NameRosa Bell Bright
Spouses
Birth16 Jun 1863, Tucker Co., West Virginia
Death14 Jun 1955, Tucker Co., West Virginia
FatherWilliam James Bonner Jr. (~1829-1876)
MotherMary Jane Pennington (1838-1891)
Unmarried
Notes for Rosa Bell Bright
Note: Martin V. Bonner and Rose Bell Bright were never married but had children together.
Notes for Martin Van Buren (Spouse 1)
179Martin VanBuren Bonner lived with Rosa Belle Bright after the death of Eliza Jane and fathered several children with her. She gave them all her maiden name of Bright that she took back after her divorce from her first husband Charles Mace Davis. Some of these Brights are still living and still own the original farm in Red Creek where Martin VanBuren Bonner is buried on top the mountain next to the house.

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184Debbie Pennington Britner - Aug 4, 2008   View | Viewers
Categories: Bonner, Obituaries, Pennington
   
Parsons--Martin V. Bonner, 92, farmer and lifelong resident of Tucker County, died yesterday at his home.
Born July 7, 1863, at Red Creek, he was a son of the late William and Mary (Pennington) Bonner.
Surviving are five sons, C. U. Bonner, Red Creek; Sturley Bonner, Sully; Eston Bonner, Hendricks, and Clifford Bonner, Cleveland; six daughters, Mrs. Mabel Miller, Pine Grove; Mrs. Freddie Bennett, Red Creek; Mrs. Pearl Timmons, St. Albans; Mrs. Thelma Bonner, Burbank, Alaska; Mrs. Goldie Stroble, Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Stella Feeney, Cumberland; 50 grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren.
He was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church of Red Creek.
The body will remain at the Greenlief Funeral Home in Parsons, until services at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Mill Run Church with Rev. G. Bland Brady, Parsons EUB minister, officiating. Interment will be in the family cemetery on Snyder Mountain near Elk.
Cumberland Evening Times--July 15, 1955
Notes for Martin Van Buren & Rosa Bell (Family)
Note: lived together aft 1927 never married
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