Roena (Rogers) Jamieson (1822 - 1908)

Born 28 Jun 1822 in Chandler's Valley, Warren County, Pennsylvania, USA

Wife of Clark Bonine — married 3 Feb 1843 in Dewitt, Illinois

Wife of Nathaniel Patterson McKean — married 12 Feb 1858 in Dallas County, Iowa

Descendants

Died 30 Jun 1908 at age 86 in Perry, Spring Valley Township, Dallas County, Iowa, USA

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Biography

Roena (aka "Rocina" or "Roene") Rogers was born on 28 June 1822 in Warren County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Levi Rogers, b: ca. 1788 in New York or Vermont, and his wife, Sarah "Sally" (Chandler) Rogers, b: 1795 in Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut. Levi Rogers and Sally Chandler had married in 1815 in Windham County, Connecticut, but soon thereafter moved to Chandler's Valley, Warren County, Pennsylvania, where the first 7 of their 10 children were born. The community was named for Sally Chandler's family, among the earliest settlers there. Roena Rogers was their 4th child. She was about 9 years old when the family migrated west, first to Missouri, then to central Illinois.^[1]

Roena Rogers was married and widowed 3 times in her 86 years.

Marriage #1: to Clark Bonine, 5 Feb. 1843, DeWitt County, Illinois^[2]
She met her first husband, Clark Bonine, a recent widower with 5 small children to raise, in DeWitt County, Illinois. When they married on February 5, 1843, she was 21 and he was 27 years old. Clark Bonine had been raised as a Friend, or Quaker, but had been "read out of Meeting" when he married a Clarissa Crouch, a non-Quaker, in 1833 in Wayne County, Indiana. He was a Farmer and local landowner in Illinois.

Clark & Roena (Rogers) Bonine had 7 children:

1. Delphina "Delfin" June Bonine, b: 16 Feb 1844 in Illinois
2. Martha Elizabeth Bonine, b: 15 Feb 1846 in Hardin Co., Illinois
3. Walter B. Bonine, b: 4 Mar 1848 in Tazewell Co., Illinois
4. Mary Angeline Bonine, b: SEP 1849 in Tazewell Co., Illinois
5. Filetus Bonine, b: 1852 in Tazewell Co., Illinois; d: 1853 infant
6. Anthony North Bonine, b: 23 Feb 1854 in Tazewell, Illinois
7. Arthur E. Bonine, b: 14 Mar 1856 in Dallas, Iowa; d: 1863

In 1855 Clark & Roena Bonine moved their family from Illinois to Dallas County, Iowa, where they bought a large farm. Alas, on July 1 1856, Clark Bonine was struck by lightning during a severe thunderstorm. He died from those injuries, leaving Roena a 33-year-old widow with many small children still at home.

Marriage # 2: to widower Nathaniel P McKean, age 50: b: 1808 in Maine. Married: 12 Feb 1858 in Dallas Co., Iowa ^[3]
2 Children:

1. Clara McKean b: 1858 in Dallas Co., Iowa; m: Columbus Albert Willis on 14 Jun 1874; moved to California ^[4]
2. Levi McKean b: 1860 in Dallas Co., Iowa; m: to Lydia Bradley in 1882 in Iowa^[5] d: before 1895 in Dallas, Iowa^[6]

On the 1860 US Census, Roena McKean was recorded as 38 years old, married to 52-year-old Nathaniel McKean. They were living on the McKean farm in Spring Valley Township, Dallas County, Iowa, with the 5 youngest of Nathaniel's children by his 1st marriage and their daughter, Clarissa McKean, 2 years old. Levi McKean was born there later in 1860/61. Roena's minor-age Bonine children were recorded as a separate household, next door, headed by her oldest daughter: Delphina Bonine, 16 years old.^[7]

Nathaniel McKean had a daughter, Mary Ann McKean, b. 1838, when he married Roena (Rogers) Bonine. Mary Ann McKean (whose mother was Mary Ann (McGlothlin) McKean, married Clark Bonine's son by his 1st wife: David H. Bonine, b. 1836 in Illinois, thereby cementing relations between these 2 pioneer families. Mary Ann and husband, David H. Bonine, were both buried in Violet Hill Cemetery, Perry, Dallas County, Iowa, near Roena's grave.^[8][9]

Unfortunately, Roena's 2nd husband, Nathaniel Patterson McKean, passed away on 5 February 1863 at 55 years old. He was buried next to his 1st wife in Greene County, Iowa.^[10] Seven years later, 1870 US Census recorded "Raena McKean," 44 years old, widow, living on the Bonine farm in Spring Valley Township, Dallas County, Iowa, with Anthony Bonine, 16 years old, her youngest son by Clark Bonine. Anthony was running the farm. Helen Foot, a 21-year-old "Housekeeper" and her 2 infant children (Clara: 2 yrs.; Silas: 3 mo.) lived with them. Helen's husband was a "Farm Laborer" on George McKean's farm next door (George McKean, age 26, was Roena (Bonine) McKean's step-son). Other members of both the Bonine and McKean families were living on neighboring farms. No 1870 Census record has been found for Clarissa or Levi McKean. ^[11]

