BIOGRAPHIES:  John L. BONETT, Cumberland, Barron County, WI

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John L. Bonett, for many years a horse fancier and dealer at Cumberland, and
now a real estate man of Everett, Wash., was born at Vermont, Jan. 12, 1866,
the son of John and Alice (Lynaugh) Bonett. He was brought to this state as an
infant and to Cumberland Township at the age of twelve years. He was raised in
the vicinity of the city, and as his own years increased, watched a little
struggling rural sawmill hamlet develop into a busy little city of over 1,500
people. He attended school, worked on the home farm, and helped his father in
his sawmills and in his store. It so happened that in his youth, the farmers
were just turning from the use of oxen and mules in this region to the use of
horses. From his earliest boyhood he became interested in them, and as a young
man, began dealing in them. He had a large sales stable just south of the
city, and not only bought, sold, bred and traded horses, but also did
considerable racing, and kept some excellent speedsters. In this business he
became widely known in this and surrounding counties, and in building up his
own trade he also did much to increase the standards of horses in this
immediate region. In 1919 he moved to Everett, Wash., where he is engaged in
the real estate business. He owns several residences there, and will there
continue to make his home. He was married March 11, 1898, to Matilda Ostrum,
born March 25, 1866. This union has been blessed with one son, Lester M., who
was born March 1, 1899.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pp.  320-321.