HOMER BONHAM
Homer Bonham, 84, pioneer of this section, died Thursday, July 19 at 8 a.m. in General Hospital, Marion, where he had been receiving treatment.
He was born November 5, 1871 in Jackson Township and was a son of Elisha Bonham and Elizabeth Cheney Bonham. He conducted grocery stores in both Richwood and Essex and had resided at the Mary McClenathan home northeast of Richwood for the past 20 years. Mr. Bonham was a member of the Essex Knights of Pythias forty-eight years.
Oct. 22, 1891 he was married to Alma Matteson who died in 1913. He married Miss Minnie Dutton Oct. 28, 1916 and she passed away in 1931.
Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Clarence Tennis, of Columbus; a step-daughter, Mrs. Harold Haughn, of California; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Rev. Jerry Wortham conducted the funeral services Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Winter-Milligan chapel. Burial was made in Price cemetery.
The Richwood Gazette
Thursday, April 30, 1931
page oneMRS. HOMER BONHAM DIES
AT ESSEX APR. 22
Funeral Services at Essex M.P. Church
Friday - Burial in Price CemeteryMrs. Minnie Dell Bonahm, 61, a well known resident of Jackson township, died Wednesday, April 22, at her home in Essex, following a few weeks' illness.
Mrs. Bonham was born June 13, 1880. Her parents were W. G. Dutton and Delilah Godfrey Dutton. She was a member of the First Baptist church of Richwood, and also a member of the Pythian Sisters.
October 28, 1916, she was united in marriage to Homer Francis Bonham.
Surviving relatives are the husband, Homer Bonham; two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Tennis, Worthington, and Mrs. Harold Haughn, of Marion; two brothers, J. E. Dutton, of Agosta, and C. W. Dutton, of Marion; one sister, Mrs. D. L. Sousley, of Ada, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dutton, of Agosta.
Funeral services were held at the Essex M.P. church, Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Robert W. Peirce. Interment in charge of S. R. Sanders, was made in Price cemetery.
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