Marriage # 3: to James Jamieson; married 30 Nov 1875 in Dallas County, Iowa, USA ^[12]

On 30 November 1875, Roena Rogers, Bonine, McKean, married her 3rd husband, James B. Jamison (aka "Jamieson"). She was 53 years old and the couple had no children together. He was 7 years older than she was and a native of Scotland. They were recorded living together in Perry, Spring Valley Township, Dallas County, Iowa, on the 1880 US Census. James was 65 years old and "RM" [sic] was 59 years old. No one else was in their household. James B. Jamison's occupation was that of "Brick & Stone Mason".^[13] James B. Jamieson passed away on 1 March 1891 just a few days before his 81st birthday. He was buried at the Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Johnson County, Iowa, USA. ^[14]

On the 1895 Iowa Census, widow "Roene Jemison" was recorded as 73 years old, living in her own home in Perry, Spring Valley Township, Dallas County, Iowa. She was now living with her 46-year-old unmarried son, Walter B. Bonine, a "House Carpenter". They had a 16-year-old teenage girl living with them, helping keep house.^[15]

On the 1 June 1900 US Census, "Rosann Jamison," widow, age 77, was still living in Perry, Spring Valley Township, Dallas County, Iowa. Her now 51-year-old unmarried son, Walter B. Bonine, was still living with her. He was called a "Day Laborer". They were now joined by 16-year-old "Ernest McKean," listed as her "grandson," who was "in school". She owned her home, not a farm; it was on West Evelyn Street in Perry city, Iowa. The Census recorded that Roene had had 10 children; 6 of whom were still living on 1 June 1900.^[16]

The last Census record where Roena appears was the 1905 Iowa State Census. There she was recorded as "Roene Jamison," an 83-year-old widow, living in her own home in Perry city, Dallas County, Iowa. She declared her birthplace had been in Warren County, Pennsylvania. She had her own income. The state census was not set up to show family members living together on the same record but Roena continued to live with her unmarried son, Walter B. Bonine, now 56 years old, until she died.^[17]

Roena (Rogers) Bonine, McKean, Jamison passed away on 30 June 1908 at her home in Perry City, Spring Valley Township, Dallas County, Iowa. She was 86 years old and a 3-times a widow. ^[18] Roena was buried at Violet Hill Cemetery, Perry, Dallas County, Iowa, USA. Her tombstone misspells her final married name as "Jameison" when her 3rd husband's tombstone says it was "Jamieson" and their marriage, census & death records spell the name "Jamison". ^[19]

According to Roene Roger's profile on the Esler-Heggen Tree:^[20]

ID: I218

Name: Roene Rogers

Surname: Rogers

Given Name: Roene

Sex: F

Birth: Jun 1822 in Pennsylvania

Death: 1908 in Dallas County Iowa

Note: [alt. spellings:] Rocina or Roena or Rosina or Roene

Children:

1. Delphina "Delfin" BONINE b: 1844 in Illinois
2. Martha Elizabeth BONINE b: 1846 in Illinois
3. Walter B. BONINE b: 1847 in Illinois
4. Mary Angeline BONINE b: SEP 1849 in Tazwell, Illinois
5. Filetus BONINE b: 1852
6. Anton North BONINE b: 1854
7. Arthur E. BONINE b: 1856

This profile cites the 1850 US Federal Census for:

State: Illinois - County: Tazewell - Taken on: Dec 14, 1850

NAME - AGE - Sex - Occupation - Birthplace -
Clark Bonine - 36 - M - Farmer - Pennsylvania 1728 [??]
Rocina - 28 - F - PA or IN
Sarah Ann - 19 or 17 - F - Illinois
Daniel - 14 - M - "" 1
John - 12 - M - "" 1
William - 9 - M - "" 1
Charles - 8 - M - ""
Delphina - 6 - F - ""
Elizabeth - 4 - F - ""
unreadable possible Charity - 9/12 - F - ""
Walter or Walton - 3 - M - ""
Martha Rhodes - 29 - F - Pennsylvania
Levi - 66 - M - None - Vermont

Marriage #1 to Clark Bonine b: 22 Apr 1814 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana

Married: 3 Feb 1843 in Dewitt, Illinois

Children:

1. Delphina Bonine b: 1844 in Illinois
   
2. Martha Elizabeth Bonine b: 15 Feb 1846 in Tazewell Co., Illinois
3. Walter B. Bonine b: 15 Feb 1846 in Tazewell Co., Illinois
   
