Children of John Bonzo and Nancy Swaim:
Notes for John and Nancy and Mary:
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JOHN BONZO, son of Jean Gabriel Bonzon and Mary F. Powell, was born June 05, 1838 in , Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and died March 05, 1915 in Madison township, Scioto County, Ohio.
He married (1) NANCY SWAIM March 15, 1860 in Scioto County, Ohio, daughter of GEORGE SWAIM and LUCINDA WESCOAT. She was born December 21, 1842, and died March 08, 1887 in Madison Township, Scioto County, Ohio.
He married (2) MARY ELIZABETH DINGLEDINE August 04, 1889 in , Pike County, Oh., daughter of JOHANN DINGLEDINE and ELIZABETH OLINGER. She was born July 05, 1861 in Pike County, Ohio, and died July 05, 1926 in Scioto County, Ohio.
Lucinda Bonzo married Arthur Stewart Hanes.
William Homer Bonzo married Kathryn Belle Artis.
Henry Jefferson Bonzo married Ida. E. Buchanan.
Mary Jane Bonzo was born January 4, 1867 in Minford, Scioto county, Ohio and died February 24, 1929.
Joseph Bonzo was born in 1868 in Scioto county, Ohio.
George W. Bonzo married Frances Adeline (Engles) Gable.
Amanda Bonzo was born March 11, 1880, in Madison Township, Scioto County, Ohio and died April 05, 1881 in Madison Township, Scioto County, Ohio. She appears in the 1880 Census, and on LDS film: Batch 7729404, film 1126140
From 'Gravestone Inscriptions of Scioto Co... : " her marker reads: "Daughter of John and Nancy Bonzo, died 5 April 1881, age 1y 26 ds. She is buried at Mt. Carmel cemetery which is located several miles NW of Minford, Oh, in Madison Township, Scioto County, OH., behind Mt. Carmel Church."
Children of John Bonzo and Mary Elizabeth Dingledine:
Jennie Belle Bonzo married William D. Gregory and also John Crabtree.
John Wesley Bonzo, known as "Bud", was born July 7, 1897 in Scioto county, Ohio. On December 31, 1945, he married Gladys Mae Skillman.
Daughter Bonzo -- This lady is still with us in southern Ohio, still living on her own and still driving. In October of 2004, she will have her 100th birthday!
JOHN BONZO:
CENSUS: 1850, 1860, 1880
From Bonzo Family researchers: John was the twin of Mary Jane Bonzo Chapman.
LDS film: Batch 7729404, film 1126140, citing the John G. and Mary Powell family record.
Baptized LDS: February 02, 1978 Endowments LDS: February 07, 1978, SG
Sealed LDS: February 28, 1978, SG Sealed - Parents LDS: February 07, 1978
From a Bonzo descendant: "I found a xerox copy of the following newspaper article in the Bonzo folder in the family history files of the Portsmouth Public library in Scioto County OH. Unfortunately, the copy did not reference the date or name of the newspaper containing the article. Based on the ages of the subjects, I guess that the artice was published about 1913. The subject is John Bonzo (1838-1915), spouse of Nancy Swaim and son of Jean Gabriel (John G.) Bonzon and Mary Powell." ---
Came to Portsmouth When Scioto County Was "Woods"
"One of the most pleasant events in the life of Joseph Bonzo and family, of 1640 Twelfth street, is a visit from Mr. Bonzo's father, John Bonzo, of Madison township, who has some remarkably interesting stories to tell of the early history of Portsmouth, for he came here when Portsmouth was a city in
name only.
John Bonzo, aged 75 years, was born in Beaver county, Pa. At the age of 8 years he came to this city with his parents and located in Madison township, where he still resides. He owns a fine farm, and is one of the most prosperous farmers in the county. He has a twin sister who lives in Carter county, Ky.
The boat on which his parents came to this city from the Keystone state was fired by wood and a number of days was consumed in the trip.
When he arrived here the present city was nothing but a village, Chillicothe street being the only street. For eighteen miles out to where he lived there was nothing but dense wilderness. There was one hotel here, the Legler House, one wholesale whiskey house run by W. P. Martin, a stove foundry run by John Neill and William Eberhardt. There were no pikes, nothing but dirt roads. The whole Scioto Valley was densely wooded.
Mr. Bonzo has a brother who lives in Madison. He has one other brother, Joseph, who is 82 years of age. Their father came from Switzerland, France, and was four months on the way to this country.
Mr. Bonzo wants to know if there are any twins in the two states that exceed him and his sister in age. They were among the first French who settled Scioto county.
Joseph Bonzo, the son, has in his possession a baby cap that his grandfather wore when a baby in France. Mr. Bonzo prizes the cap highly and it would take a small fortune to buy it."
NANCY SWAIM: Information from LDS film: Batch 7729404, film 1126140
CENSUS: 1860, 1880
From 'Gravestone Inscriptions of Scioto Co.':
"Nancy rest at Mt. Carmel cemetery, Madison Township, Scioto County, Oh. Her marker reads "Nancy w/o John d 8 March 1887 age 45y 3m 18ds"
MARY ELIZABETH DINGLEDINE: Info from LDS film Batch 7729404, film 1126140. Scioto county death certificate 53398, volume 5136.
John Wesley Bonzo, Mary Elizabeth Dingledine Bonzo, and Jenny Belle Bonzo.
