Samuel Jasper Bonnett 1838-1922

BONNETT, HALL, CARRUTHERS, CARUTHERS

Posted By: Richard K. Thompson (email)
Date: 1/1/2010 at 11:39:37

The following obituary was found in the newspaper microfilm records at the Keosauqua Public Library in Keosauqua, Iowa by this contributor on December 29, 2009 and is transcribed verbatim:

Keosauqua Republican
Thursday December 21, 1922

Obituary of Jasper Bonnett

Samuel Jasper Bonnett, second son of Nicholas and Annie Bonnett, was born in Van Buren county, Iowa, two miles east of Birmingham, on February 20, 1838, and departed this life at his home in Birmingham, December 8, 1922 aged 84 years, 9 months and 18 days. Almost his entire life was spent in the vicinity of Birmingham.

On March 10, 1880, he was united in marriage to Rachel Annie Hall, and to this union were born seven children, four having died in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Elsie Carruthers (sic. also spelled Caruthers), who died March 2, 1920.

He leaves to mourn his demise, his wife, one brother Israel Bonnett, of Birmingham, two sons Jesse N. of Cresco, Iowa, and Charles E. of Brighton, Iowa, besides nine grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. He was a kind husband, loving father and a good citizen.

The funeral service was held in the Free Methodist church on Sunday the 10th at 2:30 p.m., conducted by Rev. F. C. Behner, and interment in the Maple Hill cemetery.

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Transcriber note:

Son of Nicholas and Anna Raines Bonnett.

Note: The headstone uses the death year of 1921; at least one family history sheet uses 1922. On December 29, 2009 this contributor visited the Recorder's office at the Van Buren County courthouse in Keosauqua, Iowa and personally inspected the death records listings that are contain in the vital records books. The legal date of death for Samuel Jasper Bonnett is clearly December 8, 1922. Obituaries found for Jasper Bonnett (as he was also known by) and his wife Rachel Hall Bonnett are also published using the December 8, 1922 date and in the proper time frame.

Therefore, one should reasonably believe that the headstone date for Samuel Jasper Bonnett was incorrectly engraved with the 1921 death year date. Use caution when finding or using that date in Bonnett family research.

Husband of Rachel Ann Hall Bonnett, married March 10, 1880 in Van Buren County, Iowa.

Children: Lora, Cora, Jesse N, Nelson, Minnie, Charles E., Elsie Jane Bonnett.

Buried at Maple Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Van Buren County, Iowa.