to recover from a catarrhal condition".
They spent this year of freedom running wild, swinging from the ties on
a railroad bridge hand over hand, swimming in a mud hole which they
shared with some pigs, and picking up some fundamental education from
AuntCorah and Uncle Doctor. Christmas of that year they took the train
for a ride to Alabama to be with their parents. Their father met them
half-way and while sleeping in a pullman car there was a train' wreck.
The boys never forgot the sight of Christmas toys all over the track
from the wreck.
The next year the family moved to Washington, D.C. to put the boys
in a good school. Chesleigh entered 3rd grade in 1897, high school in
1904- (Central High) and graduated in 1st place (98"/0 average). This
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school had 1000 pupils. He was Captain of Company 1, one of three cadet
troops at the high school. His company made second place in competi-
tive drill among all the schools in Washington, and presented him with a
gold watch.
His eyes were giving him trouble and the doctor suggested outdoor
work, mining, as a career. He entered Leigh University in 1908. His
mother moved to Bethlehem and kept house for him. He majored in geology
and joined Phi Delta Theta fraternity. In the summer he worked on the
Delaware Chesapeake Canal for the U. S. Engineers, and met his wife,
Beulah Whiteman, who wa.s vacationing near the canal at Lorwood Grove.
After graduating from Lehigh, he worked on the Geological Survey
in Washington in the winter, and in New Mexico, North Dakota, Montana,
and Idaho, Kentucky and OklahoIlla during the summers. He married Beulah
Whiteman on November 22, 191, in Delaware City, Del. They lived in
Washington D.C. for two years where they lost their first child, Ann,
& premature infant. Then after a year and a half of graduate work and
& Ph. Degree at Johns Hopkins University, he left because of the First
World War draft, year of 1911-18. He taught Geology at Lehigh U., then
they moved to State College, Pa. in June 1918. Their only living child,
Ann Whiteman, was born here October 5, 1918.
He became head of the Department of Geology at Penn. State College
at State College, Penn. Under his leadership this department grew in
staff and students, and members of the department began the work which
has now led to divisions of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Geography,
and Mineral Economics. He established the summer fields work in geology
and for .many years spent the BUlIDler in tent camps with his students near
Bedford. Later he established a Mineral Industries Camp near State College.
After 29 years of distinguished service at the College, he retired
in October of 1941. He lived in his home in Shingletown Gap doing Geology
consulting work.
Personal description: Dark brown hair, partly bald, hazel eyes
with glasses, mediUIl build, height 5'8". He is a very quiet man, very
loving. He was never known to lose his temper. Hundreds of his former
students idolized him and kept in touch after graduation. They learned
more than geology from him. He has great capacity for spiritual leader-
ship with young people, taught Sunday School for many years. He loved
gardening, yet he loved to travel. Most vacations were spent going
somewhere, particularly to the ocean, Florida, Europe, Canada, Calif, etc.
I had the pleasure and privilege of visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Bonine in their home in Rehoboth Beach, on the ocean, in Delaware in
1965 and found them to be a very warm and friendly couple. Clippings
received afterwards told of Mr. Bonine's geological work with other
geologists in the discovery of the site of the original Dutch colony
of Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. After the death of Mrs. Bonine, Chesleigh
took an apartment near his brother, Maurice, in Bethesda, Maryland.
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James E. Bonine Home
SEVElfTH GENERATION -- ISAAC LINE
147. Fred Sharples Wright
7
(Isaao4, SU15anna
5
, AlCinda
6
)
b. 1883 a. Verna Pound d. ----
Children:
243. Marion b. 1908 Ill. Clayton Hankins
244. Vera. b. 1910 ll. Harllon Wolkenstein
150. Jaaes Gordon Bonine
7
(Isaac4, Jalles E.5, Isaac A.
6
)
b. 1875 m. Margaret Gage d. 1934
Children:
245. G. Elwood b. ---- m. Ruth Morris
246 Margaret b. ---- m. Gerald Fox
247. Sarah b. ---- m. Clyde Morrison
248. James Gordon (Gage) b. m. ---------------
James Gordon Bonine, the son of Isaac A. Bonine and Alice Wilkinson
Bonine, married Margaret Gage of Niles, Michigan. James studied medicine
and praotioed in Cassopolis between 1908 and 1935. Several years were
also spent as private physician to Daniel Reed of New York City. While
living in Cass County, he served one term as Republican State Senator
from that district and also served on the first Liquor Commission.
During his life he owned the famous Elk Park farms his, grandfather,
James E. Bonine, had established in 1837.
6
Fred N. )
French
153.
Natalie'Bonine
7
(Isaac
4
, Evan J.
5
,
b. 1890 m. Willard S.
Children:
249. Sherwin B. b. 1917 m. Christine Roberts
250. Milicent Deborah b. ---- m. Joel H. Prescott and
Jack B. Bennett
Willard was in advertising and lived in Indian Village in Detroit.
154. Charles E. Bonine
7
(Isaac
4
, Jacob
5
, Lot J.
6
)
b. 1885 m. 1913to Claribel Morton d. ----
Children: (by adoption)
251. Roger b. 1921 m. ---------------------
252. Paul b.1926 m. ---------------------
m. ----------------
m. ----------------
m. ----------------
b. 1918
b. 1920
b. 1922
Mabel Edith Bonine
7
(Isaa0
4
, JacOb
5
, Lot J.
6
)
b. 1886 m. 1917 Winfield Leach
Children:
253. Richard Bonine
254.' Sarah E.
255. Barton Winfield
155.
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256. Elwood Victor
251. James Judson
b. 1924
b. 1921
m. ----------------------
m. ----------------------
151. Wilie Bonine
1
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, Johnathan D.
6
)
b. 1869 m. Georgia Hall and Harriet Perschbacher
Children by Harriet:
258. Wyola George b. 1906 m. Evelyn Jones
259. Ernest Donnell b. 1913 m. Martha Alice Brown
159. Nellie Alfretta Bonine
1
(Isaac4, Lot5, Jooo
6
)
b. 1814 m. Harley East d. 1962
Children:
260. Alton Bonine b. 1895 m. Pearl Hinton and
Rosa Miller
261. Eugene John b. 1891 m. Frieda Eellow8
262. Calvin Kermit b. 1899 m. Pearl Raines
263. Rhea Lucille b. 1910 m. Howard Prather(d.19J6)
&Gerald Eenninghoff
161. George Robert Bonine
1
(Isaao4, Lot
5
, JOhn
6
)
b. 1886 m. Mabel Seidl d. 1972
Children:
264. Earl G. b. 1915 m. Cleo Hertsell
265. Jane S. b. 1918 m. Duane Powers, Indis, Calif.
266. Frances Arletta b. 1920 m. Edgar Wilson, Dowagiac, Mi.
261. Dorothy Emma b. 1924 m. Harley Hough, South Bend, Ind.
268. Allene Mabel b. 1926 m. William King, South Bend, Ind.
165. Paul Bonine
1
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
)
b. 1882 m. Lydia Swanson and Leona Leach d. 1969
Children:
269. Vern b. 1910 m. Arlyn Sewall
210. Anna Lydia (Jean) b. 1916 m. Gerald Johnston
Children: Thomas, Richard, Susan and Xieth
166. Ray Bonine
1
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
)
b. 1885 m. Nellie Youngs & Pearl Young d. 1968
Children by Nellie:
211. Kenneth L. b. 1908 m. Neva G. Waltz
212. J. Russell b. 1910 m. Donola Burcham
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Children b.r Pearl:
213. Mary
214. Donald
215. Frances Jean
b. 1914
b. 1916
b. 1919
m. Loraine Wright
m. Ruth Wagner d. 1913
m. Paul Hargeaheimer
161. VeraBonine
1
(Isaao4, Lot
5
, JamesM.
6
)
b. 1888 m. Joe Tietsort d.
Children:
216. Carl b. 1910
271. I1een b. 1912
218. Marian b. 1915 m. ------------- MYers
219. Neil b. 1918 m. Shirley Smith, Louise Owens
280. Georgia Bell b. 1929 m. Roy Huss and Chas. Head
Joe and Vera lived on a farm east of Cassopolis
168. Georgia Bonine
1
(Isaao4, LotS, James M.
6
)
b. 1894 m. Earl Welsh
Children:
281. Margaret b. 1915 m. Arthur Legge
282. Ruth b. 1911 m. Louis Forter
283. James b. 1921 m. Ann Hartung
Earl met Georgia while teaching in Vandalia. The next year they
moved to Battle Creek where he taught one year and then became principal
of South Western Junior High; then W.K. Kellogg Junior High, then Senior
High. He worked 31 years in Boy Scouting also.
