Stanton and Bonner Families found at this link--wool carding and mill--use this link to read more about these familes: genealogysf/Stanton-p/p73.htm David Bonner M, b. 15 July 1776, d. 31 March 1853 David was born at Mexico, Juniata Co., PA, on 15 July 1776. In the 1920s William Thompson Bonner mailed a Christmas card which depicted four generations of Bonners with pictures of David, James Taylor, William Thompson, and William Thompson, Jr. That card has been duplicated and copies widely circulated among the Bonner descendants. The card states that David was Born 4 July 1776 and consequently that date has become a strong family tradition. However, Davids tombstone says died 31 Mar 1853 77 y 8m 15d. That calculates to 15 Jul 1776. The date of 15 July is also cited by Carmen Ghormley in her The Ghormley Story. I have not been able to find any colloborating evidence for the 4 July 1776 date..1 He was the son of John Bonner and Sarah Walker. He married Eleanor Nelly Johnson at Mifflin Co., PA, on 11 September 1798.2 He married Jane Woods at Ross Co., Ohio, on 13 March 1841. This was her second marriage. First husbands name is unknown. Although the Woods family publication says its source for the marriage date is the Ancestral File, the Ancetral File actually gives the marriage date as 1 Apr 1841..3,4,5 David died on 31 March 1853 at Greenfield, Highland Co., OH.1 His body was interred at Greenfield, Highland Co., OH, at Old Burying Ground. He was tax roll in 1810 at Ross County, OH. He sold property at property purchased 27 Dec 1813, Greenfield, Highland Co., OH, on 28 August 1839. David was an expert wool carder, cotton spinner, farmer, millwright, and engineer. He moved to Chillicothe, Ohio in 1798 and took an active part in the construction of the Ohio canal and public buildings of that date (including the Old State House in Chillicothe,built 1801-2 of native stone, two stories tall). David Bonner (b. 1776 PA) and David S. Bonner (b. 1780 Virginia) appear to have been in Ohio at the same time. One of them came from Pennsylvania and was a Presbyterian. The other came from Virginia and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Since both have entries as David or David S. Bonner, they are often confused. Chillicothe had been laid out by Nathaniel Massie and founded in 1796. It was part of the 6,570 square miles of territory between the Scioto and the Miami rivers set aside by Virginia to reward war veterans. Chillicothe was the site of a ferry across the Scioto and became a major center. In the early 1800s the town had 100 homes and a population of 1,982. By 1815 Ross County as a whole had 18,000 inhabitants. This is partly attributable to an Act passed in 1800 which allowed individuals to purchase tracts of 320 acres. This size was later reduced to 160 acres and the price was set to $2 per acre with five years to pay. He then moved to Greenfield, Ohio, where he and his wife were among the earlist permanent settlers. David began negotiating in land at an early date and succeeded in putting over one oft he largest land deals ever to take place in Greenfield. In 1813 he purchased 50 inlots in the eastern section for $2.00 a lot (Purchased in Cincinnati District, Union County, 160 acres, SE 1/4-S33, 7 December 1813 at $2 per acre with 5 years to pay). Within four years he sold four of the lots for $750. For that era it was a tremendous land deal. On 17 Nov. 1855, David acquired the northeast corner of Washington and Jefferson Streets where he erected a carding mill. The farmers around Greenfield brought wool here to be carded, saving a somewhat longer trip to Chillicothe. He operated the mill until 1822 when a new owner moved it to a new location on Jefferson Street. The old mill building became a grocery and hotel. At the new location he built a factory for wool and cotton. The factorys machinery was operated by horses, oxen, and cows which were worked on a horizontal wheel sweep nearly forty feet in diameter. He added a pair of millstones to grind corn and burrs to make wheat flour. This advertisement appeared in the July 12, 1828 Hillsborough Gazette: COTTON SPINNING