History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 421, Astoria Township
William W. Bonnel, physician and surgeon, was born in Clermont
county, Ohio, Dec. 23, 1835. His father, Henry Bonnel, was by
trade a saddler and harness-maker, who moved to Griggsville, Pike Co.,
Ill., in 1850, and there our subject began the study of medicine under
Dr. J. B. Ensey, and at the expiration of three years spent at Rush
Medical College, Chicago, he graduated with high honors. He first
began to practice at Naples, Ill., and while residing there he united
his fortunes with Miss Jane Smith, daughter of the Hon. Dennis Smith,
of Carthage. Moving to Clayton he remained unitl 1865, when he
located at his old home in Griggsville, where his merits as a physician
gained hor him a large practice; thence to Clayton, and to Astoria in
1873. Of the marriage with Miss Smith 3 children were born, two
of whom are living, - Lizzie and May.