111. Susan Wright
1
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, Sarah Lee
4
)
b. 1880 m. W. H. Bucknum
Children:
284. Percy W. b. 1900 m. Louella McDowell
285. Gladys Lee b. 1902 m. George Criteser
286. Dorothy b. 1904 d. 1908
The Bucknums lived in Eugene, Oregon
116. Grace Pemberton
1
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, Rose E1va
6
)
b. 1895 m. Alvin Bausch
Children:
287. John Pemberton b. 1922 m. Jean Catherine Dilley
288. Carolyn Rose b. 1921 m. William J. Edlund
Rauohes live in Oregon, Illinois
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115. L. Claude Pemberton
1
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, Rose E1va
6
)
b. 1891 m. Jesse Hazel Stephenson d.1965
Childrena
289. Margaret b. 1918 m. John Speer
290. Robert Claude b. 1922 m. Patricia McLean
291. Dorothy Helen b. 1921 m. Jack Scripsema
292. Marilyn Ruth b. 1932 m. Harold Murra;r
Claude and Jesse lived in Howell and Lansing, Michigan where
he was a Frigidair Dealer.
183. Rose Jones
1
(Isaac4, Lydia
5
Wamer
6
)
b. 1914 m. Harold Sparks
Children:
293. James Jones b. 1941 m. Jean Damon
294. Lee Harold b. 1943 m. Mariko Kitano
295. Lydia Jean b. 1944 m. Harry Schmit
296. Glen Howard b. 1941 m. Nancy Foster
291. Carl b. 1959
Harold was assistant County Agent in charge of 4-H Work and lived
on Warner Jones' farm in Cass County. Rose teaches school.
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Zc>o
SEVENTH GENERATION JAMES' LINE
d. 1915
1915 res. Vandalia
1917 res. Dearborn
1920 m. res. Dearborn
1922 res. Vandalia
1924 m. Frank Murton, Ypsilanti
193. Sadie E. Bonine
7
(James4, James Bogue
5
,
b. 1888 m. Leon Alexander
Children:
298. Roger b. 1913
299. Leland Barton b.
300. Lydia b.
301. Charles b.
302. Robert Bruce b.
303. Barbara J. b.
6
Charles J. )
d. ----
Sadie was the daughter of Charles J. and Lydia(Borham) Bonine.
Leon was a civil engineer with Michigan Central Railroad in Detroit.
196. Leslie Bonine
7
(James
4
, James Bogue
5
, Chester H.
6
)
b. 1890 m._Ruth Marvin d. 1965
Children:
305. Marvin Chester b. 1916 m. Dorothea Jorgensen
304. Arthur Leslie b. 1914 m. MUree Morgan
306. Cora Loretta b. 1927 m. George Carter
Lawrence Bonine
7
(James
4
, James Bogue
5
,
6
197. Chester)
b.
1898
m. Francis O'Hala
Children:
307. Robert b.
1929
m. Donna Da.Y
308. Charlotte b. 1932
m. Arthur Bruens Jr.
309. Chester J. b.
1935
m. Madge1yn Joyce
310. Janice M. b.
1937
m. Norman Milhollin
200. James Wallace
7
(James
4
, James Bogue
5
, Chester
6
)
b. 1913 m. Lavina Gebhart
Children:
311. Garry J. b. 1943 m. --------------------
312. Patricia b. 1947 m. Paul Murray
James works at construction work. Lavinia is a nurse in the
Three Rivers Hospital.
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FAIRVIEW' METHODIST, north of Winterset in Madison County,
SEVENTH Gl!1fERATION -- THOMAS LINE
204. James Gowin
1
(Thomas4, Mary Jane Gabbert
5
, ,Sarah GO....in
6
)
b. 1811 m. Anna Barnett 1896 d. 1943
Children:
313. l'tYrl
314. Verin
b. 1898 m. ---------------------
b. 1900 m. ---------------------
205. Charles Gowin
1
(Thomas4, Mary Jane Gabbert
5
, Sarah GOwin
6
)
b. 1819 m. Ida Britain 1891 d. 1944
Children:
315. Nellie b.
m. ---------------------
206. Bertha E. Gowin
1
(Thomas4, Mary Jane Gabbert
5
, Sarah Gowin
6
)
b. 1881 m. Wm. Robinson 1903 and Wm. Billings 1913
d. ----
Children by Robinson:
316. Noel b. m. --------------------
311. Elaine b. ---- m. --------------------
201. George Gowin
1
(Thomas4, Mary Jane Gabbert
5
, Sarah Gowin
6
)
b. 1883 m. Mae Meyer 1920 d. 1948
Children:
318. Howard
319. Herbert
320. Evelyn
b. 1921
b. 1925
b. 1924
m. Margaret Cameron
m. Frances Letz
m. Wilbur Ford
210. Mary Jane Gowin
7
(Thomas4, Mary Jane Gabbert
5
, Sarah GOWin
6
)
b. 1890 m. Hazel Bales 1901 d. ----
Children:
321. George W.
322. Edwin
323. Wyman
324. Walter
325. Hugh
326. Richard.
321. Elizabeth
b.
b.
b.
b.
b.
b.
b.
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m. ---------------------
m. --------------------
m. --------------------
m. --------------------
m. --------------------
m. --------------------
m. --------------------
214. Ernest D. Conway1 (Thomas4, Mary Jane Gabbert
5
, Emma conway6)
b. 1880 m. Mabel Olive-Campbell d. 1959
Child:
328 Mary K. b. 1925 m. Jack Boots
Mary and Jack live in Des Moines, Iowa.
EIGHTH GENERATION -- DAVID'S LINE
232. Ann Whiteman Bonine
8
(DaVid
4
, John
5
, Joel c.
6
, Chesleigh
1
)
b. 1918 m. Walter A. Snow d. 1912
Children:
329. Walter A., Jr. b. m. Christa Young Zwingle
330. Chesleigh B. b. m. ---------------------
Ann Bonine Snow, as we know her from several Christmas letters
received, must have been a warm, friendly, loving and capable person.
We believe capable would barely characterize her in her role as
daughter, wife, mother, painter, writer, civic and religious leader.
Her contribution to this booklet was most inspiring and helpful. We
regret not having met Ann and Walt. Their last known residence was
Easton, Pa. where Ann died in 1912 after fighting cancer for many
years and where Walt was employed in Ingersoll-Rand Co. nearby in
Phillipsburg, N.J. Walter Jr. was working on his Ph D. in Computer
Science at State College, Pa. in 1912. Chet was at Columbia working
ona Ph. D. in French History.
234. Clifford Lee Bonine
8
(David
4
, JOhn
5
, John WeSley6, Manford
1
)
b. 1910 m. Ida ---------------------
Children:
331. Beatrice b. m. -----------------------
332. John Wesley b. m. -----------------------
333. Margaret b. m. -----------------------
334. Olive May b. m. Earl Joe Frevele
335. Cecil b. m. -----------------------
336. Manford b. m. -----------------------
Residence: Route 1, Parsons, Kansas
235. Herman Laverne Bonine
8
(David4, John
5
, John Wesley6, Manford
1
)
b. 1912 m. Dorothy -------------------
Children:
331. Arthur b. m. -----------------------
338. Esther b. m. -----------------------
339. Phillip b. m. -----------------------
340. Patricia b. m. -----------------------
Residence: Route 2, Thayer, Kansas
36
236. Richard Lloyd Bonine
8
(David\ John
5
, John wesley6, Manford.7)
b. 1914 m. Lula Belle Showalter
Children:
341. Phyllis b. m. -----------Fortick
342. Richard b. m. --------------------
343. Gary Don b. m. --------------------
344. Mary Jane b. m. ----------- Holmes
345. Margaret Janie b. m. ----------- Frasco
346. Willard b. m.--------------------
Residence: Route 2, Bart, Michigan
237. , Alba Laurette Bonine
8
(David
4
; John
5
, John wesley6, Manford
7
)
b. 1916 m. Orlin Ellis
Children:
347. Jack b.
1936
m. Madeline Carol Phillip
348. Robert b.
1935
m. Llomas
349. Geraldine b. m. Morrie DeQn Gourley
350. Leah b.
1944
m. Steve Walter
351. Carlyne b. 1949 m Jesse Santos Leal
352. Ronald b.
1952 .
