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William Bonnifield (September 14, 1814 – November 18, 1875), also known as William Bounifield and William Bonnefield, was born in Randolph County, Virginia. In 1863, William was elected Mayor of Kansas City, however most of the City Council had sided with the South and cut off William’s pay. He held office for one month after which he resigned and moved to Denver, Colorado. ==History== William was born the second son of Rhodham and Sarah Nancy (Minear) Bonnifield. Sarah Nancy Minear was the daughter of David and Catherine (Saylor) Minear. William attended Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania in 1836/7 then joined his family in Iowa where they had moved. Between 1839 and 1840 several members of the Bonnifield family died in a cholera epidemic, Rhodham and Sarah were among those who died. William, being the second oldest son, cared for his younger siblings on the farm until 1848. On the 3rd of August 1843, William Bonnifield married Sarah Ann Jackson in Henry County, Iowa. By 1860 William Bonnifield and his family moved to Kansas City, Division Thirty-Five, Jackson County, Missouri. William was a Democrat, pro Union and anti Slavery. While living in Colorado William Bonnifield along with the McGee family mined in the Running Creek, Colorado area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Bonnifield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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