Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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HENRY HARRISON BONNEY

Henry Harrison BONNEY, one of the representative citizens of Little Sioux, came to Harrison County in 1865. He was born in Crawford County, PA, December 27, 1839, and is the son of Benjamin and Betsy (JINKS) BONNEY. The father is a native of Massachusetts, and the mother, of Rhode Island, both of whom are deceased. The father's parents were Walter and Elizabeth BONNEY, of Massachusetts. Our subject's father and mother had a family of eight children -- Helen F. (deceased 1887), Jasper W. in Little Sioux, Benjamin F. in Little Sioux, Susan B. (STOCKER) of Logan, Henry H. our subject, George W. (deceased), Alice L. now Mrs. ELLIS of Little Sioux, Isadore M. now Mrs. MCARTHUR of Tacoma.

Our subject's early life was spent in the old Keystone State, where he received his education. In July, 1861, he enlisted in the Second Ohio Independent Battery, and was assigned to the Army of the West, participating in the battles of Pea Ridge, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Vicksburg, Jackson Miss., and was also on the famous Red River expedition into Texas. He was discharged with the honors of a true loyal Unoin soldier August 19, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio, and remained in that State until the spring of 1865, and then came to Little Sioux, where he was engaged in the hotel business for several years, conducting the Bonney House. He has a farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres in the fertile valley of the Little Sioux River in Harrison County, and eighty acres in Monona County.

Politically, Mr. Bonney is a staunch supporter of the Republican party. He was elected to the office of Mayor of Little Sioux in 1883. He belongs to Masonic Lodge No. 382; Odd Fellows Lodge No. 389, and Neitzch Post No. 139, G.A.R. at Little Sioux.

He was married March 10, 1967, in Pennsylvania, to Miss Elsie ROSS, the daughter of Norman C. and Eunice ROSS, of Ohio. Their living children are: Philip S., Eva E., and Alice H.

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