m. . Ter;y LYnn Symmonds
Balph b. 1940 d.. 1966
Residence: 2213 fc Rutgers Drive, Costa Mesa, California
- 8 4 5 6 7
238. Fred Lavant Bonine (David, John, John \oJesley , Manford )
b. 1918 m. Novie -----------------
Children:
353. Janice b. m. ----------------------
354. Larry b. m. ----------------------
355. Beverly b. ---- m. ----------------------
Residence: 869 W.C. Street, Colton, Oalifornia
239. Elizabeth Ellen Bonine
8
(David
4
, John
5
, John Wesley6, Manford
7
)
b. ---- m. -------------Dilley
Children:
356. --------------- b. m. ---------------------
- 357. --------------- b. m. ---------------------
358. --------------- b. m. ---------------------
359. --------------- b. m. ---------------------
360. --------------- b. m. ---------------------
361. --------------- b. m. ---------------------
Residence: Chanute, Kansas
240. Ratliff Rex Bonine
8
(David
4
, John
5
, John wesley6, Manford7)
b. ---- m. --------------------
Children:
362. Max b. m. ---------------------
363. Douglas b. m. ---------------------
Residence: !ox 104, 1223 Fifth Street, Onawa, Iowa
37
241. Ethie Pauline Bonine
8
(David
4
, John
5
, John wesley6, Manford
7
)
b. ---- m. Eugene Farmer
Children:
364. Jone b. ---- m. -----------------------
Residence: 1700 N Boulevard, Route 1, Pearsons. Kansas
242. David Hall Bonine
8
(David4, Clark
5
, David H.
6
Arthur
7
)
b. ---- m. Margaret Spurgeon
Children:
365. David b. m. -----------------------
David bas a Photo Developing business in Des Moines, Iowa.
EIGHTH GENERATION ISAAC'S LINE
243. Marion Wright
8
(Isaac4, susanna5, A1Cinda
6
, Fred s.7)
b. 1908 m. Clayton Hankins
Children:
366. Clayton Jr.
367. Fred E.
b.
b. 1929
m. Iris Cooper
m. Joy Longworth
244. Vera Wright
8
(Isaa0
4
, Susanna
5
, AIOinda
6
, Fred s.7)
b. 1910 m. Harmon Wolkenstein
Children:
368. James Robert b. 1939 m. ----------------------
38
8 4 5 6 1
G. Elwood Bonine (Isaac, James E. , Isaac A. , James G. )
b. ---- m. Ruth Morris
Children:
369. James E.
310. Mary Charlotte
b. 1924
b.
m. Eleanor 8m! th
m. Robert Binkowski
G. Elwood Bonine graduated from Cass-
opolis High School and Michigan State
College. He owned and operated the Bonine
Elk Park farms of 1500 acres, which had been
in the family four generations. He entered
politics on the Republican ticket and spent
23 years in state and federal government
service. From 1943 to 1953 he served in the
Michigan Senate; then he became State Direc-
tor of the Farmers Home Adrndnistration in
East Lansing; the last years before retire-
ment, 1961-65 he was Direotor of Michigan
Legislative Services Bureau.
Residence: Lansing, Michigan
246. Margaret Bonine
8
(Isaac4, James5, Isaac A.
6
, James G.
1
)
b. ---- m. Gerald Fox
Gerald is head of the Physics at Ames, Iowa.
241. Sarah Bonine
8
(Isaac
4
, James E.
5
, Isaac A.
6
, James G.
1
)
b. ---- m. Clyde Morrison and Ralph Balyeat
in Athens, Georgia
Children:
311. Frank b.
312. David b.
313. Robert b.
314. Richard b.
39
m. --------------------
m. --------------------
m. --------------------
m. --------------------
248. James Gordon Bonine (Gage)8 (Isaac
4
, James E.
5
, Isaac A.
6
, James G.
1
)
b. ---- m. ----------------------
Children:
315. Bruce Robert b. m. -------------------
316. John Earle b. m. -------------------
James is an Engineer in utah.
249. Sherwin French
8
( Isaac4, Evarl J. 5, Fred N.
6
, Natali e
1
)
b. 1911 m. Christine Roberts (divorced)
Children:
311. Sherwin B. b. 1950 m. ---------------------
318. Christopher R. b. 1954 m. Lalee Thomas (1974)
Residence: Van Nuys. California
250. Millicent French
8
(Isaac
4
, Evan J.
5
, Fred N.
6
, Natalie?)
b. 1920 m. Joel H. Prescott and Jack B. Bennett
Children by Prescott:
319. Joel H. Jr. b. 1941 m. -------------------
380. Natalie Ruth b. 1943 m. Albert Petrovick
381. Willard Sherwin b. 1946 killed in VietNam 1961
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett live in Rancho Palos yerdes, California
259. Ernest Donnell Bonine
8
(Isaao
4
, Lot
5
, Johnathan
6
, Wylie
1
)
b. 1913 m. Martha Alice Brown
Children:
382. Harriet Ellen b. 1942 m. James W. McAllister
383. James Donnell b. 1931 m. Rosalie Ruth Beigh
Ernest is a banker in Rochester, Indiana. (Vice-President and
Cashier, First National Bank)
40
263 Rhea Lucille EBst
8
( Isaac
4
, LotS. JOhn
6
Nellie
7
)
b. 1910 m. Howard Prather (d.1936)
and Gerald
Child:
Nancy Lee b. 1937 (adopted by Benninghoff)
m. Larry E. Newan (1955)
Residence: Elkart, Indiana
264. Earl G. Bonine
8
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, John
6
, George
1
)
b. 1915 m. Cleo Hertsell
Children:
384. Steven. Eugene b. 1948 m. Geraldine Darr
385. Beverly Jean b. 1959
Earl is foreman of the cabinet department in a local trailer
factory in Cassopolis.
265. Jane S. Bonine
8
(Iaaac
4
, Lot
5
, John
6
, George
1
)
b. 1918 m. Duane Powers
Children:
386. Carol b. 1940 m. G. Herzog, 1963
381. Lawrence b. 1941 m. Linda Gayler 1962
388. Slerry b. 1946 m. John Carmichael
Jane and Duane live in Indio, California.
266.
. 8
Frances Arletta Bonine
b. 1920 m.
Children:
389. Connie b. 1941
390. James b. 1949
391. Linda Lee b. 1955
456 1
(Isaac , Lot , John , George )
Edgar Wilson
m. James Gentry (197J)
m. Janice Leffler (1969)
m. Lean Wilson (1972)
Frances and Edgar live in Dowagiac, Michigan
268. Allene M. Bonine
8
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, JOhn
6
, George
1
)
b. 1926 m. William King, South Bend, Indiana
Children:
392. Thomas Michael b. 1957 m. ------------------
393. Terry Patrick b. 1960 m. ------------------
(Terrence)
269 Vern Bonine
8
(Isaac
4
, James M.
6
,Psul
7
)
b. 1910 m. Arlyn Sewall (b.1918)
Child:
394. Paul b. 1947 m. Bonnie Haigh (1969)
Vern worked at Hamilton Beach in Racine. Wisconsin.
and operated a bow and arrow business from his home.
41
210. Anna (Jean) Bonine
8
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Pau1
1
)
b. 1916 m. .Gerald Johnston
Children:
395 Thomas b.---- m.-----------------
396 Richard b.---- m. --------
397 Susan b.---- m. ---------
398 Keith 8 b.--- JIlf 1
211. Kenneth L. Bonine (Isaac, Lot , James M. , Ray (
b. 1908 m. Neva G. Waltz
Children:
399. Lora Kay b. 1941 m. Sidney James Wise
400. Cheryl LYnn b. 1943 m. Thomas W. Shilling
401. Alan Kent b. 1946 m. Mary .Ann MacDonald
402. Fredric Lyndon b. 1953 m. ------------------
Kenneth L. Bonine, the son of Ray Bonine and
Nellie Youngs Bonine, attended country schools in
Cass County, and was graduated from Three Rivers
High School. He earned a B.S. degree from West-
ern Teachers College, Kalamazoo, and an
M.A. degree from the University of Michigan. He
was married to Neva G. \.[altz, who had been a
senior high English teacher prior to the marriage.
He taught 15 years, for the most part math and
science, junior and senior high. He was Super-
visor of Audio-Visual Services of Kalamazoo Public
Schools for 23 years, from 1949 until his retire-
ment in 1912.
