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Biography of William Jackson Bonham

From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]


Page 1045

WILLIAM JACKSON BONHAM, carpenter, Cross Roads P.O., was born in Ross County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Ann Bonham. His paternal grandparents were natives of Wales and England, respectively, and his maternal grandparents of Scotland and Ireland. They all emigrated to America, and settled near Lancaster, Penn. Our subject's father was a blacksmith in early life, but afterward engaged in milling, which he followed until 1808, when he came to Ohio and located in Franklin County. He afterward returned to his native county. Our subject remained at home with his parents until of proper age, when he began learning the trade of a carpenter, whichhe has since followed. He owns 233 acres of land in Stokes Township, and hte property in Midway, where he resides. On September 27, 1857, he married Lucinda Hays, a daughter of John Hays, who was born in 1810, and died August 10, 1859. Mr. Bonham has had by his marriage two children – Scott B., born January 25, 1858, and Katie M., born April 1, 1859. Mr. Bonham is a man of considerable prominence in his township, and for a number of years occupied the office of Justice of the Peace.



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