s/o Wm Bonnel (KY) & Catherine Shell (IN); married; farmer; DC#24622
Death Takes Aged Son of Pioneers
Henry Bonnell Proud of Land and Its Possibilities.
Henry William Bonnell, last of ten children born to the late William and Catherine Bonnell, died at his home north of Weston Monday morning, in his ninety-first year. He was born December 12, 1846, on a farm preempted by his parents very early in the development of Platte Purchase. It was situated within three miles of his present home site, so that the land of that particular area was of particular pride to Mr. Bonnell. He never sought to forsake the way of his parents; he loved the farm and all its possibilities; he progressed with the times, kept his farm modern in most respects and for years was a breeder and owner of a fine herd of Hereford cattle. He never questioned the fact that land was the province of man’s happiest hours and his home was the center of that province to Mr. Bonnell.
To his spouse, the former Josephine Brady, he was married
March 10, 1874 and for sixty-three years the two remained faithful to each other and each to the trust committed to them by a wise Father – the keeping of a family. Three of the eight children born to this union, died in infancy. Five, with their mother, survive to mourn his loss. They are: Mrs. Bart Davidson, Dearborn; Miss Myrtle Bonnell, Kansas City; Misses Maud and Fannie and Herbert Bonnell of the home.
In the home, so dear to his heart for so blessed a part of a century, his final rites were pronounced by Rev. S. A. Crouch Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in Pleasant Ridge cemetery, the pallbearers including five nephews: John and Henry Bonnell, Nortonville, Kans.; Nick and Charley Bonnell, Weston; and John Shouse of St. Joseph; and Billy Green, a neighbor, Mrs. Henry Wells rendered vocal solos appropriate to the occasion.
There are, in this fast moving era, so few of the truly Christian families and homes, that the beauty of the unity of purpose and charity of spirit exemplified in the Bonnell home was striking. Both the mother and father forbearing with each other; both expecting and receiving the honor and reverence of children; all united in the purpose of living this life in preparation for a finer higher attainment. May the benediction of this patriarch, at once kingly and kind, rest upon those who loved him best in life and who will revere a memory that shall guide them through the years.
Note: Henry died on 14 Jun 1937
Source: Weston Historical Museum (Bonnel family file) Weston, Missouri 14 Nov 2014
Death Takes Aged Son of Pioneers
Henry Bonnell Proud of Land and Its Possibilities.
Henry William Bonnell, last of ten children born to the late William and Catherine Bonnell, died at his home north of Weston Monday morning, in his ninety-first year. He was born December 12, 1846, on a farm preempted by his parents very early in the development of Platte Purchase. It was situated within three miles of his present home site, so that the land of that particular area was of particular pride to Mr. Bonnell. He never sought to forsake the way of his parents; he loved the farm and all its possibilities; he progressed with the times, kept his farm modern in most respects and for years was a breeder and owner of a fine herd of Hereford cattle. He never questioned the fact that land was the province of man’s happiest hours and his home was the center of that province to Mr. Bonnell.
To his spouse, the former Josephine Brady, he was married
March 10, 1874 and for sixty-three years the two remained faithful to each other and each to the trust committed to them by a wise Father – the keeping of a family. Three of the eight children born to this union, died in infancy. Five, with their mother, survive to mourn his loss. They are: Mrs. Bart Davidson, Dearborn; Miss Myrtle Bonnell, Kansas City; Misses Maud and Fannie and Herbert Bonnell of the home.
In the home, so dear to his heart for so blessed a part of a century, his final rites were pronounced by Rev. S. A. Crouch Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in Pleasant Ridge cemetery, the pallbearers including five nephews: John and Henry Bonnell, Nortonville, Kans.; Nick and Charley Bonnell, Weston; and John Shouse of St. Joseph; and Billy Green, a neighbor, Mrs. Henry Wells rendered vocal solos appropriate to the occasion.
There are, in this fast moving era, so few of the truly Christian families and homes, that the beauty of the unity of purpose and charity of spirit exemplified in the Bonnell home was striking. Both the mother and father forbearing with each other; both expecting and receiving the honor and reverence of children; all united in the purpose of living this life in preparation for a finer higher attainment. May the benediction of this patriarch, at once kingly and kind, rest upon those who loved him best in life and who will revere a memory that shall guide them through the years.