Kenneth Bonine distinguished himself in several areas. He set
up the Audio-Visual Department of the Kalamazoo Public Schools and
made it one of the best in the state. He served on the Board of
the Michigan Audio-Visual Association for five years, and as President
for one term. As an avocation, he designed and built several homes,
including the large family home at 101 Montrose, Kalamazoo. His
hobbies include woodworking, travel, and gardening.
His family have said of him, "He is a Bonine", meaning that he
has the combination of mild manner and strong character, of quiet
modesty and positive achievement, characteristic of the Bonines.
272. James Russell Bonine
8
(Isaa0
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Ray1)
b. 1910 m. Donola Burcham
Children:
403. Jerome Lee b. 1941 m. Glennis Younger
and Jane --------------
404. Twila Jane b. 1943 m. David Hackett
405. Bonnie Jean b. 1947 m. Gerald Vanderhoof
James R. has been a tool and die maker in South Bend, Indiana
and Three Rivers, Michigan. His family has always lived in Jones,
Michigan.
42
213. Mary Bonine
B
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Ray1)
b. 1914 m. Loraine Wright d. 1958
Children: (Bookkeeper and Ministry)
406. James b. 1941 m. ---------------------
401. Ruth b. 1948 m. Roger Foust
m. Vickie ---------------
m. ----------------------
b. 1942
b. 1944
214. Donald Bonine
8
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James
b. 1916 m. Ruth Wagner
Children:
408. Donald, Jr.
409. John
6 1
M. , Ray)
d. 1913
b. 1941 m. Robert Witiek Milford, Mich.
b. 1943 m.
------------------
b. m. Bruce Ridgley
b. m. R. Thomas Grostic Lansing, Mich.
b. m. Wendy
-------------
215.
218.
219.
Frances Jean Bonine
8
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Ray1)
b. 1919 m. Paul Hargesheimer d.
Children:
410. Karen
411. Terry
412. Christie
Denise
414. Kim
Marian Tietsort
8
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Vera 1)
b. 1915 m. --------------- Myers
Children:
415. Linda b. m. ----------------------
416. Charles b. m. ----------------------
411. Janice b. m. ----------------------
Neil Tietsort
B
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Vera
7
)
b. m.
Children:
Tietsort
B
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Vera
7
)
1929 m. Roy Huss and Charles Head
280. Georgia Bell
b.
Children:
41B. Michael
419. Terry
420. Joseph
b.----
b.
b. ----
m. ----------------------
m. ----------------------
m. ----------------------
281 Margaret Welsh
8
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Georgia
1
b. 1915 m. Arthur Legge
Children:
421. Jeanne Kay b. 1946
422. Jenifer b. 1949 m. Kimberly Kaupp
Arthur works in management for Continental Can Co. in Short
Hills, New Jersey.
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Georgia
1
)
1911 m. Louis Foster
282.
8
Ruth Welsh
b.
Children:
423. Nancy
424. Louis
Louis and Ruth have
b. 1943 m. William Oliver
b. 1948 m. Linda --------------
a Chrysler Marine Parts Business in Port Huron.
4 5 6 1
(Isaac , Lot , James M. , Georgia )
1921 m. Ann Hartung
283. James Welsh
8
b.
Children:
425. Bethany
(Child,
426. James
b. 1948 m. Garry McCotter
Tracy, b. 1912)
b. 1951
Jim and Ann live in Battle Creek, Michigan.
m. ---------------------
m. ---------------------
b. 1929
b. 1932
Percy Bucknum
8
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, Sarah Lee
6
, susan
1
)
b. 1900 m. Louella May McDowell
Children:
427. Jack 'tl.
428. Joanne
284.
m. ------------ Mountford
d. 1941
b. 1929
b. 1931
Gladys Bucknum
8
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, Sarah Lee
6
, susan
7
)
b. 1902 m. George Criteser
Children:
429. Mary Lee
430. John David
285.
287.
84567
John Pemberton Rausch (Isaac, Lot , Rose Elva , Grace )
b. 1922 m. Jean Catherine Dilley
Children:
431. David Richard
432. Ann Margaret
433. James Wm.
b. 1953
b. 1956
b. 1959
m. ------------------
m. ------------------
m. ------------------
44
b. 1952 m. ------------------
b. 1957 m. ------------------
288.
289
2.90
Carolyn Rose Rausch
8
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, Rose Elva
6
, Grace
7
)
b. 1927 m. Wm. J. Edlund
Children:
434. James Alvin
435. John Charles
8 4 5 6 7
Margaret Pemberton (Isaac ,Lot ,Rose Elva .L.Claude )
b.19l8 m. John Speer
Children:
436. John Pemberton b.
437. Robert Johnson b.
438. David Claude b.
John is an administrato
s
of a Tsing home in W. Va.
Robert Claude Pemberton (Isaac ,Lot5,Rose Elva
b. 1922 m. Patricia McLean
Children:
439. James Robert b.1942 m. April Covell
440. John Linley b.1948 m. Dianne Spencer
Robert is President of Air Lift Co. ,Lansing, Michigan
291 Dorothy Helen pemberton
8
(Isaac
4
,Lot
5
,Rose L.Claude
7
)
b. 1927 m. Jack Scripsema
Children:
441. Margaret b.1955
442. Susan b.1957
443. Nancy b .1959
444. Carol b.1963
Jack is a wholesale dealer for Armstrong Floor Coverings.
292. Marilyn Ruth Pemberton
8
(Isaac
4
.Lot
5
,Rose Elva
6
,L.Claude
7
)
b. 1932 m. Harold
Children:
445. William James b. 1962
446. Deborah Iqnne b. 1963
Harold works for General Motors in Lansing. Michigan
45
(Isaac
4
, Lydia
5
, Warner
6
, Rose
1
)
m. Jean Damon
293.
8
James Jones Sparks
b. 1941
Children:
447. Walter John
448. Alcinda Leann
449. Roy Everett
b. 1966
b. 1968
b. 1913
James and Jean live on a farm in Penn Twp.
294.
8
Lee Howard Sparks
b. 1943
Children:
4 5 6 1
(Isaac , Lydia , Warner , Rose )
m. Mariko Ki tano
Lee and Mariko live on the farm that has been owned by family
for many generations.
295.
8
Lydia Jean Sparks
b. 1945
Children:
4 5 6 1
(Isaac , Lydia , Warner , Rose )
m. Harry Schmit
Jean and Harry live in Chicago
(Isaac
4
, Lydia
5
, Warner
6
, Rose
1
)
m. Nancy Foster
296.
8
Glen Howard Sparks
b. 1941
Childrena
Andrew Foster
b. ----
Glen and Nancy live in Fremont, Michigan.
46
EIGHTH GEllERATION -- JAMES' LINE
305. Marvin Chester Bonine
8
(James
4
, James Bogue
5
, Chester
6
, Leslie
1
)
b. 1916 m. Dorothea Jorgensen, daughter of Hans
And Marie Jorgensen
Children:
451. Susan Marie
4,52. James Leslie
453. Thomas
454. JoAnn
b. 1941 m. Stephen Williams
b. 1944 m. ----------------
b. 1948 Killed in VietNam 1969
b. 1950 m. ----------------
Marvin and Dorothea live in Redwood City, California where Marvin
is Executive Vice-President of Calny Food Services, Inc. and are
owners of 64 restaurants in California, Nevada and Hawaii.
304. ArthUr Leslie"Bonine
8
(James4, James Bogue
5
, Chester
6
, Leslie
1
)
b. 1914 m. Marie Morgan
Children:
455. Phillip b. 1942 m. Sandra Wilson
4:56. Bonita b. 1944 m. James Foreman
4-57. Neil b. 1952 m. Patience Kenworth
Arthur and Marie have been in the lumber and home building
business in Vandalia and now in Wauchula, Florida.
306. Cora Bonine
8
(James
4
, James Bogue
5
, Chester
6
, Leslie
1
)
b. 1921 m. George Carter, son of James M. Carter
and Gladys Helen Gilbert
Children:
458. Catherine
459. Craig
b. 1951 m. Charles Deters, 1914
b. 1954 m. --------------------
Cora and George live in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. George is with
and Cora is a former Post Office employee.
301. Robert Bonine
8
(James
4
, James Bogue
5
, Chester
6
, La.wrence
1
)
b. 1929 m. Donna Day
463. Heidi Gaye b.1968
462. Timothy 0.1965
308. Charlotte Bonine
8
(James4, James Bogue
5
, Chester
6
, Lawrence
1
)
b. 1932 m. Arthur Bruens, Jr.
