(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Alfred L. Bonnell, a retail lumber dealer who is now local manager at Grace for the Anderson & Sons Company, having its headquarters at Logan, Utah, came to Idaho in 1910 and for the past six years has made his home at Grace, where since 1914 he has occupied his present position. He is not only the local manager for the company at Grace but also holds some stock in the parent concern. The story of his life is the story of earnest endeavor followed by substantial success. He was born upon a farm in Adams county, Wisconsin, October 9, 1873, the only son of David T. and Marilla (Butler) Bonnell, both of whom have now passed away. The father, who followed the occupation of farming, was born in New Jersey and was taken to Wisconsin by his parents when but five years of age. He spent the remainder of his days in Adams county, that state, where the family home was established during the period of its pioneer development. It was in 1853 that his father, Charles P. Bonnell, located there and for more than a half century thereafter the Bonnell family was closely associated with many interests relating to the upbuilding of that portion of the country. David T. Bonnell, putting aside business cares at the time of the Civil war, served at the front with the Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Regiment. In his later years he filled various civic offices, occupied the position of town clerk at Springville, Wisconsin, and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1902, was serving for the third term as register of deeds of Adams county. His widow survived him for about a decade, passing away in 1912.
Alfred L. Bonnell is the only survivor of the family, for his two sisters as well as his parents have passed away. He was reared upon the old homestead farm in Adams county, Wisconsin, to the age of eighteen years and during that period attended the country schools, acquiring a fair English education. He afterward taught a term of school and at twenty years of age he entered the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he completed the agricultural course and was graduated with the class of 1896. For three years he was engaged in agricultural extension work in connection with the university, his duty being to instruct farmers along dairy lines, particularly on the subject of buttermaking. He later spent four years in Kansas City, Missouri, and installed a dairy plant near that city known as the Belton Jersey Dairy Company. He was subsequently for three years an instructor in athletics and manual training in the Kansas City high school. Returning to Adams county, Wisconsin, he spent four years as a farmer and lumber dealer and in 1907 he removed westward to Washington, where he resided for three years, engaged in the lumber business.
In 1910 Mr. Bonnell became a resident of Idaho. Though educated along dairy and agricultural lines, he found the lumber trade most congenial and through the period of his residence in this state has given his attention to the sale of lumber, becoming in 1914 the local manager at Grace for the Anderson & Sons Company of Utah. In this connection he is building up a good business, being recognized as a most trusted representative of the parent concern.
It was at Springville, Wisconsin, on the 27th of May, 1894, that Mr. Bonnell was united in marriage to Miss Nina Cummings, also a native' of Adams county, Wisconsin, with whom he had been acquainted in their school days. Mrs. Bonnell was a teacher for several years prior to her marriage. She has become the mother of two sons and a daughter, namely: Russell H., who was born June 2, 1895; Lydia Ruth, born May 26, 1896; and Chester Perry, born January 1, 1901. The two eldest children are married. Russell wedded Ada Sant and Lydia Ruth is the wife of William H. Allsop.
Mr. Bonnell has always been a supporter of republican principles. He attained his majority in October, 1894, and in November of that year was elected town clerk of Springville, Wisconsin. He served for five terms in that position and was also town treasurer of Springville for a year. At the time he removed from Adams county, Wisconsin, in 1907 he was serving as chairman of the republican county central committee and resigned in order to remove to the west. Since becoming a resident of Grace he has been active in the public life of the community and is now clerk of the public schools and the high school. In the fall of 1918 he was elected to the Idaho state legislature. To take this office required a considerable financial sacrifice on his part, as the remuneration connected with it does not by any means compensate him for losses which he must sustain in other ways. He did not seek the position but was urged to become a candidate by his fellow townsmen, who recognized his ability and fidelity to duty and felt that he would most loyally serve his district and safeguard its interests in the legislature. He is now chairman of the committee on cities, towns and other municipal corporations.
The Masonic fraternity numbers Mr. Bonnell as one of its exemplary members and he is likewise connected with the Knights of Pythias. He also belongs to the Grace Commercial Club, of which he is the president. His interest in war work has been manifest in many tangible and helpful ways. He became chairman at Grace of the Bannock County Council of Defense and also chairman of the public safety commission at Grace. His labors along these lines indicate his public spirit and his devotion to duty, which none ever calls into question.
