E. N. Bonnell    

E. N. BONNELL, firm of Bonnell & Lambing, Corry, was born May 17, 1846, in Harbor Creek, Erie Co., Penn. His parents were natives of Harbor Creek, of German and Irish descent, and were the parents of six children, our subject being the youngest. His father died June, 1881, aged seventy-six, and his mother in 1854, aged about forty-six. Mr. Bonnell was brought up on a farm, and received his education in the district school. In 1870, when about twenty-four years of age, he went to Venango, where he worked for two years in the oil business; thence to Clarion County, as producer for about eight years, where he was successful; and thence to Corry, where he engaged in manufacturing bed springs, Mr. Bonnell was united in marriage, December 19, 1873, with Josephine, daughter of Charles Bliley, a farmer of Harbor Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Bonnell are the parents of two children, viz: Gertrude Mary, born February 7, 1876, near St. Petersburg, Penn.; and George, born May 9, 1882, died August 17, 1882.

History of Erie County, Pa Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.: Portraits of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; etc., etc. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884. Read this book online  More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.