Children:
309. Chester Bonine
8
(James
4
, James Bogue
5
, Chester
6
, Lawrence
1
)
b. 1935 m. Madge1yn Joyce (1963)
Children:
464. Richard John b. 1964
310. Janice Bonine
8
(James
4
, James Bogue
5
, Chester
6
, Lawrence
1
)
b. 1937 m. Norman Mi1ho11in (1964)
Children:
465.:Randal Allen b. 196.5
466. Lisa Kaye b.1968
Milhollins live Route I, Three Rivers, Michigan
EIGHTH GENERATION -- THOMAS' LINE
318. Howard Clyde Gowin
8
(Thomas
4
, MarY' 'fane Gabbert
5
, Sarah Gowin
6
,
George Gowin )
b. 1921 m. Margaret Jean Cameron, b. 1928
Children:
467. Cara Denys b. 1953
468. Gise1e K. . b. 1958
. 469. Dana Howard b. 190.5
Howard is in business in De Soto,
m. --------------------
m. --------------------
Iowa.
319. Herbert Arthur Gowin
8
(Thomas4, Mary Jane Gabbert
5
,
George Gowin
1
)
b. 1925 m. Frances Letz, b. 1928
6
Sarah Gowin ,
Children:
470. Steven Rick!
471. Rosche1e DeLynn
b. 1952
b. 1953
m. --------------------
m. --------------------
320. Evelyn Ethyl Gowin
8
(Thomas4, Mary Gabbert
5
,
George Gowin )
b. 1924 m. Wilbur H. Ford, b. 1911
6
Sarah Gowin ,
Children:
472. Arnold Sherman
473. Martin Randall
b. 1951
b. 1953
m. ------------------
m. ------------------
328. Mary Katheryn ConwaY'8 (Thomas
4
, Mary Jane
5
, Emma
6
, Ernest
7
)
b. 1924 m. Jaok R. Boots)
Children:
474. Carol
47.5. Dean
Mary and Jack Iive
b. 1947 m. Samuel George Wise (1969)
b. 1953 m. ---------------------
in Des Moines, Iowa.
NINTH GENERATION - ISAACI S LINE
263a Nancy Lee Benninghoff
9
(Isaa0
4
Lot5. JOhn
6
Nellie? Rhea
8
)
b. 1939 m. Larry E.Newman (1955)
Children:
476. Jeffrey Eugene b.1956
477. Jodene K. b.1958
daughter of :Raymond SlDith
Louis, Missouri.
b.1952 m. _
b.1954 m. _
b.1964
resides in St.
James E. Bonine
9
(Is&&c
4
James E.5.
E1wood
8
)
b. 1924 m. Eleanor Smith.
Children:
478. James E.
479. Jane
480. William R.
James is a manufacturer and
b.1955
b.1959
b.1962
b.l963
b.l970
370. Mary Charlotte Bonine
9
James E.5, Isaac James G'
. Elwood )
b.--- m. Robert Binkowski. son of John Binkowski
Children:
481. Robert
482. Debora M.
483. Michael A.
484. Laurie
485. Mary Ann
382. Harriet Ellen Bonine
9
(Isaac
4
Lot
5
Johnathan
6
.WYle
7
Ernest
8
)
b. 1942 m!James W. McAllister
Children:
486. James Brent b.1969
487. Gwen Ellen b.1971
James is a bank vice-president in Rochester. Indiana.
383. James Donnell Bonine
9
(Isaac
4
Lot
5
Johnathan
6
WYle
7
Ernest
8
)
b.1937 m.Rosa1ie Ruth Beigh
. Children:
488. Cynthia Diane b. 1961
489. James Kevin b. 1963
490. Karen Kay b. 1967
491. Stephany Ann b. 1971
James is a funeral director owning the Bonine Home. Culver. Ind.
49
384. Steven Eugene Bonine
9
(ISBaC
4
, Lot
5
, John
6
, George
7
, Ear1
8
)
b. 1948 m. Geraldine Darr
Children:
L>tj2. Stephanie
Steven is an officer in the bank in Cassopolis, Michigan
386. Carol Powers
9
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, John
6
, George7, Jane
8
)
b. 1940 m. G. Hertzog (1963)
Children:
493. George
494. Jody
387. Lawrence9 (Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, John
6
, George
7
, Jane
8
)
b.1941 m. Linda Gayler (1962)
Children:
495. Lawrence
496. Linda
497. Lori
388. Sherry9 (Isaac
4
Lot
5
, John
6
, George
7
, Jane
8
)
b.1946 m.John Carmichael
Children:
498. John
389. Connie Jean Wi1son
9
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, John
6
, George? Frances
8
)
b.1947 m. James Gentry (1973)
Children:
499. Michelle
390. James Wi1son
9
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, JOhn
6
, George
7
, Frances
8
)
b.1949 m.Janice Leffler (1969)
Children:
391. Linda Lee Wi1son
9
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, John
6
, George? Frances
8
)
b. 1955 m.Lean Wilson (1972)
Children:
. 500. Jennifer
501. Jessica
394. Paul Bonine
9
(Isaac
4
, Lot5, James
6
,Paul
7
, Vern
8
)
b.1947 m. Bonnie Haigh (1969)
Children:
502. Shane
Paul works for the Case Co Racine, Wisconsin
50
399. Lora Kay Bonine
9
(1saac4, Lot
5
, SaJOOs M.
6
, Ray1, Kenneth
8
)
b. 1941 m. Sidney James Wise
ChildrenI
50J. Lisa Renee b. 1968 in Bad Kreuan8.ch, Germany
504. Cheryl Ann b. 1911 in Bellevue 1 Washington
Lora and Jim met at Michigan State Universi t;r, Jim was from
Allegan, Mich., son of Clarence Wise and Lucy (Marson) Wise. After
Michigan state, Jim went to the University of Michigan to study
denistry. They were married at the end of his first year there.
Lora worked as 4-H County Agent for the next three years. Following
Jim's graduation they were stationed with the Army in Germany for two
years. In the summer of 1968 they returned to the States, and then
went to Seattle where Jim was enrolled at the University of Washing-
ton in the study of periodontics for the next eighteen months. They
liked the West so much that they have made their home in Bellevue.
400. Cheryl Lynne Bonine
9
b. 1943.
Children:
505. Jeffrey
506. Laurie Ann
4 5 618
(Isaac , Lot , James M. , Ray , Kenneth )
m. Thomas W. Shilling
b. 1969 in Lakinheath, England
b. 1912 in 8dmonds, Washington
Cheryl attended Michigan State University where she was graduated
in 1965. In her senior year while visiting her sister and brother-in-
law in Ann Arbor she met Tom, a classmate of Jim in the School of
Denistry. They were married the next summer after her graduation.
Cheryl taught in Nankin Mills High School the next year while Tom
finished his senior year. The following year they went to the Air
Force Base at Lakenheath, England where Tom served as a dentist for
the next three years. In 1969 they returned to America, visited Tom's
parents, Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Shilling in Ashland, Ohio, and the Bonines
in Kalamazoo, Michigan, then set out for Dallas, Texas, where Tom would
study orthodontics for the next two years at Baylor University. After
visiting in Seattle, they, too, decided to settle in that area to be
near the skiing slopes and to share boating pleasures with the Wises.
401. Alan Kent Bonine
9
(1saac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Ray1, Kenneth
8
)
b. 1946 m. Mary Anne MacDonald, 1915
Alan graduated from Loy Norrix High in Kalamazoo and entered
Western Michigan University where he majored in Business. After
getting his degree he enlisted in the Army where he trained in
Military Intelligence and served three years. Following this he
again went to Western and got a masters degree in Business Adminis-
tration with work in Personnel Managerrent. He is now employed at the
Upjohn Company in Salary Administration. His Wife, Mary Ann, is the
daughter of Dr. Marshall and Helen (Johnson) MacDonald of KalallBzoo.
She is a teacher in the Kalamazoo Schools.
51
402. Fredric Lyndon Bonine
9
(Isaac4, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Ray7, Kenneth
8
)
b. 1953
Fredric graduated from Loy Norrix High and entered Michigan State
University where he graduated with a degree in Natural Science, a major
in Zoology. In August (1975) he will enter the University of Michigan
School of Dentistry. He is engaged to be married in August to Miss
Anne Marie Adcock of Grand Ledge, Michigan, daughter of Phillip and
Lenora ( Ketchum ) Adcock. Anne is also a graduate of M.S.U. with
a degree in Education.
