Beckham County, OK - Obits: Christiana Bonewitz, 1921
15 Sep 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) 

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BONEWITZ, CHRISTIANA
(15 Sep 1921, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Mrs. W. A. Bonewitz, who has been seriously ill for some time past at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. W. Ben Turner, on Fourth street, died about 5
o'clock Tuesday afternoon.  The body was taken to her former home at
Maryville, Missouri, for burial, leaving yesterday noon.
Mrs. Bonewitz was 75 years of age, and has made her home with her daughter
in this city for upwards of two years past.
(Research:  Census, 1920, Oklahoma, Beckham Co, Sayre, 4th Street, ED 16,
pg 11A, #285/285 (T625-1451):
William B. Turner, age 45, b Mo; fb Eng; mb Ky; owns home/mortgage; Agent
(can't read product);
Lella O. Turner, age 40, b In; fb In; mb Oh;
William G. Turner, age 5, b Ok;
Edwin C. Turner, age 3 yrs 3 mos, b Ok;
Christiana Bonewitz, mother in law, age 74, widowed, b Oh; fb Pa; mb Oh.
Census, 1900, Missouri, Nodaway Co, Jackson Twp, ED 107, pg 3B, #49/49
(T623-878):
William A. Bonawitz (sic), age 54, b Jan 1846, In; fb Pa; mb Oh; farmer;
married 29 years;
Christiana Bonawitz, age 54, b Dec 1845, Oh; fb Pa; mb Oh; married 29
years; 9 children born, 6 living;
Gerald Bonawitz, age 17, b Mar 1883, Mo; attended school;
Thursa Bonawitz, age 15, b Oct 1884, Mo; attended school;
Edna Bonawitz, age 9, b Oct 1890, Mo; attended school.
Note:  Did not find online cemetery records (Aug 2007) for Maryville,
Nodaway Co, Mo.
Missouri State Archives Death Index: 1910-1956:
William Allen Bonewitz, born Jan 17, 1846; died Mar 23, 1911; buried
Miriam Cemetery, Maryville, Nodaway County, Mo.)