San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 10/12/2009
JOSEPH WILLIAM BONNET
The owner of a forty-acre ranch in the third voting precinct of Ripon, where he conducts a dairy and farm under the South San Joaquin Irrigation District, and where he has resided since 1902, Joseph William Bonnet was born at Boerne, Kendall County, Texas, March 7, 1884. He is the son of the late John Charles Bonnet, who was born on the Alsace-Lorraine border, in Germany, and died in Texas in 1892, being then sixty-five years old. He was the second husband of Joseph Bonnet's mother, and served in the Civil War as first lieutenant. There were five children born to Mr. Bonnet's parents: Lillian Ann, wife of E.A. Schrader, a rancher near Ripon; Joseph William, of this review; Louise, wife of J.L. Kiernan, in the fuel and ice business in Turlock; Kate, wife of E.D. Hughes, a rancher six miles east of Turlock; and Alice, wife of Ray Watson, newspaper man at Fresno. Kate and Alice are twins. The mother's maiden name was Catherine Chambers. She was born in County Mayo, Ireland, and came to America and married Sebastian Farschon, her first husband, in Chicago, where he was a brick mason. Later they went to Texas, where Mr. Farschon died, leaving four children, namely: John W., formerly the blacksmith at Ripon (See his sketch in this work); George P. (deceased in Texas), who was married and left a widow and four children; William Austin, a rancher and ditch-tender near Ripon, where he owns forty acres; and Mary, who became the wife of Charles Moser, of Monterey, Old Mexico, where she died, leaving no children.
Joseph William Bonnet lived in Texas until sixteen years old. He came to California in 1900 and became a helper of his half-brother, John W. Farschon, in his blacksmith shop at Ripon. Two years later the mother and the rest of the family came out to California and they settled on the farm now owned and operated by Mr. Bonnet, which has been the Bonnet home-place ever since 1902.
Mr. Bonnet was married at Stockton, in 1909, to Miss Ethel W. Whitesides, a daughter of John L. and Mollie E. Whitesides, who came from Texas, where Mrs. Bonnet was also born. Her father was born in Kentucky, as was also her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Bonnet have six children: LeRoy S., Thelma M., Mildred A., John Joseph, Vera Amy, and James Alton. Mr. Bonnet has loyally lent his help and influence in furtherance of the general welfare, particularly so in the development of the South San Joaquin Irrigation District. He and his interesting family are highly regarded and mingle with the best families in the Ripon district.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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