Jerome Lee Bonine
9
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Ray7, James R.
8
)
b. 1941 m. Glennis ------------------ and -----
Children by Glennis:
507. Jerome Lee b.
508. James b.
509. Bridgett b.
Jerry works at General Motors in Kalamazoo. Michigan
404. Twila Jane Bonine
9
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Ray7, James R.
8
b. 1943 m. David Hackett
Children:
510. Stephen James
511. Andrea Lynn
512. Jeffrey Tyler
b.1965
b.1968
b.1969
David is a body designer for Ford Motor Company.
405. Bonnie Jean Bonine
9
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Ray7, J. Russel1
8
)
b. ---- m. Gerald Vanderhoof
Children:
513. Kipp Ryan b. 1973
514. Kiley Ray b. 1975
Bonnie finished training as a beautician and worked for a while in
Kalamazoo. She married Gerald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vanderhoof of
Marcellus, Michigan. Bonnie and Gerald make their home in Marcellus
also. He works for Fruitbelt Electric Co.
94567 8
Ruth Wright (Isaac, Lot , James M. , Ray , Mary )
b. 1948 m. Roger Foust
Children:
515. Laura Lorraine b. 1972
516. Curtis James b. 1875
Ruth and Roger met at Grand Rapids Baptist Bible College in Grand
Rapids where Roger was in training for the ministry.
52
409. John::Bonine
9
(Isaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
, Ray?, DonaldS)
b. 1943 m. Vicki Logan
Children:
51? Timothy b.----
5lS. Lisa b.----
John works in the building trades in Lakeland, Florida, and
Vicki is a beautician.
410 Karen Rargesheimer
9
(Isaac
4
,Lot
5
,James M.
6
,Ray?,Frances JeanS)
b. 1941 JDJo Robert Witek
Children:
519. Matthew Stephen .b.1969
520. Michael John b.1971
521. Stephen Robert b.1974
Karen was a. school teacher before marriage. Robert is a
Manufacturer's Representative. They live in Milford, Michigan.
411. Terry Hargesheimer
9
(Isaac
4
,Lot
5
,James M.6,Ray?,Frances JeanS)
b.1943 m.Francy divorced
m.Shirley Allen
Children: .
Terry is a tool designer.
412. Christie Rargeshe1mer
9
(IBaae
4
,Lot5,James Ray?, Frances JeanS)
b.1945 Ridley
Children:
522. Brice John b.1966
523. Brooke b.1970
524. Beth b.1972
Bruce works for Ford Motor Co.
413. Denise Hargesheimer
9
(Isaae
4
,Lot
5
,James M.
6
, Ray? Frances JeanS)
b.194? m.Thomas Grostlck
Children:
525. Jason Andrew b.1973
Thomas is a purchasing agent in Lansing, Michigan,and
is a nurse at Sparrow Hospital.
414. Kim Rargesheimer9 (Isaac
4
, LotS, James M.6, Ra1?,Franees JeanS)
b.1955 Nachtigal
Children:
526. Kim Jeremy b.19?4
Kim will go into hydraul tcs work when he gets out of the Navy.
53
425. Bethany Welsh
9
(1oaac
4
, Lot
5
, James M.
6
Georgia
7
James
8
)
b.1948 m. Garry McCotter
Children:
527. Tracy LYnn b.1972
Garry works at Union Pump and Bethany at Michigan Bell. Battle Creek.
439. James Robert Pemberton
9
(1saac
4
, Lot
5
, Rose Elva6,L.Claude7,Robert8)
b.1942 m.April Covell
Children:
528. Michael James b. 1970
529. Matthew David b. 1975
440. John Lindley Pemberton
9
(Isaac
4
.Lot
5
.Rose Elva6.L.Claude7.Robert8)
b. 1948 m.Dianne Spencer
Children:
530. Scot Lindley b.1970
451 Susan Marie Bonine
9
( James
4
James Bogue5, Chester
6
, Les1ie
7
,Marvin
8
)
b. 1941 m.Stephen Williams
Children:
531. James stephen
532. Deborah Joanne
b.1964
b.1967
Stephen is a NUclear Physicist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Compo
455. Phillip Bonine
9
( James
4
, James Bogue
5
Chester
6
Leslie
7
,Arthur
8
)
b. 1941 m.S8ndra Wilson
Children:
533. Mindy Laurel
534. Matthew Alan
b.J.971
b.1972
456. Bonita Bonine
9
( James Bogue5. Chester
6
Leslie
7
, Arthur
8
)
b.1944 m.James Foreman
Children:
535.
536.
537.
Leslie Davis
Wendy Kay
Joel Evan
b.1968
b.197l
b.1974
IlIDEX
indicate the individual's assigned number and not the p&ge number.
A person with & number viII first appear as a child in one generat.ion and in
most cases as an adult in the next generat.ion. If they didn't have children they
may only appear once. Ladies are listed under their maiden name only
.Alexander
:Bonine (cont.'d)
Leon :Barton 149
Clark 22
Roger
298
John 23
Leland Barton,Jr.
299 William 24
Lydia 300
Isaac
25
Charles 301
Mary Ann 26
Robert. Bruce 302
Catherine
27
Barbara J. 303
Susanna 28
James E.
29
Bartlett
Daniel 30
Glen
190 Samuel
31
Genevieve
191
Evan J. 32
Jacob
33
Bennins,hoff
Lot 34
N&ncy Lee
263a

3.5
Isaac
36
:Binkowski
Sarah
37
Robert 481
Johnathan
38
Debora M. 482
James :Bogue
39
Michael 483 Mary Jane 40
Laurie 484
James H. 41
Mary Ann
48.5 Sarah Ann 42
lhily Marie 43
:Bonine
John Talbot 44
Elias 1 Nancy
45
Elias, Jr. 2
Thomas Elwood 46
James
3 Martha Ellen 47
Mary 4
Calvin Lewis
48
Daniel
5 3sther Caroline
49
James, Jr. 6
William Nelson 50
Elizabeth
7 Sarah Ann
51
Thomas 8 David
52
Mary
9 John
53
Hannah 10
William
54
Elizabeth 11
De1fta
55
Susannah 12
Martha E.
56
Sarah 13 Walter :B.
57
Rachel 14
Mary Ang oline
58
David
15 Felitu8
59
Isaac 16
Anton Nort:o. 60
Ann 17 Arthur E. 61
James 18
Robert 62
Lydia
19 David 63
Thomas 20
Adeline 64
Bachael 21
Elizabeth
65
55
Bonine (contld.)
J30nine (cont1d)
John Wesley 66
Grace
137
Joel Carter 67 Nanford 138
Harriet Delpha 68
Emma 139
Evan E.
78
Itrrtle 140
Mary E.
79 Cassie
Isaac A. 80
Hazel
Elva E. 81
Maurice 141
Martha 82
Chesleigh Arthur 142
Malinda
83
Evaline 84
James Gordon 1.50
Angeline
8.5 Leslie
1.51
James Henry 86
Iva
1.52
Evan J.
87 Natalie 1.53
Mary El izabeth 88
Charles E. 1.54
Fred N.
89 Mabel E.
1.5.5
Walter V.
90
Bina M. 1.56
Lot J.
91 Wyle
1.57
Olive Esther
92 Susie 1.58
Johnathan Donnell
93 Nellie Alfretta
1.59
John Newland
94 Frank Joel 160
Anna Estella
9.5 George Robert 161
James Moline
96 Clara Maude 162
Sarah Lee
97 Florence Emily 163
Rose Elva
98 Ada Maurine 164
Effie
99 Paul 16.5
Arlie Inez 100
Bay 166
Vera 167
Jennie 106
Georgia 168
!qdia E. 107
Grace 169
Frank L. 108
Olive M. 109 lro.rget Wesley 184
Wilbur G. 110
Elizabeth Levina 18.5
Laura E. 112
Mable Arlene 192
Evangeline 113
Sadie E. 193
Charles J. 114
Jessie Brower 194
James C. 11.5 Lloyd Bartlett
19.5
Justin Hall 116
Leslie 196
William Marion 117 Lawrence
197
George 'Walter 118
Helen 198
Edward Claire 119 Hattie 199
Orion Bay 120
James Wallace 200
Herman O. 121
Walt.er 221
Chester Herbert 122 Claude 222
Bertha Hanna 123 FNerett 223
William 224
Elzie 128 Gladys
22.5
Clara 129 Ethel 226
Hazel 227
Arthur 133 Marian 228
Sylvanius Clark 134 Violet 229
Caroline
13.5 Grace 2JO
Walter IJ6
Emma 231
.56
130nine (contld)
130nine (cont'd)
Ann Whiteman
232
Arthur
337
13eatrice
233
Esther
338
Clifford Lee
234
Phillip
339
Herman Lavant
23;
Patricia 3l.1C
Richard. Lloyd 236
Phyllis 341
Alba Lauret t.e
237
Richard 342
Fred Laverne
238
Oe.ry Don
343
El babeth Ellen'
239
Mary Jane 344
Ratliff Rex 240
Margaret Janie
345
Ethie Pauline 241
Willard D.
