Rash's Surname Index
Notes for William Martin BONSALL
William Martin Bonsall, only child of Spencer and Eleanor Crosby (Martin) Bonsall, was born in Philadelphia, October 7, 1855, and resides at 4410 Locust street. He was educated at Friends Central School, and the Protestant Episcopal Academy. He was a member of the Society of the Alumni of the Academy, and until 1878 was employed at the library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, of which his father was many years assistant librarian. He was later employed as a topographical draughtsman, but has lived retired since 1891. He was a member of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, from 1878 to 1890, taking a very active interest in the organization, passing through all the grades, from a private in Company A, First Regiment, to the rank of second lieutenant of his company; and is a member of the Veteran Corps of the First Regiment, and of the "Old Guard" of Company A. He has been a member of Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution, since its organization in 1888; is a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Mercantile Library Association.
Mr. Bonsall was married April 3, 1893, at the Protestant Episcopal Church of The Transfiguration, West Philadelphia, to Helen, daughter of Charles Ferdinand and Helen M. Klauder. They have one daughter, Eleanor Crosby Martin Bonsall, who is a member of the Junior Auxiliary, Sons and Daughters of the Revolution, being eligible as a great-great-great-granddaughter of Captain John Crosby.
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