A family military history.

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As far as I know right now, my brother James and I are the first two Marines in the family tree. I'm still doing research, so new information could re-arrange my present knowledge somewhat dramatically. To the best of my present knowledge there have been bonesteels serving this nation in the Armed Forces since the early 1720's. I'll post what I can, but it has not been sorted properly at this time, so bear with me. We've nbeen privates and gGenerals, served in the Colonial Army and in every major conflict since. Mr guess is, there'll be Bonesteels serving this nation in such fashion for some time to come.

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. One of this man's descendents became a General in the Army. This is a partial unit roster for Connecticut





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Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 11:37:17 -0300
From: "paul.petersen" <paul.petersen@worldnet.att.net>
To: Jim Rothgeb <jrothgeb@99main.com>
Subject: Re: Submissions

jim, here's the ct. muster roll for the spanish-american war for
the genweb page...

cheers,paul

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Index to; Record of Service of Connecticut Men
In the Army, Navy & Marine Corps of the United
States in the Spanish-American War, Phillipine
Insurection, and China Relief Expedition from
April 21, 1898 to July 4, 1904. Compiled by
Authority of General Assembly under direction
of Adjutant General. HARTFORD

name/page no.

Abbey, George, 137
Abbott, Charles, 95
Abbott, William H., 52
Abel Alfred A., 91
Abel, Arthur A., 90
Abendroth, William G., 150
Abercrombie, Robert, 169
Abetz, William, 60
Aborn, George N., 55
AAbrahamson, John W., 60
AAckerman, Sidney W., 68
Adams, Francis M., 191
Adams, Henry T., 188
Adams, John H. 177
Adams, Lester J., 77
Addis, Emmett, 198
Adlard, James, 169
Adler, Harry S., 77
Adolphson, Charles D., 60
Ahearn, Henry P., 108
Ahern, Edward F., 86
Ahern, John, 161
Ahern, William H., 113
Aichler, Joseph G, 91
Aitken, James C., 73
Albecker, Edward, 118
Albert, John B., 201
Albert, John H., 146
Aldrich, Harry, 137
Alexander, Frank, 169
Alexander, James, 169
Alger, Russell A., 13, 14, 36
Allan, James, 169
Allen, Henry, 118
Allen, Lucien O., 141
Allen, Walter H., 184-186
Allen, William C., 169
Allen, William H., 141
Allis, Franklin W., 176
Almy, Leonard B., 19, 193
Alves, Charles, 108
Alvord, Fred E., 169
Amesbury, John H., 156
Ammann, Louis, 91
Amrich, Andrew, 156
Anderson, Albert, 73
Anderson, August, 81
Anderson, Carl, 126
Anderson, Charles, 64, 169
Anderson, Charles A., 63, 64
Anderson, Charles F., 60
Anderson, Charles J., 160
Anderson, Charles R., 55
Anderson, Elmer J., 161
Anderson, Fred T., 191
Andres, Charles, 167
Andrews, George, 36
Andrews, William W., 204
Andrulis, John, 204
Angley, Frank J., 108
Angus, John E., 140, 201
Aninger, Benjamin C., 52
Aninger, Frank B, 161
Anketelle, Arthur M., 188
Anthony, George H., 91
Anthony, Gould R., 136
Applegate, Willilam A., 186
Appleton, Frederick L., 86
Arms, Frank T., 199
Arms, Theodore J., 199
Armstrong, Joseph P., 146
Arnold, Alfred C., 69
Arnold, Isaac Jr., 196
Arnold, Sylvester E., 55
Arvine, Earlliss P., 188
Ash, George J., 151
Ashton. John T.. 169
Ashton, Louis H., 122
Ashwell, Robert R., 86
Aspinall, Henry, 113
Asselin, Oscar L., 127
Aston, Ralph, 199
Atchison, George, 77
Audette, Alfred, 113
Audette, Elmer, 113
Auld, Robert B., 169
Austin, Ernest E., 55
Austin, James, 118
Averill, Frederick L., 186
Avery, Charles, 94
Aveson, Alfred, 73
Ayers, Samuel L. P. l99
Babcock, Conrad S., 197
Babcock, John B., 195
Babson, Charles 13., 200
Bacon, Clarence W., 101
Bacon, Lewis T., 81
Bacon, William, 64
Bailey, Elmer E., 132
Bailey, Gilbert A., 127
Bailey, Herbert G., 33, 68
Bailey, James C., 47
Bailey, Philip H., 77
Baird, George W., 196
Baisly, John W., 160
Baker, Alexander, 141
Baker, Eddy N. G., 126
Baker, Frederick, 169
Baker, Matthew M., 77
Baker, Stephet D., 186
Baker, William H., 151
Baldwin, Albert E., 169
Baldwin; Henry F., 189
Balf, Edward, Jr., 64
Balf, Edward P., 204
Ball, Benjamin H., 186
Ball, Charles V., 177
Bangs, Merwin B., 161
Banks, William R., 60
Banner, William H., 90
Bannon, John J., 201
Barber, Artllur W., 190
Barber, Edward, 95
Barber, Frederiek, 103
Barber, George H., 199
Barber, M., 29
Barber, William R., 86
Barden, William J., 196
Bardwell, George W., 169
Barker, Alfred, 86