AND WOOL CARDING Our cotton and woolen factory is now in good order, where common wool will be carded at five cents per pound, paid in cash at the time. Wool carding and spinning in all other respects, as to price and trade, the same as last year. Cotton yarns, assorted, can be had at our factory; as also summer and winter janes, in exchange for cash, wool, or such trade as is taken in the stores. Greenfield, May 20, 1828 - David Bonner In 1834 in Greenfield, Ohio, David Bonner replaced the horse and ox drawn power in the Greenfield mill with the first steam engine known in the area. This factory was completely destroyed by fire in the summer of 1837. He immediately started constuction of a new three story stone building on the northeast corner of Fifth and Jefferson (now the Odd Fellows building). Two years after the first he also constructed a beautiful manor house on Jefferson between Fourth and Fifth Street. He later gave up the mill and opened a bookstore around 1840 in a new brick building at 297 Jefferson Street. David was a very principled man and his efforts were not always appreciated. For example, he was very conscientious in enforcing the observance of the Sabbath and many traveling through Chillicothe on the Sabbath were arrested at his insistence. He also opposed drinking and his signature appears on a petition to the Court on 4 February 1839 asking that a license not be granted to Samuel Wasson for dram drinking. He was an abolitionist and owned a large farm north of Greenfield where slaves were often hidden. Elsie Johnson Ayres in Hills of Highland relates the following story. One Sunday morning Bonner met three men, new to the area, on the Public Square. He talked to them and became aware that they were hunting the fugitives who were hidden in his own basement. He asked if they had been to breakfast and upon learning that they had not, he boldly invited them to participate in the family worship hours. They consented and their host proceeded to read one of the longest psalms in the Bible. Bonners prayers were never longer than on that particular morning. In the meantime, the slaves had been carefully removed from their cellar hideout and conducted to another station. He was the defendant in a lawsuit at Greenfield, Highland Co., OH, on 14 January 1854. He In the records of the Recorders Office of Highland Co - deeds involving David Bonner. Listed as Deed book #/page#/date/names. All of it for land in Greenfield. 2/53/8 Jul 1815 David and Elinor to Saml Crothers 2/204/17 Nov 1815 Heirs of Gabriel Wright to David 5/566/30 Nov 1825 David and Elinor to James McClintick 2/462/1 May 1834 David and Elenor to Jacob Turnipseed 5/420/1 Apr 1836 David and Eleanor to William Corner 5/543/27 Apr 1837 David and Eleanor to James McClelland 6/158/27 Apr 1837 David and Eleanor to Job Hire 7/461/28 Aug 1839 David to John H. Bonner 10/303/4 Feb 1841 -0 David to James T. Bonner 10/303/4 Feb 1841 David to Henry and James Bonner 10/304/27 Jun 1840 David to Henry J. Bonner 12/86/15 Mar 1845 David and Jane to Claiborn Lea 13/393/5 Sep 1846 David and Jane to Jeptha Davis 13/398/29 Nov 1845 David and Jane to James Morrow 13/600/11 Mar 1847 David and Jane to A.B. Wilson 14/61/222 Nov 1843 David and Jane to Daniel Bush 14/535/29 Nov 1845 David and Jane to Christian Shrock 16/438/9 Aug 1849 David and Jane to Solomon Turner 16/440/1 Mar 1849 David and Jane to James McClelland 16/543/7 Nov 1848 David and Jane to Edy Watkins 17/299/1 Jun 1850 David and Jane to George and William Logan 17/302/1 Mar 1849 David and Jane to Ansell Watkins. Last Edited=12 Jul 2012 Children of David Bonner and Eleanor Nelly Johnson Sarah Ann Bonner b. 11 Jan 1800 Henry Johnson Bonner+ b. 1 Dec 1801, d. 13 Jul 1876 Judith Bonner b. 13 Feb 1804, d. 13 Jul 1806 Margaret Curren Bonner+ b. 10 May 1806, d. 14 Sep 1884 Rev. John Henry Bonner+ b. 27 Dec 1808, d. 14 Mar 1888 Nathaniel J. Bonner b. 30 Jun 1811, d. 17 May 1813 James Taylor Bonner+ b. 14 Jul 1814, d. 3 May 1884 Eleanor (Ellen) Jane Bonner+ b. 26 May 1817, d. 26 Apr 1846 Jan Griffith Sr. please read this)
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