Julia A (Claywell) Bonham (1823 - 1911)

Born 28 May 1823 in Kentucky

Ancestors

Wife of Garrett Bonham — married 9 Mar 1843 in Sangamon, Illinois

Descendants

Died 18 Jul 1911 at age 88 in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Julia A Claywell was born in May 1823 in Kentucky.

Julia (~19) married Garrett Bonham (29) (1813 - 1870) between March 9 and 11, 1843 in Sangamon, Illinois [see Research Notes]. Their children were:

• Oliver Bonham (1844 - )
• John Bonham (1848 - )
• Josephine Bonham (1854 - 1938)
• Magdelen Bonham (1856 - 1883)
• Martha Bonham (1860 - )
• George N. Bonham (1862 - ).

Julia died on 18 Jul 1911 in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States aged ~88. She is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Chanute, Kansas.

Research Notes

Birth information: Her obituary says she was born in Sangamon County, Illinois on May 28, 1823.

Marriage information: Obituary - Garret Bonham, March 7, 1843 Marriage record -

Julia is still living as a widow with her daughter, Josephine and family, in the 1910 US Census of Chanute, Neosho, Kansas. This census mentions that Julias' father was born in England and her mother in Virginia.

Sources

• Bureau of Land Management, "Land Patent Search," database, General Land Office Records," (www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx : accessed 9 Feb 2023), entry for Warantee Jesse Claywell, accession #MW-0822-083, Land Office: Vandalia, Illinois, Issue Date: 10/2/1854. Patent is in the names of his children: CLAYWELL, SHADRICH; KLOCK, INDIANA E; BOUCHAM, JULIA ANN; RANDALL, CAROLINE; CANTRELL, ADELINE; CLAYWELL, PERRY; CLAYWELL, JAMES S; CLAYWELL, JESSE; CLAYWELL, FRANCIS; CLAYWELL, WARREN; CLAYWELL, BENJAMIN F; CLAYWELL, SIMEON; CLAYWELL, THOMAS A; CLAYWELL, VOLENTINE.

• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28G-XTL8 : 22 July 2021), Garrett Binham and Julia Ann Clapull, 08 Mar 1843; citing Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,132,339.

• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28G-XBSL : 22 July 2021), Garrett Bonham and Julia Ann Clapull, 09 Mar 1843; citing Sangamon, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,132,339.

• "She Had Lived in Kansas Forty-Three Years: Mother of Mrs. A. S. Lapham Lived To Be 88 Years Old, Notwithstanding the Many Hardships Incidental to Pioneer Days." The Chanute Daily Tribune (Chanute, Kansas) 18 Jul 1911, page 4, Newspapers Clip: 1347429 (accessed 9 February 2023)

• "A Pioneer Gone," "Newspapers.com", The Chanute Times (Chanute, Kansas) 21 Jul 1911, page 8, Newspapers Clip: 118281369 (accessed 9 February 2023)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15996868/julia-ann-bonham: accessed 9 February 2023), memorial page for Julia Ann Claywell Bonham (28 May 1823–18 Jul 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15996868, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Judy Mayfield (contributor 46636512).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFN-FGW : 18 February 2021), Julia A Bonham in entry for Garret Bonham, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJT-RML : 28 May 2021), Julia A Broham in entry for Garrett Broham, 1870.

• 1875 Census: "Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925"
  Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1875 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1875_15; Line: 26
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1088 #2232441 (accessed 11 February 2023)
  Julia Bonham (53) in Canville, Neosho, Kansas. Born in Illinois.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF56-9VB : 14 January 2022), Julia Bonham, Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• 1885 Census: "Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925"
  Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1885 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1885_96; Line: 26
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1088 #696111 (accessed 11 February 2023)
  J Bonham (57), widowed in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas. Born in Illinois.

• "Kansas State Census, 1895", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8J-27WG : 12 March 2020), J A Bonham in entry for A S Lapham, 1895.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYC-3JM : accessed 9 February 2023), Julia A Bonham in household of Amos Lapham, Chanute city Ward 3-4, Neosho, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 150, sheet 20B, family 458, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,492.

• 1905 Census: "Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925"
  Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1905 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1905_111; Line: 30
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1088 #5899881 (accessed 11 February 2023)
  Julia A Bonham (81) in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas. Born in Kentucky.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZM-YKG : accessed 9 February 2023), Julia A Bonham in household of Amos A Lapham, Chanute Ward 4, Neosho, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 199, sheet 46B, family 932, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 451; FHL microfilm 1,374,464.

• "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3RB-PPR : 10 March 2018), Julia Claywell in entry for George Wesley Bonham, 26 Jan 1942; citing Seattle, King, Washington, reference 388, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,024,058.

• News Article - Julia Bonham visits brother Frank Claywell 1892, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2:13D09CDA6F396332@GB3NEWS-13DF737C541F1065@2412329-13DE8ED8C2C3817D@5-13DE8ED8C2C3817D

• "Church's Twenty-Fifth Anniversary," The Chanute Daily Tribune (Chanute, Kansas) 13 Sep 1907, page , Newspapers Clip: 1840682 (accessed 9 February 2023)

• "Visited Graves That She Could Not See," The Chanute Daily Tribune (Chanute, Kansas) 02 Jun 1911, page , Newspapers Clip: 1347436 (accessed 9 February 2023)

• "The Bonham Family" by Samuel J. Bonham, Niles, Ohio, 1955, page 86. [1]