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JOHN WESLEY BONZO:
From the Portsmouth Ohio Times, March 31, 1969: "John Bonzo died at 101 years of age, at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia. He was a Veteran of the Spanish-American War. He enlisted in the army in 1899. He was a Dentist , and set up the first dental practice ever in the Philippines, even before the US Army officially had a dental program. He returned to the US in 1901 and set up practice in Scioto County, Ohio. He also later practiced in Owensboro and Greenup, Kentucky. He was active in the Bigelow Methodist Church, where he once organized a church orchestra. His hobbies included breeding fox hounds, boating, hunting, fishing and gardening. At one point, he owned a sawmill. He spent the last two years of his life at the V.A. hospital. Before that, he lived with [.private.] in Scioto County, Ohio. His funeral was held at Daehler Funeral Home, with Rev. Thomas Wilson officiating. John was buried on the 2nd of April 1969, in Woodland Cemetery, which is in the town of Ironton, Ohio".
LDS Film Batch 7729404, film 1126140
Baptized LDS: April 12, 1978; Endowments LDS: June 16, 1978
Sealed to Parents: August 09, 1978
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John's Siblings
David George Jacob Charles Rosanna Jennie Amelia Mary
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JOHN WESLEY BONZO, son of Peter Lewis Bonzo and Mary Ann Knowels, was born September 18, 1867 in Minford, Scioto County, Ohio, and died March 31, 1969 in Huntington, West Virginia.
I Remember... John Wesley Bonzo
From a Nephew
For many years. my great uncle, Doctor John W. Bonzo, lived with us in Portsmouth. He was a dentist by profession. He served in the Spanish Americal War where his marksmanship and hunting skills landed him the job of Company Hunter with the responsibility of keeping the Company supplied with fresh meat. "Uncle Doc" died well past 100 years old in the VA hospital in Huntington, West Virginia.
