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Notes for Edwin BONNELL

American ancestry: giving name and descent, in the male line, of ..., Volume 10
edited by Thomas Patrick Hughes, Frank Munsell, p. 108:
BONNELL EDWIN of San Francisco Cal b in Cincinnati Ohio Sep 23 1836 removed to Oregon in June 1852 to San Francisco in Feb 1856 printer clerk wood engraver accountant and copying clerk in recorder's office in San Francisco now assistant cashier of the
Savings and Loan Society for 25 years m Dec 24 1862 Mary A Haley and had Allison Clark James Farwell Edwin and Edith son of Allison Clark Bonnell b near Chatham NJ Mar 16 18o1 d in San Francisco Aug 16 1875 resided in Brook ville Ind 1817 29 merchant
deputy sheriff and county recorder merchant in Cincinnati 1829 49 emigrated to Cal 1849 recorder's clerk under John W Geary 1st alcalde in San Francisco removed to Portland Oregon 185o mayor and recorder there removed to San Francisco 1856 cashier
Bulletin 19 years m Nov 1 1835 Catherine Hough Looker dau of Allison and Rachel Hough Looker son of Gov Othneil Looker of Ohio son of Aaron Bonnell b in Essex co NJ Mar 4 1759 d in Crosby Ohio Oct 4 1837 soldier in rev war was in Baldwin's reg of
artificers part of the time pensioned m May 29 1785 Rachel Clark dau of Henry son of Richard son of Benjamin Bonnell m Rachel Van Winkle son of Nathaniel b on Long Island NY one of 1st co Elizabethtown NJ associates m Hannah Miller son of Gen William
Bonnell.
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Addresses delivered before the California Society of the Sons of the ...
By Sons of the American Revolution. California Society, Thomas Allen Perkins, pp. 94-95.
BONNELL Edwin Bonnell son of Catherine Hugh Looker and Allison Clarke Bonnell and grandson of Aaron Bonnell private in Baldwin's New Jersey Regiment Continental Army was born in Cincinnati Ohio Sept 23 1836 and died in San Francisco Nov 28 1912 Allison
C Bonnell came to California in 1849 Soon after he located in Portland Oregon where he owned and operated a lumber mill His son Edwin went there in 1852 and worked in his father's mill and later was a clerk in the firm of Tilden and Ladd in Portland
His father's mill was burned and in 1856 they both located in San Francisco where Edwin spent the remainder of his life When a boy in Ohio he worked in a drug store After coming to San Francisco he was an accountant In 1873 he accepted a position in
the Savings and Loa i Society San Francisco the first savings bank in the State where he remained nearly forty years and became cashier and secretary He was secretary of the California School of Mechanical Arts and the Unitarian Club and held many
positions of Trust He was an active member of the Society of California Pioneers He was one of the earliest members of the First Unitarian Church He was a charter member of the Olympic Club in 1860 and its first secretary He was very much interested in
art and painted in oil many of his rcanvases showing marked ability He studied under the late William Keith they were devoted friends for more than fifty years He was a companionable man with a keen sense of humor and was known for his strict integrity
He had a host of friends both old and young and was respected and trusted by all He always had a pleasant word for every one he met In San Francisco Dec 22 1861 he married Mary A daughter of James Haley of New York Thomas Starr King officiated at the
wedding He is survived by a widow a son Allison C and a daughter Mrs Edith B Dunne all residing in San Francisco
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Name: Edwin Bonnell
Event: Death
Event Date: 28 Nov 1912
Event Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Marital Status:
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Cincinnati Ohio
Death Date:
Estimated Birth Year: 1836
Burial Date:
Funeral Home: N. Gray & Co. Funeral Records
Funeral Home Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Obituary: NO
Father:
Mother:
Record Type: Record Book
Volume: Vol. 07, p. 1-300, 1912-1913
Digital Folder Number: 4195219
Image Number: 00111
Number of Images: 1
SAR #3498
May have kept a journal.

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