William Harvey Bonner and Emma Jane "Jennie" Foster

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Husband William Harvey Bonner ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Apr 1846 - Bullion, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Nov 1923 - Harrisville, Mercer Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Archibald Davidson Bonner (1814-1881) 1
         Mother: Susanna Hovis (1825-1908) 2 3 5

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       Marriage: 22 Sep 1875 2

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   Other Spouse: Mary Rose Beighle (1858-1943) 3 6 - 11 Jun 1885 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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Wife Emma Jane "Jennie" Foster ^{2 3}

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           Born: Feb 1855 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jun 1878 2
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: James Foster (1827-1889) 7 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth McCandless (1836-1921) 7 9 10

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Children

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1 F Carrie M. Bonner ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1877 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1920 2
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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General Notes: Husband - William Harvey Bonner

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He was born in the old brick house at Bullion, Venango County, PA, built by the Bonners in the very early 1800's. He was reared and educated in the neighboring schools, meantime also getting a highly practical training under his father's guidance. He continued to work on the farm all his life, devoting all his energies to agriculture as a general farmer, in which line he was notably successful. Though he himself never gave any time to work in the oil fields, he bought a fifty-acre tract adjoining his home property in partnership with his brother-in-law, Isaac R. Galloway, and it was profitably operated under lease, the owners drawing substantial royalties from the oil production there. Mr. Bonner never attempted to locate oil on the home farm. Though he did not aspire to official honors or publicity of any kind he led an active life, visited some interesting sections of the country, and enjoyed outdoor recreations whenever his work left him time for them. Like his father he was a prominent member of the Pleasant View M. E. Church, which he served as trustee. All his life he was a Prohibitionist in political principle. [CAB, 672]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 671.

2 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 3.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 672.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 97.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1039.

6 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 4.

7 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 574.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 864.

9 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 54.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 865.