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Elizabeth MAXWELL

Elizabeth MAXWELL

Female 1807 - 1904  (97 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth MAXWELL 
    Born 9 Mar 1807  [1] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1805, age 95.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880, 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of son Nathaniel.
    Died 12 Mar 1904  [1] 
    Buried Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I30420  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2017 

    Father David MAXWELL,   b. 1778,   d. 1849  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Mary Catherine WILLIAMS,   b. 1780,   d. 1860  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F23818  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jonathan BONNELL,   b. 14 Jul 1800, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1825  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated in July 1850:
      Jonathan Bonnel, 49, farmer; Elizabeth, 43; Jane, 23; John, 21; Sarah, 19; Lewis, 17; Samuel, 11; Joshua, 15; Nathaniel, 9; Charles, 7; Mark, 5; Emma, 1.
      (NOTE: Son John seems to have been counted twice in this Census, once with his parental family and once with his wife and children.)

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated in June 1860:
      Jonathan Bonnell, 59, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $50; Eliza, 54; J. H. (male), 25, value of personal estate $50; Sarah, 29; Samuel R, 21; N. M. (female), 19; C. (male), 16; Mark, 14; Anna, 11; J. L. (male), 5. All born in Virginia except J. H., born in Ohio.

      1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile Twp), enumerated on Aug 8 1870:
      Jonathan Bonnell, 69, farm laborer, cannot read/write; Elizabeth, 66, cannot read/write; Sarah K, 38, cannot read/write; Nathaniel M, 28, farm laborer, cannot read/write; Emma H, 21, cannot read/write; James L. Gatrel, 15, cannot read/write.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 23/24 1880:
      Jonnathan Bonnell, 79, farmer; wife Elizabeth, 75, cannot read/write; dau Sarah, 49, single, cannot write; boarder James L. Gatrel, 25, single, idiotic, cannot write, farm laborer.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of son Nathaniel and his wife Virginia.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Nathaniel M. Bonnell, 59, b. May 1841, farmer, married 27 yrs; wife Virginia F. Bonnell, 54, b. Apr 1846, mother of 2 children (both still living); mother Elizabeth Bonnell, 95, b. Mar 1805, widowed; sister Sarah K, 69, b. Jan 1831, single; nephew Windom Bonnell, black male, 8, b. Apr 1892; nephew James L. Gatrell, 45, b. Apr 1855, single, farm laborer. [3, 4]
    Children 
    +1. David M. BONNELL,   b. Nov 1825, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1907, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
    +2. Jane BONNELL,   b. CA 1827
    +3. John B. BONNELL,   b. 1829,   d. 30 Dec 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Sarah K. BONNELL,   b. Jan 1831
     5. Lewis BONNELL,   b. CA 1833
    +6. Joshua Hill BONNELL,   b. 28 Feb 1835,   d. 24 Jun 1925, Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     7. Samuel R. BONNELL,   b. 1839,   d. 1911  (Age 72 years)
     8. Nathaniel M. BONNELL,   b. May 1841, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Apr 1910  (Age ~ 68 years)
    +9. Charles B. BONNELL,   b. 23 Apr 1843, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1917, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +10. Mark W. BONNELL,   b. 20 Mar 1845, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1925, Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     11. Emma H. BONNELL,   b. 4 Jan 1847, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1933  (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F11705  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
      Identified as Jonathan Bunnell (sic); and Elizabeth Maxson (sic), dau of David. Married Sep 22 1825.

    3. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    4. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >).