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653. Neal Cornelius
Bonine245,703 was born on 3 Feb 1834 in Wayne County, Indiana.245,704
He died on 2 Jan 1924 in Porterville, Tulare County, California.245,705,706 He was buried in Porterville Cemetery, Porterville,
Tulare County, California.245,705 He was a school teacher and
citrus farmer in Porterville, Tulare County, California.245,707 He served
in the military in the Civil War.245,708
from Porterville, California Genealogies, by Ina H. Stiner, 1934: "The
Cornelius Bonine family came to California in 1892, from Missouri where they
settled in 1882, and came from Kansas to Nebraska in 1865, from Iowa to Kansas
in 1857, and from Illinois to Iowa in 1854."
Funeral Notice Appearing in Porterville Evening Recorder dated 1/3/1924:
"FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PIONEER TO BE HELD SUNDAY
Cornelius Bonine to be Laid to Rest Next Sunday Afternoon; Passed Away Yesterday;
Was Civil War Veteran
Funeral services over the body of Cornelius Bonine, aged pioneer of Porterville,
who passed away yesterday at the home of his daughter Mrs. J.K. Wymore will be
held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock according to arrangements completed today.
The services will be conducted by Rev. a former pastor of the First Christian
Church. Internment will be in the Porterville Cemetery. At the time of his death
Mr. Bonine lacked one month and one day of living ninety years of age. He was
a native of Indiana and had lived in the Porterville district for thirty two
years. Mr. Bonine had lived in a number of states during his long and eventful
life. He had made his home in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and
Missouri. He moved to Porterville, California in 1892 and settled on a farm
near this city. The passing of Mr. Bonine thins the ranks of Porterville Civil
War Veterans. He was a member of the Porterville Fraternal organization known
as the Civil War Venerables. Mr. Bonine was also very active in church affairs
being an elder of the First Christian Church for many years. In addition to his
host of friends he leaves two children Mrs. J.K. Wymore and W. Albert Bonine
both of Porterville to mourn his loss.
Neal Cornelius Bonine bought the original ten acres of citrus on Henderson Avenue,
and upon his death deeded the land to Lois and Albert Bonine. Neal was a music
teacher and rode a bicycle.
Cornelius Bonine came to Nemaha County, Kansas in April of 1857. He shows up
in the 1859 Census of Nemaha Township, Namaha County, Kansas on Page 2. Neal
Cornelius Bonine and Mary Jane Ballard were married in 1854.245,709 Mary
Jane Ballard245,703 (daughter of ) was born on 1 Jan 1836 in Tazewell County,
Illinois.245,704 She died of cancer on 29 Jun 1915 in Porterville,
Tulare County, California.245,705,709
She was buried on 1 Jul 1915 in Porterville Cemetery, Porterville, Tulare County,
California.245,704 She was also known as Mary J. Bonine.
Obituary Notice Appearing in the Porterville Evening Recorder dated 6/29/1915:
"MRS. BONINE PASSES AWAY AT RIPE AGE
Woman Who Was Nearly 80 Years Old Succumbs to Cancer - Came here in 1892
Mrs. Cornelius Bonine passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Wymore
on Belleview Avenue, about 10 o'clock this morning, death being due to a cancer
which had affected her face. Had Mrs. Bonine lived until Thursday, she would
have been 79 years and 6 months old. Besides her husband she leaves one daughter,
Mrs. Wymore and one son W.A. Bonine, both of Porterville, to mourn her loss.
Mrs. Bonine was born in Tazwell County, Illinois, January 1, 1836. She was married
in 1854 to Mr. Bonine and moved to Fayette County, Iowa. In 1857 they moved
to Kansas. In 1865 to Nebraska. In 1882 to Missouri and in 1892 to Porterville,
California." Neal Cornelius Bonine and Mary Jane Ballard had the following
children:
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