James Alvin Bonner and Catherine Elizabeth Riddle

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Husband James Alvin Bonner ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 18 Oct 1847 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Nov 1927 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

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         Father: Archibald Davidson Bonner (1814-1881) 4
         Mother: Susanna Hovis (1825-1908) 2 5 6

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       Marriage: 1866 7

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Wife Catherine Elizabeth Riddle ^{3 7}

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           Born: Jun 1844 - Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Feb 1924 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

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         Father: John Phipps Riddle (1817-1902) 7 8 9 10
         Mother: Mary Jane Anderson (1821-1894) 3 8 10 11

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Children

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1 M John R. Bonner ³

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           Born: 1867 - Butler Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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2 F Adaline C. Bonner ³

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           Born: Jul 1868 - Butler Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1960 3
         Buried:  - Woodland Cemetery, Pine Twp, Mercer Co, PA

         Spouse: Montgomery A. Houston (1874-1941) 12

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3 M Tilton A. Bonner ¹²

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           Born: Aug 1870 - Venango Co, PA 12
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Belle Vernon, Fayette Co, PA
         Buried:  - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA

         Spouse: Nellie [Unk] (1873-      ) 12

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4 F Linnie B. Bonner ¹²

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            AKA: Linnie L. Bonner 7
           Born: 3 Aug 1873 - Butler Co, PA 12
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           Died: 10 May 1937 12
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Loyal F. Hall (1861-1931) 12

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5 M Charles Phillips Bonner ¹²

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           Born: Feb 1878 - Butler Co, PA 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 1940 12
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Eleanor DeWolfe (1879-1958) 12

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6 M Floyd A. Bonner ¹³

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           Born: Sep 1882 - Butler Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 1958 13
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Olive F. [Unk] (1889-      ) 13

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7 F Florence Jane Bonner ^{13 14}

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           Born: Sep 1882 - Butler Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 1969 13
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Karl L. Smith (1879/1880-1945) 13 14
           Marr: 1906 14

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8 F Edna "Kathleen" Bonner ^{13 15}

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           Born: Nov 1885 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - St. Mark's Lutheran, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Dr. Alfred Henry Ziegler (1882-1941) 13 15 16 17
           Marr: 1913 15

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General Notes: Husband - James Alvin Bonner

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He attended the public schools of his township, and worked on his father's farm until 1864, when he went into the oil business at East Sandy, Venango County, Pennsylvania, and subsequently followed the same business at Scrubgrass, Foxburg, and Foster Island, also operated at different points along the Allegheny river, and at Bullion, Venango County. In 1876 he entered the employ of the Phillips Brothers, and continued with them for many eighteen years. In 1881 he came to Butler County, and located in the borough of Butler, and in 1891, purchased a part of the Heiner property, on which he erected his residence. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically, he was an ardent Democrat, and was a member of the school board.

A resident of Butler, PA, in 1919, he was engaged with the Phillips Brothers as an oil driller for forty-three years, and later was superintendent of their drilling operations, often with as many as twenty-two strings of tools going at once. He began his oil work in the Bullion field.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 824.

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

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

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

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 3.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 825.

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

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 973, 984.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 684.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 973.

12 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 5.

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

14 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1031.

15 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 47.

16 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 701.

17 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 788.