Alfred L. Bonnell, a retail lumber dealer who is now local manager at Grace for the Anderson & Sons Company, having its headquarters at Logan, Utah, came to Idaho in 1910 and for the past six years has made his home at Grace, where since 1914 he has occupied his present position. He is not only the local manager for the company at Grace but also holds some stock in the parent concern. The story of his life is the story of earnest endeavor followed by substantial success. He was born upon a farm in Adams county, Wisconsin, October 9, 1873, the only son of David T. and Marilla (Butler) Bonnell, both of whom have now passed away. The father, who followed the occupation of farming, was born in New Jersey and was taken to Wisconsin by his parents when but five years of age. He spent the remainder of his days in Adams county, that state, where the family home was established during the period of its pioneer development. It was in 1853 that his father, Charles P. Bonnell, located there and for more than a half century thereafter the Bonnell family was closely associated with many interests relating to the upbuilding of that portion of the country. David T. Bonnell, putting aside business cares at the time of the Civil war, served at the front with the Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Regiment. In his later years he filled various civic offices, occupied the position of town clerk at Springville, Wisconsin, and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1902, was serving for the third term as register of deeds of Adams county. His widow survived him for about a decade, passing away in 1912.
Alfred L. Bonnell is the only survivor of the family, for his two sisters as well as his parents have passed away. He was reared upon the old homestead farm in Adams county, Wisconsin, to the age of eighteen years and during that period attended the country schools, acquiring a fair English education. He afterward taught a term of school and at twenty years of age he entered the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he completed the agricultural course and was graduated with the class of 1896. For three years he was engaged in agricultural extension work in connection with the university, his duty being to instruct farmers along dairy lines, particularly on the subject of buttermaking. He later spent four years in Kansas City, Missouri, and installed a dairy plant near that city known as the Belton Jersey Dairy Company. He was subsequently for three years an instructor in athletics and manual training in the Kansas City high school. Returning to Adams county, Wisconsin, he spent four years as a farmer and lumber dealer and in 1907 he removed westward to Washington, where he resided for three years, engaged in the lumber business.
In 1910 Mr. Bonnell became a resident of Idaho. Though educated along dairy and agricultural lines, he found the lumber trade most congenial and through the period of his residence in this state has given his attention to the sale of lumber, becoming in 1914 the local manager at Grace for the Anderson & Sons Company of Utah. In this connection he is building up a good business, being recognized as a most trusted representative of the parent concern.
It was at Springville, Wisconsin, on the 27th of May, 1894, that Mr. Bonnell was united in marriage to Miss Nina Cummings, also a native' of Adams county, Wisconsin, with whom he had been acquainted in their school days. Mrs. Bonnell was a teacher for several years prior to her marriage. She has become the mother of two sons and a daughter, namely: Russell H., who was born June 2, 1895; Lydia Ruth, born May 26, 1896; and Chester Perry, born January 1, 1901. The two eldest children are married. Russell wedded Ada Sant and Lydia Ruth is the wife of William H. Allsop.
Mr. Bonnell has always been a supporter of republican principles. He attained his majority in October, 1894, and in November of that year was elected town clerk of Springville, Wisconsin. He served for five terms in that position and was also town treasurer of Springville for a year. At the time he removed from Adams county, Wisconsin, in 1907 he was serving as chairman of the republican county central committee and resigned in order to remove to the west. Since becoming a resident of Grace he has been active in the public life of the community and is now clerk of the public schools and the high school. In the fall of 1918 he was elected to the Idaho state legislature. To take this office required a considerable financial sacrifice on his part, as the remuneration connected with it does not by any means compensate him for losses which he must sustain in other ways. He did not seek the position but was urged to become a candidate by his fellow townsmen, who recognized his ability and fidelity to duty and felt that he would most loyally serve his district and safeguard its interests in the legislature. He is now chairman of the committee on cities, towns and other municipal corporations.
