Individual Details
Marvin Monroe Bonney Sr.
(12 Nov 1910 - 31 May 1986)
Born at a farm on Mill Creek. Buried in Lesterville Memorial Cemetery.
One source of possible confusion is that there is more than one Mill Creek in Missouri. One is in Madison County near Fredricktown (actually, the town is spelled "Millscreek"). Another is just south of Lesterville in Reynolds County. I know that, because Marvin said he was born "...just South of Lesterville...on the old farm...up on Mill Creek..." This latter Mill Creek isn't the name of a town, but is actually a creek (notice he says "on" not "in") that runs parallel to highway 72 and then turns south until it joins up with Black River. Near there, Peola Road runs parallel to black river and then turns west along the Peola Branch (another creek or branch of Black River). Marvin's older siblings were apparently all born on a farm near this other creek. (Incidentally, a search of the USGS Geographic Names Information System on the internet turned up 73 different Mill Creeks in Missouri. Most are streams, but there are also schools, churches, cemeteries, etc. with this name.)
As a point of interest, I found a web site for a store called the "Peola Valley Store" (www.peolavalley.com) which sells hand made pottery, tiles, christmas ornaments, candles, etc. The web site (as of today, 1 Jun 2000) has the following description: "Located on Peola Road south of Lesterville, Missouri, beyond the creek and through the trees. The store is a pleasant walk from Wilterness Lodge or Black River Lodge and is within a short driving distance of all Black River area campgrounds."
Marvin worked at the Emerson plant in Ferguson, Missouri during WWII working on bomber turrets. He was a foreman in the turret lathe dept that made parts for the ball turrets.
After the war he quit Emerson and and went to work for Curtis Cable Co. as a maintenance machinist.
Around 1952 Marvin bought a farm on Taum Sauk mountain outside Lesterville and relocated the family there. You can no longer get to the property as it's on land owned by the electric company due to a hydroelectric plant built there around 1960.
Marvin was a a hard worker and an entrepenuer. During his lifetime he held many jobs, including driving trucks and working on oil drills down in Texas with his older brother. In the 50's he owned a gas station, in the 60's he and Pauline had a restaurant, and in the 70's he had his own construction business and went into business with two of his sons-in-law on a hardware store.
Marvin was a deacon in the Baptist church and active in the masonic lodge.
One source of possible confusion is that there is more than one Mill Creek in Missouri. One is in Madison County near Fredricktown (actually, the town is spelled "Millscreek"). Another is just south of Lesterville in Reynolds County. I know that, because Marvin said he was born "...just South of Lesterville...on the old farm...up on Mill Creek..." This latter Mill Creek isn't the name of a town, but is actually a creek (notice he says "on" not "in") that runs parallel to highway 72 and then turns south until it joins up with Black River. Near there, Peola Road runs parallel to black river and then turns west along the Peola Branch (another creek or branch of Black River). Marvin's older siblings were apparently all born on a farm near this other creek. (Incidentally, a search of the USGS Geographic Names Information System on the internet turned up 73 different Mill Creeks in Missouri. Most are streams, but there are also schools, churches, cemeteries, etc. with this name.)
As a point of interest, I found a web site for a store called the "Peola Valley Store" (www.peolavalley.com) which sells hand made pottery, tiles, christmas ornaments, candles, etc. The web site (as of today, 1 Jun 2000) has the following description: "Located on Peola Road south of Lesterville, Missouri, beyond the creek and through the trees. The store is a pleasant walk from Wilterness Lodge or Black River Lodge and is within a short driving distance of all Black River area campgrounds."
Marvin worked at the Emerson plant in Ferguson, Missouri during WWII working on bomber turrets. He was a foreman in the turret lathe dept that made parts for the ball turrets.
After the war he quit Emerson and and went to work for Curtis Cable Co. as a maintenance machinist.
Around 1952 Marvin bought a farm on Taum Sauk mountain outside Lesterville and relocated the family there. You can no longer get to the property as it's on land owned by the electric company due to a hydroelectric plant built there around 1960.
Marvin was a a hard worker and an entrepenuer. During his lifetime he held many jobs, including driving trucks and working on oil drills down in Texas with his older brother. In the 50's he owned a gas station, in the 60's he and Pauline had a restaurant, and in the 70's he had his own construction business and went into business with two of his sons-in-law on a hardware store.
Marvin was a deacon in the Baptist church and active in the masonic lodge.
Events
| Birth | 12 Nov 1910 | Lesterville, Reynolds, Missouri, USA |  | ||
| Marriage | 31 Mar 1934 | Anna Pauline Pinkley | | ||
| Death | 31 May 1986 | Lesterville, Reynolds, Missouri, USA | |||
| Burial | Lesterville, Reynolds, Missouri, USA |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Pauline Pinkley (1915 - ) |
| Child | Frances Eilene Bonney (1935 - 2003) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Richard Nelson Bonney (1944 - 2016) |
| Father | Richard Taylor Bonney (1871 - ) |
| Mother | Laura Jane Myers (1874 - ) |
| Sibling | William Franklin Bonney (1896 - 1977) |
| Sibling | Carrie Jane Bonney (1897 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Walter Clay Bonney (1898 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Donald Albert Bonney (1900 - ) |
| Sibling | Jesse Taylor Bonney (1902 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Edsel Bonney (1904 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Homer Tirl Bonney (1906 - ) |
| Sibling | Myrtle May Bonney (1908 - 2007) |
Endnotes
1. Frances Laramore, Donald Bonney, Susan Allen, Dorothy Swearingim, and Myrtle Bonney Goggin, Biography of Anna Pauline Pinkley Bonney and Marvin Monroe Bonney photocopy, Section 6/Page 2.
2. Anna Pauline (Pinkley) Bonney, Genealogy Notes of Anna Pauline (Pinkley) Bonney Photocopies in the possession of Gregory Neil Bonney.