346
David Hall
242
Janice
3;3
Larry 3;4
G. Elwood 24;
Beverly
355
Margaret 246
Max 362
Sarah
247
Douglas
363
James Gordon (Gage) 248
David 36;
James E.
369
Roger
2;1
Mary Charlotte
370
Paul
252
Bruce Robert
37;
John Earle 376
Wyle G.
258
Harriet Ellen 382
, Ernest Donnell
259
James Donnell
383
Stephen Eugene 384
Earl G. 264
13everly Jean
385
Jane S.
265
Paul 394
Frances Arletta 266
Lora Kay
399
Dorothy Emma
267
Cheryl 400
Allene Mabel'
268
Alan Kent 401
Fredric Lyndon 402
Vern
269
Jerome Lee
403
Anna 270
Twila Jane 404
Kenneth L.
271
130nnie Jean
405
James Russell
272
Donald 408
Mary
273
John 409
Donald
274
Frances Jean
27;
Susan Marie 451
James Leslie 4;2
Marvin Chester
30;
Thomas
453
Arthur Leslie
304
Joann 4;4
Cora Loretta
306
Phillip
455
Robert
307
Bonita 456
Charlotte
308
Neil
457
Chester
309
Marie Robert 460
Janice
310
Robin Linn 461
Gary J.
311
Timothy Jay 462
Patricia L.
312
Heide Gaye 463
Richard John 464
Beatrice
331
James E. 478
John Wesley
332
Jane 479
Margaret
333
Will1&111 R. 480
Olive May
JJ4
Cynthia Diane 488
Cecil
J3;
James Kevin
489
Manford
336
Karen Xq 490
;7
Gowin (cont ld)

George 321 Thomas Wm. 392
!klwin
322 Terry Pat ric
393
Wyman
323
Walter 324
Krull
Hugh
325
Cecil Juanita 139a
Richard 326
Harold Eugene 139b
Elizabeth
327
Mark 139c
Cara Denys
467
Chad 139d
Gisela t.
468
Dana Howard
469
Leach
St ephen Ricki 470
Richard B. 253
Rochelle DeIQnn 471
Sarah E. 254
Barton W.
255
GrosHck
Elwood v. 256
Jason Andrew
525
James J.
257
Hackett
Legge
Stephen James
510
Joanne Y.a;y 421
Andrea Lynn
511
Jenifer 422
Jeffrey Tyler
512
McAllister
Hankins
James Brent 486
Jr. 366
Gwen Ellen
487
Fred E.
367
McCotter
Hargesheimer
Tracy Lynn
527
Karen 410
Terry 411 Mendenhall
Christie 412 Charles D.
177
Denise 413
Kim 414 Milho1lin
Kim Jeremy
526 :Randal Allen 465
Lisa Kay 466
Hertzog
George
493 Morrison
Jody
494 Frank 371
David
372
Robert
373
Michael 418
Richard 374
Terry
419
Joseph 420
Murray
William James
445
Jones
Deborah IQnne 446
Mary Esther 101
Sarah 1nda 102
&ers
Isaac B. 103
Linda 41,
George 104
Charles 416
Warner
105
Janice 417
Bessie Amelia 178
George Albert
179
Newman
Paul 180
Jeffrey Eugene 476
Don Ebert 181
Jodine K.
477
Harold 182
IQdia Rose
183
59
Pemberton
Shafer
Viva
173
Bessie Amelia
178
Don M. 174
George Albert
179
Lindley C.
17.5 Paul 180
Grace M. 176
Claire 186
Shilling
Fantine
187
Jeffrey
.50.5
Inez 188
Laurie .Ann .506
Rex
189
Margaret
389

Robert C. 290
Walter A.
329
Dorothy H.
291
Chesleigh :B.
330
Marilyn R.
292
James Robert
439
parks
John Lindley 440
James J 293
Michael James
.528
Lee H 294
Matthew David
.529
Lydia J.
295
Scot Lindley
530
Olen H.
296
Carl
297
Powers
Walter J.
447
Carol
386
Alcinda L. 448
Lawrence
387
Roy E.
449
Sherry
388
Andrew F. 450
Lawrence
495
Linda 496
Speer
Lori
497
John Peemberton 436
Robert Johnson
437
Prescott
David Claude 438
Joel H.Jr.
379
Natalie R. 380
Stevens
Willard S. 381
Lola 201
James H. 202
Rausch
John P.
287 Tietsort
Carolyn R. 288
Carl 276
David R. 431
Ileen
277
Ann M. 432
Marion 278
James Wm.
433
Neil
279
Georgia :B. 280
Ridley
:Brice John
.522
Vanderhoff
:Brooke
523
Kipp Ryan
513
:Beth .524
Kiley Rq
.514
Robinson
Welsh
Noel 316
Margaret: 281
Elaine
317
Ruth 282
James
283
Scripsema
Bethany
42.5
Margaret 441
James 426
Susan 442
Nancy
443
Carol 444
60
Williams Wright
James Stephen 531 Clinton 143
Deborah Joanne 532 nora Ilelle 144
Harriet 145
Wilson Susan G. 146
Connie 389 Fred Sharples 147
James 390 Jay 148
Linda Lee 391 Walter C. 170
Jennifer 500 Susan 171
Jessic& 501 Charles R. 172
Marion 243
Will.t
s Vera 244
Fred 130 James 406
Florence 131 Ruth 407
Ashley 132
Wolkenstein
James R. 368

Lis& Renee 503

Cheryl Ann 504
Pfizer Laboratories Product
61
The following Bonines have been located but information regarding
their family histories is too inadequate to relate them to this Bonine
geneology.
Chattanooga, Tennessee -- Benjamine H., Charles, Charles Jr., David C.,
Charles R., Howard, Joe E.,M.W., R.L.,Ronald E., Terry W., and
William J.
Knoxville, Tennessee -- Roy Bonine, brother of Wm. J. above.
Macon, Georgia -- Phillip K. son of J. Fred Bonine, grandson of Joseph
and great grandson of Jacob Bonine is corresponding With this
researcher. As of now there is no direct link even though the
above families seem to have originated from Eastern Tennessee near
to the Blount County that the families documented in this book at
one time Were known to have been counted as set.tlers.
Nashville, Tennessee -- William Bonine and Fred Bonine
Grand Rapids, Michigan -- Frederick Bonine, daughter Carol and son
Dr. Richard Pray Bonine
Pit.tsburg, Penn. -- brothers Claire and Ralph Bonine
Kansas City, Kan. -- Harry, brother of Claire and Ralph, and father
of Fred of Nashville and Kenneth of Earlville, Ill.
Hinsdale, Illinois -- William Thomas II and son Wm. Thomas III and
Michael Bonine who co-authored a book on maps.
Minneapolis, Minnesota -- Richard ,Wesley, Susan. Ann, Bryan. D.L
Darwin A Donald,Glen, R.A., and M. Bonine. ( All separate listings)
St. Paul, Minnesota -- Bruce W J.E.,Jerold, Jerry. Kevin, Mary, Michael.
Robert W Willard, G.L., Bruce, Ant.hony and John E.
St. Louis, Missouri -- Carl, Carl Eugene. Jack. James E John, Phillip H.