The Masonic fraternity numbers Mr. Bonnell as one of its exemplary members and he is likewise connected with the Knights of Pythias. He also belongs to the Grace Commercial Club, of which he is the president. His interest in war work has been manifest in many tangible and helpful ways. He became chairman at Grace of the Bannock County Council of Defense and also chairman of the public safety commission at Grace. His labors along these lines indicate his public spirit and his devotion to duty, which none ever calls into question.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Alfred L. Bonnell, a retail lumber dealer who is now local manager at Grace for the Anderson & Sons Company, having its headquarters at Logan, Utah, came to Idaho in 1910 and for the past six years has made his home at Grace, where since 1914 he has occupied his present position. He is not only the local manager for the company at Grace but also holds some stock in the parent concern. The story of his life is the story of earnest endeavor followed by substantial success. He was born upon a farm in Adams county, Wisconsin, October 9, 1873, the only son of David T. and Marilla (Butler) Bonnell, both of whom have now passed away. The father, who followed the occupation of farming, was born in New Jersey and was taken to Wisconsin by his parents when but five years of age. He spent the remainder of his days in Adams county, that state, where the family home was established during the period of its pioneer development. It was in 1853 that his father, Charles P. Bonnell, located there and for more than a half century thereafter the Bonnell family was closely associated with many interests relating to the upbuilding of that portion of the country. David T. Bonnell, putting aside business cares at the time of the Civil war, served at the front with the Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Regiment. In his later years he filled various civic offices, occupied the position of town clerk at Springville, Wisconsin, and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1902, was serving for the third term as register of deeds of Adams county. His widow survived him for about a decade, passing away in 1912.
Alfred L. Bonnell is the only survivor of the family, for his two sisters as well as his parents have passed away. He was reared upon the old homestead farm in Adams county, Wisconsin, to the age of eighteen years and during that period attended the country schools, acquiring a fair English education. He afterward taught a term of school and at twenty years of age he entered the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he completed the agricultural course and was graduated with the class of 1896. For three years he was engaged in agricultural extension work in connection with the university, his duty being to instruct farmers along dairy lines, particularly on the subject of buttermaking. He later spent four years in Kansas City, Missouri, and installed a dairy plant near that city known as the Belton Jersey Dairy Company. He was subsequently for three years an instructor in athletics and manual training in the Kansas City high school. Returning to Adams county, Wisconsin, he spent four years as a farmer and lumber dealer and in 1907 he removed westward to Washington, where he resided for three years, engaged in the lumber business.
In 1910 Mr. Bonnell became a resident of Idaho. Though educated along dairy and agricultural lines, he found the lumber trade most congenial and through the period of his residence in this state has given his attention to the sale of lumber, becoming in 1914 the local manager at Grace for the Anderson & Sons Company of Utah. In this connection he is building up a good business, being recognized as a most trusted representative of the parent concern.
It was at Springville, Wisconsin, on the 27th of May, 1894, that Mr. Bonnell was united in marriage to Miss Nina Cummings, also a native' of Adams county, Wisconsin, with whom he had been acquainted in their school days. Mrs. Bonnell was a teacher for several years prior to her marriage. She has become the mother of two sons and a daughter, namely: Russell H., who was born June 2, 1895; Lydia Ruth, born May 26, 1896; and Chester Perry, born January 1, 1901. The two eldest children are married. Russell wedded Ada Sant and Lydia Ruth is the wife of William H. Allsop.
Mr. Bonnell has always been a supporter of republican principles. He attained his majority in October, 1894, and in November of that year was elected town clerk of Springville, Wisconsin. He served for five terms in that position and was also town treasurer of Springville for a year. At the time he removed from Adams county, Wisconsin, in 1907 he was serving as chairman of the republican county central committee and resigned in order to remove to the west. Since becoming a resident of Grace he has been active in the public life of the community and is now clerk of the public schools and the high school. In the fall of 1918 he was elected to the Idaho state legislature. To take this office required a considerable financial sacrifice on his part, as the remuneration connected with it does not by any means compensate him for losses which he must sustain in other ways. He did not seek the position but was urged to become a candidate by his fellow townsmen, who recognized his ability and fidelity to duty and felt that he would most loyally serve his district and safeguard its interests in the legislature. He is now chairman of the committee on cities, towns and other municipal corporations.
The Masonic fraternity numbers Mr. Bonnell as one of its exemplary members and he is likewise connected with the Knights of Pythias. He also belongs to the Grace Commercial Club, of which he is the president. His interest in war work has been manifest in many tangible and helpful ways. He became chairman at Grace of the Bannock County Council of Defense and also chairman of the public safety commission at Grace. His labors along these lines indicate his public spirit and his devotion to duty, which none ever calls into question.
