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Surnames: Bonham, Gill, Cullom,Mattingly, Lincoln,Cretz, Sowers
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Bonham & Gill, undertakers, and manufacturers of and dealers in furniture, Washington,
Ind., is a firm composed of M.L.Bonham, and Joseph H. Gill. Martin Luther Bonham, was
born in Dearborn County, Ind., March 4, 1827, and is a son of Zedekiah and Amelia
(Cullom) Bonham, natives, respectively of Virginia and Ohio. the subject of this sketch
was brought up on a farm by his parents, and received a limited common school education.
At the age of seventeen he learned the cabinet-maker's trade, in Hamilton County,
Ohio. He continued working at his trade and at the furniture business in that county
until 1862, when he removed to Washington, and entered the employ of John Mattingly, who
had established the present business some years previously. Six months later he entered
into partnership with his employer, and the firm enjoyed a prosperous business until Mr.
Mattingly's death in 1872. Mr. Bonham then conducted the business alone until 1874,
when he accepted as a partner J!
oseph H. Gill. This firm has continued ever since, and enjoys a large share of the trade
in this line. They are the leading undertakers in the city, and carry a full line of
furniture. Mr. Bonham is a Republican and a Royal Arch Mason. He was married, in 1847,
to Selana Lincoln, who died, leaving four children: George H., Mary (the wife of John
Cretz of, Harrison, Ohio), Zedekiah A., and Clifford L. In 1864, he was married to his
present wife Mrs. Sarah A. Sowers.
History of Knox and Daviess County Indiana
Goodspeed Publishing; Chicago; 1886
Page-752