4. Mary Angoline Bonine b: Sep 1849 in Tazwell, Illinois
   
5. Filetus Bonine b: 1852
   
6. Anton North Bonine b: 23 Feb 1854
   
7. Arthur E. Bonine b: 14 Mar 1856 in Tazewell, Illinois
   

Marriage # 2 to Nathaniel Mc Kean, b: 1808 in Maine

Married: 12 Feb 1858 in Dallas County, Iowa

Children:

1. Clara Mc Kean b: 1858 in Iowa
2. Levi Mc Kean b: 1860 in Iowa

According to the Esler Heggen Family Tree:^[21]

ID: I86

Name: Clark Bonine

Surname: Bonine

Given Name: Clark

Sex: M

Birth: 22 Apr 1814 in Richmond,Wayne County,Indiana

Death: 1 Jul 1856 in Iowa Dallas County of Hit by Lightening

Father: David Bonine b: 10 Jan 1785 in Shelley Island (in the Susquehanna River),York County,Pennsylvania

Mother: Prudence Williams b: 14 Aug 1788 in England Chatham, North Carolina or Blount County,Tennessee

Marriage: Clarissa Crouch b: 18 Aug 1814 in Indiana

Married: 16 Mar 1833 in Wayne County, Indiana (to 20 Sep 1842)

Children:

1. Sarah Ann Bonine b: 25 May 1834 in Illinois
2. David H Bonine b: 17 Jan 1836 in Illinois
3. John Marion Bonine b: 3 Mar 1838 in Illinois
4. William S. Bonine b: 6 May 1841 in Illinois
5. Charles Bonine b: 1842 in Illinois

Marriage: Roene Rogers b: Jun 1822 in Pennsylvania

Married: 3 Feb 1843 in Dewitt,Illinois

Children:

1. Delphina Bonine b: 1844 in Illinois
2. Martha Elizabeth Bonine b: 15 Feb 1846 in Tazewell Co.,Illinois
3. Walter B. Bonine b: 4 Mar 1848 in Illinois
4. Mary Angoline Bonine b: Sep 1849 in Tazwell,Illinois
5. Filetus Bonine b: 1852
6. Anton North Bonine b: 23 Feb 1854
7. Arthur E. Bonine b: 14 Mar 1856 in Tazewell, Illinois

Sources

1. ↑ Pedigree Resource File for Roena Rogers on FamilySearch; cites 18 sources. Note: While Roena's parents' names are correct (Levi Rogers was recorded in Warren Co., PA on the 1820 & 1830 US Censuses); his Rogers pedigree is Unlikely & has errors.
2. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2GL-6TT : 14 February 2020), Roena Rogers in entry for Clark Bonine, 1843.
3. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJZ4-961 : 25 September 2017), Nathaniel Mckean and Roana Bonine, 12 Feb 1858, Dallas, Iowa, United States; citing reference MAR REG 1851/86-PG19, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,112.
4. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-R16J : 12 April 2016), Columbus A. Willis and Clarissa C. Mckean, 14 Jun 1874, , Dallas, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 227, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 874,151.
5. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV88-CS9 : 11 March 2018), Levi Mckean in entry for Mckean, 04 Apr 1884; citing Angus, Boone, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,315.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #133333321
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82N-KXQ : 19 March 2020), Roene Kean in entry for Nathaniel M Kean, 1860.
8. ↑ Added by Chet Snow Aug. 1, 2105.
9. ↑ See: Find A Grave: Memorial #16352694 - Mary Ann McKean Bonine] and Find A Grave: Memorial #74209208 - Sarah Jane McKean Holt].
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #132883144
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJT-CY2 : 19 March 2020), Anthony Bonine in entry for Raena McKeen, 1870.
12. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJZ4-ZQ6 : 25 September 2017), James Jamison and Roena Mc Kean, 30 Nov 1875, Dallas, Iowa, United States; citing reference MAR REG 1851/86-P191, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,112.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD27-NCG : 9 September 2017), M Jamison in household of J B Jamison, Perry, Dallas, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 46, sheet 142D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,335.
14. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #127904766 - James Jamieson
15. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTSZ-D6V : 10 March 2018), Roene Jemison, Dallas, Iowa, United States; citing p. 434, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,195.
16. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KC-M7Q : accessed 25 March 2020), Rosann Jamison, Spring Valley Township Perry cty Ward 1 & 3, Dallas, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 2A, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,427.
17. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM5-38DP : 16 March 2018), Roene Jamison, Dallas, Iowa, United States; citing card #299, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,362.
18. ↑ "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVWL-Y32 : 16 January 2020), Roena Jamison, 1908.
19. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 March 2020), memorial page for Roena Rogers Jameison (28 Jun 1822–30 Jun 1908), Find A Grave: Memorial #17055579, citing Violet Hill Cemetery, Perry, Dallas County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by 46620252 (contributor 46620252) .
20. ↑ Esler Heggen Family Tree - Roene Rogers
21. ↑ Esler Heggen Tree Clark Bonine