Alfred L. Bonnell, a retail lumber dealer who is now local manager at Grace for the Anderson & Sons Company, having its headquarters at Logan, Utah, came to Idaho in 1910 and for the past six years has made his home at Grace, where since 1914 he has occupied his present position. He is not only the local manager for the company at Grace but also holds some stock in the parent concern. The story of his life is the story of earnest endeavor followed by substantial success. He was born upon a farm in Adams county, Wisconsin, October 9, 1873, the only son of David T. and Marilla (Butler) Bonnell, both of whom have now passed away. The father, who followed the occupation of farming, was born in New Jersey and was taken to Wisconsin by his parents when but five years of age. He spent the remainder of his days in Adams county, that state, where the family home was established during the period of its pioneer development. It was in 1853 that his father, Charles P. Bonnell, located there and for more than a half century thereafter the Bonnell family was closely associated with many interests relating to the upbuilding of that portion of the country. David T. Bonnell, putting aside business cares at the time of the Civil war, served at the front with the Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Regiment. In his later years he filled various civic offices, occupied the position of town clerk at Springville, Wisconsin, and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1902, was serving for the third term as register of deeds of Adams county. His widow survived him for about a decade, passing away in 1912.
Alfred L. Bonnell is the only survivor of the family, for his two sisters as well as his parents have passed away. He was reared upon the old homestead farm in Adams county, Wisconsin, to the age of eighteen years and during that period attended the country schools, acquiring a fair English education. He afterward taught a term of school and at twenty years of age he entered the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he completed the agricultural course and was graduated with the class of 1896. For three years he was engaged in agricultural extension work in connection with the university, his duty being to instruct farmers along dairy lines, particularly on the subject of buttermaking. He later spent four years in Kansas City, Missouri, and installed a dairy plant near that city known as the Belton Jersey Dairy Company. He was subsequently for three years an instructor in athletics and manual training in the Kansas City high school. Returning to Adams county, Wisconsin, he spent four years as a farmer and lumber dealer and in 1907 he removed westward to Washington, where he resided for three years, engaged in the lumber business.
In 1910 Mr. Bonnell became a resident of Idaho. Though educated along dairy and agricultural lines, he found the lumber trade most congenial and through the period of his residence in this state has given his attention to the sale of lumber, becoming in 1914 the local manager at Grace for the Anderson & Sons Company of Utah. In this connection he is building up a good business, being recognized as a most trusted representative of the parent concern.
It was at Springville, Wisconsin, on the 27th of May, 1894, that Mr. Bonnell was united in marriage to Miss Nina Cummings, also a native' of Adams county, Wisconsin, with whom he had been acquainted in their school days. Mrs. Bonnell was a teacher for several years prior to her marriage. She has become the mother of two sons and a daughter, namely: Russell H., who was born June 2, 1895; Lydia Ruth, born May 26, 1896; and Chester Perry, born January 1, 1901. The two eldest children are married. Russell wedded Ada Sant and Lydia Ruth is the wife of William H. Allsop.
Mr. Bonnell has always been a supporter of republican principles. He attained his majority in October, 1894, and in November of that year was elected town clerk of Springville, Wisconsin. He served for five terms in that position and was also town treasurer of Springville for a year. At the time he removed from Adams county, Wisconsin, in 1907 he was serving as chairman of the republican county central committee and resigned in order to remove to the west. Since becoming a resident of Grace he has been active in the public life of the community and is now clerk of the public schools and the high school. In the fall of 1918 he was elected to the Idaho state legislature. To take this office required a considerable financial sacrifice on his part, as the remuneration connected with it does not by any means compensate him for losses which he must sustain in other ways. He did not seek the position but was urged to become a candidate by his fellow townsmen, who recognized his ability and fidelity to duty and felt that he would most loyally serve his district and safeguard its interests in the legislature. He is now chairman of the committee on cities, towns and other municipal corporations.
The Masonic fraternity numbers Mr. Bonnell as one of its exemplary members and he is likewise connected with the Knights of Pythias. He also belongs to the Grace Commercial Club, of which he is the president. His interest in war work has been manifest in many tangible and helpful ways. He became chairman at Grace of the Bannock County Council of Defense and also chairman of the public safety commission at Grace. His labors along these lines indicate his public spirit and his devotion to duty, which none ever calls into question.
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