William Roscoe Bonsal (1901 - 1979)

Born 13 Feb 1901 in North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Jul 1979 at age 78 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Roscoe, son of William "Roscoe" Bonsal and Mary Minturn Potter, was born 13 February 1901 in North Carolina.^[1][2] The family moved to North Carolina about 1904, settling in Hamlet, Marks Creek Township, Richmond County.^[3] There in 1910 the family was composed of his parents William R. (age 42, b. Maryland) and Mary (40, b. Rhode Island), Roscoe (9, b. South Carolina), and his siblings Edith Minturn (7, b. North Carolina [sic])^[4] and Warwick (4, b. North Carolina).^[3] His father was a contractor for the railroad.^[3]

About 1928 he married Agnes Almy Coleman,^[5][6] daughter of Joseph Griswold Coleman, Jr., and Agnes Almy.^[6]

In 1930, William R. (age 29) and his wife of two years Agnes C. (23) lived together in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina.^[5] There William owned a gravel plant.^[5] His company was involved in a federal tax dispute in 1960, which was decided in his favor.^[7]

His wife died from metastasized lung cancer on 14 June 1965.^[6] William survived her until 17 July 1979, when he died in Camden^[1] and was buried in the Quaker Cemetery there.^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (19 May 2014), William Bonsal, Jul 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} William Roscoe Bonsal on Find A Grave: Memorial #63075968 retrieved 13 December 2015 at the Quaker Cemetery in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States of America. His grave marker has full birth and death dates engraved on it.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 17 January 2019), Roscoe Bonsal in household of William R Bonsal, Marks Creek, Richmond, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 103, sheet 14A, family 255, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1110; FHL microfilm 1,375,123.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Although the census record shows she was born in North Carolina, her passport application in 1922 shows her birth in Newport, Rhode Island.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 17 July 2019), William R Bonsal, Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 5B, line 68, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2202; FHL microfilm 2,341,936.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965, database with images, FamilySearch (16 March 2018), Agnes Coleman Bonsal, 14 Jun 1965; citing Camden, Camden District, South Carolina, British Colonial America, , Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} United States of America, Appellant, v. W. R. Bonsal Company, Appellee, 279 F.2d 465 (4th Cir. 1960). US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - 279 F.2d 465 (4th Cir. 1960). Argued January 11, 1960. Decided May 31, 1960. (accessed 17 July 2019 on Justia US Law.