Malinda (Elliot) Bonine (1809 - 1862)

Born 1809 in Surry Co., North Carolina, USA

Wife of Isaac Bonine — married 25 Feb 1830 (to 2 Oct 1862) in Delaware, Wayne County, Indiana, USA

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1862 at about age 53 in Mason Co., Illinois, USA

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Biography

Malinda Elliot was born in 1809 in Surry County, North Carolina, USA. She was the daughter of Washington Elliott and Mary "Polly" Pinnix (aka "Penick" or "Penix") Elliot, who were married in Surry Co., NC on Feb, 25, 1805. Malinda had a brief first marriage (1827-1829) to a Mr. ________ Williams in Surry Co., NC. No children came from that marriage. The Elliot, Williams and Bonine families were all Quakers.

On February 25, 1830, Malinda Elliot (widow of Mr. Williams) was married to Isaac Bonine, in Delaware, Wayne County, Indiana. The couple moved first to Iowa, then to Illinois and had 8 children:

1. Mary Jane BONINE, b: Feb. 1831 in Iowa; m-1: William Alexander in 1850; m-2: Jacob Leonard in 1862; d. 1922 in Alberta, Canada
2. Eleanor Ellen BONINE b: Dec 1833 in Iowa; m. Rev. David C. Feese in 1858 in IL; d: May 1912 in Caldwell Co., Missouri
3. Lydia R. BONINE b: July 1835 in Iowa; m. Calloway H. Alderson in 1896 as his 3rd wife; d. 1921 in Jewell City, KS.
4. Prudence Ann BONINE b: May 1838 in DeWitt Co., Illinois (twin with Lourana); m. Benjamin F. Huggins, 1856 in Menard Co., IL; d. Feb. 13, 1931, in Malad, Oneida, Idaho
5. Lourana BONINE b: May 13,1838 in DeWitt Co., Illinois (twin with Prudence) ; m. William Wagner; d. 1923 in Union Co., Oregon
6. Cyrus Overton BONINE b: 1839 in DeWitt Co., Illinois; d. 1930
7. Melissa Melvina BONINE b: 1843 in Logan Co., Illinois; m. Jacob Schoonover; d. 1922 in Cass Co., Minnesota
8. Rachel BONINE b: 1846 in Logan Co., Illinois; d. March 20, 1862 in Mason Co., Illinois, at 15 years old.

Malinda (Elliot) Bonine died on October 2, 1862, in Mason County, Illinois. This was just six months after the loss of her daughter Rachel, age 15. They are buried next to each other at Fairview Cemetery, Bath, Mason County, Illinois, USA.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 21491578 - Melinda Elliott Bonine. Name is misspelled. See other F. A. G. memorial sites for information of her other children listed here Snow-2128.

See Also:

• Information from Grant Pinnix Gives Malinda Elliot's lineage; marriage to Isaac Bonine and death information. Cites Isaac Bonine's obituary, 1905.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Elliot-53 was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.

• Thanks to Chet Bonine Snow for merging with WikiTree profile Elliott-6671; cleaning up biography; researching her life and adding sources on February 19, 2016.