W. Paul, Wm.J.Jr. Bonine.
Omaha, -- M. Bonine and Kenneth L. Bonine
( Comment-- Still believed to be not a common name)
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ROYAL
The royal ancestry of Sarah Talbot, wife of Isaac Bonine, and of Martha Talbot,
wife of Thomas Bonine, has been mentioned heretofore. The complete ancestry
follows:
ROYAL ANCESTRY OF RALPH LEWIS
through hiB mother Ann Prichard
Thomas pritchard, Ann, and Jane Prichard were the children of Richard Evan
of Col lena, Wales, and his wife, catherine. A letter from William Lewis in wales
to Ralph Lewis in Pennsylvania sneak:s of Thomas pritchard as an uncle. He did
not emigrate to America, but his two daughters, cousins of John Bevan, had hold-
ings in Marion in the Welch Tract. John Bevan, an important and large landed
proprieter at Merion, transferred acreages to his two cousins and to his cousin
Ralph Lewis. Jane 'Prichard, daughter of Richard Evan of Collena and his wife,
catherine, married Evan ap John of Treferig, who were parents of John Bevan,
the Emigrant, to pennsylvania.
Through Catherine, who was the ter of Thomas Basset of Miscin, who
married Richard ap Evan of Collena, and who was grandmother of Ralph Lewis, the
royal ancestry is traced to FAward III, King of Dlgland. From Edward the Third
to William the Conqueror and Charlemagne, the ancestry goes back: to English,
:French, and Scottish kings as shown in the "Royal Ancestry of Thomas Dungan. II
ROYAL ANCESTRY or
THOMAS DUNGAN, the IMMIGRANT
Alfred R. Justice in "The Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Bhode Island and
Dungan Genealogy" compiled the following lineage from data obtained from Burke's
Royal Families" and from Foster's "Our Noble and Gentle Families of Royal Descents"
and other sources. was abstracted by Bessie P. Douglas in Williams and
McKeehan Genealogy.
This royal lineage traces to the Emperor Charlemagne, William the Conqueror,
Alfred the Great, and Edward First, King of Dlgland.
First generation, Charlemagne, b. April 2nd., 742: d. Jan 1st., 814:
m. 786, Hildegarde of Swabia.
Second generation, their son, Louis Ie Debonnaire, King of France, Germany and
Italy, d. 840: m. Judith, d. 843, daughter of Guelph, Count of
AI torf in swabia.
Third generation, their son, Charles the Bold, Emperor of France, b. 823:
d. Oct. 6th 878; m. 2nd, Richildis, daughter of Bovinus, Count of
Aldimir-W&lde, France.
Fourth #;eneration, His daughter, Judith, widow of l!btelwolph, King" of England:
m. 862, Baldwin I, Count of Flanders, called "Bras de fer," d. 880.
Fifth generation. their son, Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, called "The Bald",
d. 918: m. Alfritha, daughter of Alfred the Great, King of England.
Sixth generation, their son. Arnolph I, Count of Flanders. called the "Great".
d. 965: m. Alice. daughter of Eerbert II, Count of Vermandois.
Seventh generation. their son. Baldwin III. Count of J'landers and Artois,
d. 962: m. Maud. daughter of Herman Billung. Duke of saxony.
)lghth generation, their son, Arnolph II. Count of Flanders, d. 988;
m. SUsanna. daughter of Berenger II, King of Italy.
6)
Ninth generation, their son, Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders and Artois, called
"Fair Beard", d. 1034; m. Ogive, daughter of Frederick I, Count of
Bavaria and Luxembourg.
Tenth generation, their son, Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, called the flpious",
d. 1067; m. 1027, Adele, daU&hter of Robert, King of France and widow
of Richard III, Duke of Normandy.
Eleventh generation, their daughter, Maud (of Matilda), m. 1053, William the
Conqueror, Duke of Normandie&nO: King of England, b. 1024; d. 1051.
Twelfth generation, their son, Henry I, King of England, b. 1070 at Selby,
Yorkshire; d. 1135; m. 1102, Matilda, (or Edytha), known as the "Good
QUeen Mold", daughter of Malcolm canmore III, King of Scotland,
by QUeen Margaret, sister of and heiress of Edgar Atheling.
Thirteenth generation, their daughter, Maud (or Mati11a), b. 1104; d. Sept. 10th,
1167, widow of Henry IV, Emperor of Germany; m. 1127, Geoffrey
Plantagenet; b. 1111; d. 1150, son of Foulke V, Count of Anjou and
Erlllengard.
Fourteenth generation, their son, Henry II, King of England, b. 1133; d. July
7th, 1189; m. 1151 Eleanor, d. 1202, eldest daughter of William V,
Duke of Guienne and A<luitane.
Fifteenth generation, son, John, King of England, b. Dec. 24th; 1160;
d. i216; m. 2nd. 1200 Isabel, d. 1246, daughter of Aymer Ta1l1fer,
Earl of Angouleme, and his vife, Alice.
Sixteenth generation, their son, . Henry III, King of England, b. Oct. 10th,
1206; d. Nov. 16th, 1272; m. 1236, Eleanor, d. 1291, daughter of
Raymond Berenger, Count ofprovidmlce, by Beatrice of savoy.
Seventeenth generation, their son, Edward I, King of England, b. June 17th,
1239; d. July 7th, 1307; m. 1st, 1254, Eleanor, d. Nov. 27th, 1290,
daughter of Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Leon.
Eighteenth generation, their son, Edward II, King of England, b. April 25th,
1284; d. 21st, 1327; m. Jan. 28th, 1308, Isabella, d. Aug. 22nd,
1357, .daugllter of Phillip IV of France. .
Nineteenth generation, their son, Edward III, King of England, b. Nov. 13th,
1312; d. June 1st, 1377; m. Jan 24th, 1328, phil lippa, d. Aug. 15th,
1369, daughter of Charles of France.
Twenteith generation, their son, John of Gaunt, b. June 24th, 1340; d.. Feb. 3rd,
1399; m. Jan. 13th, 1396, Katherine Swynford, d. May 10th, 1403,
daughter of Sir payn Ruet and widow of Sir Hugh swynford, Knt.
Twenty-first generation, their Bon, Sir John BeaUfort, b. about 1375;
d. April 21st, 1410; legitimatized Sept, 1st, Earl of Somerset,
1396 by the Pope and Feb. 6th, 1396-97 by the King and ratified by
parliament. Married prior to April 23, 1399, Lady Margaret Holland,
d. Dec. 31st, 1440; daughter of '!homaG, Earl of Kent.
Twenty-second their son, Sir Edmund Beauford, b. about 1404; fell
at st. Albans May 22nd, 1445; m. 1435, Lady Alinore Bea.uchamp, daughter
end co-heir of Richard, Earl of Wa.rwick.
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OONTINUED FROM ROYAL ANCESTRY OF RALPH LEWIS
'mROUGH HIS MOTHER, ANN PRICHARD
Twenty-third generation, their son, Henry :Beaufort, beheaded in 1463.
Twenty-fourth generation, his son, Charles somerset, created Earl of
worchest er 1514; d. 1526.
Twenty-fifth generation, Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worchester.
Twenty-sixth generation, his daughter, Eleanor Somerset, m. Sir Roger vaughn
of porthaml.
Twenty-seventh generation, their son, watkin vaughn, of Talgarth,; m. Joan,
daughter of Evan aP Gwi1ym.
Twenty-eighth generation, their son, Sir William Vaughn, or porthaml; d. 1564;
m. Catherine, daughter of Jenkin Howard of Tredomen.
Twenty-ninth generation, ce.theryn Vaughn, m. David Even of Neath, High Sheriff
of G1amorganshire in 1563.
!Ihirtieth generation, their daughter. Mary Evan, m. Thomas Basset of Miscin.
Thirty-first generation, catherine Basset, m. Richard Evan of Collena.
Thirty-second generation, Ann Prichard, (name Richard and prichard used
indiscriminately), m. Ralph Lewis of Llanishen, a landholder in
Eglwsilan in 1683.
Thirty-third generation, their son, Ralph Lewis, m. Hary -------, end was the
emigrant to America of 1684. He died in Pennsylvania in 1712.
Thirty-fourth generation, their daughter, Lydia Lewis, b. in Glamorganshire,
3-8, 1683; d. 1763; m. Joseph Sharples, b. 9-28, 1678 at Hatherton,
Cheshire, England, son of John and Jane (Moor) Sharples who emigrated
to in 1682; d. 1767.
Thirty-fifth generation, Samuel Sharples, b. 12-7 in Nether providence;
d. 11-24-1790 in Middletown; m. 3-26-1736 at Concord Meeting to
Jane Newlin.
Thirty-sixth generation, their daugh ter, Susanna Sharples, b. 1744,
m. Jacob Talbot in 1770.
Thirty-seventh generation, their daughter, Sarah Talbot, (:Bonine ancestor)
b. 1-31, 1791 near Winchester, Va., m. Isaac Bonine, d. 1872 Penn,
Michigan.
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