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BONNELL, JOHN W., retired; was born in Essex Co., N. J., July l4, 1812; he was brought up and lived there until 31 years of age, when he and two of his brothers emigrated to Iowa, and located in Lee County, in October, 1843; the following spring, two other brothers came here; they engaged in the mercantile business here, and in Salem, Henry County, two years after, they bought a large tract of land, about 1,500 acres; engaged in farming and continued in this way for five or six years, then they divided up their property; John continued farming until within a few years; he has rented his land and removed to Fort Madison; with his brother, owns about 600 acres of good land. He married Rosanna Houver, from this county, in 1857; she died the following year. He married Eliza M. Pittman in April, 1864; she is a daughter of W. G. Pittman, one of the earliest settlers of Lee County; they have had four children, only one son survives — Burton, born Feb. 22, 1872.