JOHN W. BONNELL

BONNELL, HOUVER, PITTMAN

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

Madison Township
(P.O. Fort Madison)

BONNELL, JOHN W., retired ; was born in EssexCo., N. J., July 14, 1812; he was brought up and lived there until 31 years of age, when he and two of his brothers emigrated to Iowa, and located in Lee County, in October, 1843 ; the following spring, two other brothers came here ; they engaged in the mercantile business here, and in Salem, Henry County, two years after, they bought a large tract of land, about 1,500 acres; engaged in farming and continued in this way for five or six years, then they divided up their property ; John continued farming until within a few years ; he has rented his land and removed to Fort Madison; with his brother, owns about 600 acres of good land. He married Rosanna Houver, from this county, in 1857 ; she died the following year. He married Eliza M. Pittman in April, 1864 ; she is a daughter of W. G. Pittman, one of the earliest settlers of Lee County ; they have had four children, only one son survives — Burton, born Feb. 22, 1872.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879