Note: Henry died on 14 Jun 1937
Source: Weston Historical Museum (Bonnel family file) Weston, Missouri 14 Nov 2014
s/o Wm Bonnel (KY) & Catherine Shell (IN); married; farmer; DC#24622
Death Takes Aged Son of Pioneers
Henry Bonnell Proud of Land and Its Possibilities.
Henry William Bonnell, last of ten children born to the late William and Catherine Bonnell, died at his home north of Weston Monday morning, in his ninety-first year. He was born December 12, 1846, on a farm preempted by his parents very early in the development of Platte Purchase. It was situated within three miles of his present home site, so that the land of that particular area was of particular pride to Mr. Bonnell. He never sought to forsake the way of his parents; he loved the farm and all its possibilities; he progressed with the times, kept his farm modern in most respects and for years was a breeder and owner of a fine herd of Hereford cattle. He never questioned the fact that land was the province of man’s happiest hours and his home was the center of that province to Mr. Bonnell.
To his spouse, the former Josephine Brady, he was married
March 10, 1874 and for sixty-three years the two remained faithful to each other and each to the trust committed to them by a wise Father – the keeping of a family. Three of the eight children born to this union, died in infancy. Five, with their mother, survive to mourn his loss. They are: Mrs. Bart Davidson, Dearborn; Miss Myrtle Bonnell, Kansas City; Misses Maud and Fannie and Herbert Bonnell of the home.
In the home, so dear to his heart for so blessed a part of a century, his final rites were pronounced by Rev. S. A. Crouch Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in Pleasant Ridge cemetery, the pallbearers including five nephews: John and Henry Bonnell, Nortonville, Kans.; Nick and Charley Bonnell, Weston; and John Shouse of St. Joseph; and Billy Green, a neighbor, Mrs. Henry Wells rendered vocal solos appropriate to the occasion.
There are, in this fast moving era, so few of the truly Christian families and homes, that the beauty of the unity of purpose and charity of spirit exemplified in the Bonnell home was striking. Both the mother and father forbearing with each other; both expecting and receiving the honor and reverence of children; all united in the purpose of living this life in preparation for a finer higher attainment. May the benediction of this patriarch, at once kingly and kind, rest upon those who loved him best in life and who will revere a memory that shall guide them through the years.
Note: Henry died on 14 Jun 1937
Source: Weston Historical Museum (Bonnel family file) Weston, Missouri 14 Nov 2014
Death Takes Aged Son of Pioneers
Henry Bonnell Proud of Land and Its Possibilities.
Henry William Bonnell, last of ten children born to the late William and Catherine Bonnell, died at his home north of Weston Monday morning, in his ninety-first year. He was born December 12, 1846, on a farm preempted by his parents very early in the development of Platte Purchase. It was situated within three miles of his present home site, so that the land of that particular area was of particular pride to Mr. Bonnell. He never sought to forsake the way of his parents; he loved the farm and all its possibilities; he progressed with the times, kept his farm modern in most respects and for years was a breeder and owner of a fine herd of Hereford cattle. He never questioned the fact that land was the province of man’s happiest hours and his home was the center of that province to Mr. Bonnell.
To his spouse, the former Josephine Brady, he was married
March 10, 1874 and for sixty-three years the two remained faithful to each other and each to the trust committed to them by a wise Father – the keeping of a family. Three of the eight children born to this union, died in infancy. Five, with their mother, survive to mourn his loss. They are: Mrs. Bart Davidson, Dearborn; Miss Myrtle Bonnell, Kansas City; Misses Maud and Fannie and Herbert Bonnell of the home.
In the home, so dear to his heart for so blessed a part of a century, his final rites were pronounced by Rev. S. A. Crouch Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in Pleasant Ridge cemetery, the pallbearers including five nephews: John and Henry Bonnell, Nortonville, Kans.; Nick and Charley Bonnell, Weston; and John Shouse of St. Joseph; and Billy Green, a neighbor, Mrs. Henry Wells rendered vocal solos appropriate to the occasion.
There are, in this fast moving era, so few of the truly Christian families and homes, that the beauty of the unity of purpose and charity of spirit exemplified in the Bonnell home was striking. Both the mother and father forbearing with each other; both expecting and receiving the honor and reverence of children; all united in the purpose of living this life in preparation for a finer higher attainment. May the benediction of this patriarch, at once kingly and kind, rest upon those who loved him best in life and who will revere a memory that shall guide them through the years.
Note: Henry died on 14 Jun 1937
Source: Weston Historical Museum (Bonnel family file) Weston, Missouri 14 Nov 2014
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