Barker, Charles E., 101
Barlow, John A., 51
Barlow, Nathan F., 108
Barlow, Stephen M., 198
Barnes, Anson D., 167
Barnes, Charles A., 168
Barnes, Charles C., 161
Barnes C.Harry, 132#
Barnes, Eugene F., 59
Barnes, George W., 59
Barnes, Harry L., 156
Barnes, Philo H., 113
Barnes, William H., 60
Barnett, James H., 55
Barnett, William L., 161
Barnum, Howard S., 95
Barrett, Clarence R., 208
Barrett, Harry A., 186
Barrett, James J., 177
Barrett, Michael, 137
Barrett, Richard M., 95
Barrows, Charles D., 86
Barrows, George H., 191
Barrows, Michael, 52
Barry, Frederick L., 204
Barry, Joseph, 108
Barry, Michael F., 73
Bartlett, Albert C., 56
Barton, Frederick A., 201
Barton, George J.., 161
Barton, Jason H., 69
Barton, Seymour B., 78
Barton, William John, 208
Bartram, Howard H., 90
Barwick, John, 169
Baseley, William, 167
Bassen, William, 209
Bassett, Edwin B., 137
Bassett, Merton W., 86
Bates, Arthur E., 127
Bauer, George W., 177
Baumann, John, 113
Baxter, George S., 189
Baxter, John, 141
Baynes, Ernest H. 146
Beach, Alburton C., l77, 204
Beach, Francis G., 10, 135 175, 176
Beach, Joseph W., 187
Beach, Rodmond V., 19, 194
Beach, Sidney, 161
Beach, Wilbur F., 101
Beagan, John H., 150
Beard, Fred B., 137
Beardsley, William H., 177
Beauchamp, Camille J., 156
Beauchamp, George G., 86
Beauehamp, William, 204
Beaudry, Henry, 132
Beaudry, Joseph, 132
Beaumont, James A., 56
Beaune, Edward P., 52
Becker, Frederick, 48
Beckett, William H., 64
Beckwith, Frank L., 118
Beckwith, Julius H., 69
Beebe, Robert L., 85
Beecher, Norman B., 161
Beers, Robert C., 190
Beh, Frederick G., 59
Behrend, Joseph J., 73
Belcher, Gregory, 69
Belden, Walter S., 59
Belisle, Tancrede, 52
Bell, Archibald M., 161
Bell, William, 169
Bellrose, Ulrie, 132
Bemis, Byron W., 117
Bendtzen, Hans C., 151
Benjamin, James H., 113
Benner, Burnham C., 161
Bennet, Patrick, 141
Bennett, Clarence O., 161
Benllett, Lewis J., 52
Bennett Lewis L., 103
Bennett, Thomas A., 48
Benoit, Juter, 132
Benoit, Napoleon, 127
Benson, Anna Matilda, 209
Benson, Axel M., 91
Bentley, John J., 107
Benton, Winfred W., 186
Benway, Peter, 132
Benway, Peter H., 123
Benziger, Frederick C., 91
Berardinelli, Peter S., 103
Berggian, Alexander, 73
Berkedal, Edward, 151
Bernard, Isadore, 52
Berry, Howard, 190
Berry, Lewis 0., 141
Berthel, Rudolph C., 141
Bertig, William F., 156
Bess, Charles, 177
Best Edward L., 187
Best, George W., 186
Bevins, Walter L., 90
Beyer, Louis A., 177
Bibeau, David, 132
Bibeault, Eugene N., 201
Bickford, Louis H., 91
Bigelow, Henry W., 189
Billings, Fred H., 69
Binck, Charles E., 56
Bingham, Theodore H., 196
Birath, Gustaf, 73
Birge, Nathan R., 161
Birmingham, Austin A., 59
Bishop, Clarke S., 140
Bishop, Giles, Jr., 140, 175, 176, 200
Bishop, Nathaniel W., 186
Bissell, Arthur H., 161
Bissell, Herbert G., 189
Bissland, John K., 209
Bivens, James M., 103
Black, John W., 151
Blackledge, John T., 118
Blackman, John S., 100
Blake, Charles L., 52
Blake, Frank, 48
Blake, Frederick C., 141
Blake, John T., 51, 204
Blake, William F., 141
Blake, William H., 132
Blakeman, Robert S., 199
Bakeslee, Charles W., 169
Blakeslee, Fred G., 189
Blakesley, Charles P., 64
Blanchard, Frederick C., 141
Blanchette, Herman, 132
Bland, Charles E., 123
Bleasius, William P., 48
Blicher, August W., 78
Blieske, Henry C., 178
Bliven, George L., 113
Bliven, John L., 123
Bloom, Emil, 95
Bloom, Emil G., 60
Bloom, William W., 149
Bloomer, Howard J., 126,
Blythe, Walter, 155
Boerner, George F., 186
Bofird, Maxwell, 91
Bogart, John D., 161
Bogue, Philip L., 52
Bohan, Michael T., 161
Bohan, William H., 204
Boivin, Adolph, 127
Boles, John, Jr., 108
Bollard, George, 141
Bolt, Jerome L., 169
Bolton, Edwin F., 91
Bonesteel, Charles H., 198
Bonfoey, Bayard C., 68
Boniface, John D., 85
Bonnell, Joseph F., 146
Bonton, Louis C., 209
Booth, Olin R., 198
Boquist, Martin, 81
Borchard, Ferdinand L., 91
Borland, Henry L., 86
Born, Frank J., 161
Boswell, William S., 145
Bosworth, Charles H., 78
Bosworth, Fred E., 185, 189
Botsford, John, Jr., 146
Botwright, George, 169
Bower, Clarellce A., 91
Bowen, Charles B., 14, 20, 35, 90
Bowen, Edward, 78
Bowen, Fred, 127
Bowron, Frank J., 169
Boyle, John, 104
Boyle, Thomas J., 64

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This list is not complete. Some evidence has pointed to another Bonesteel who deserted to go home to work his family farm for the season. It was a common occurence. There is evidence of another Bonesteel or even two who did time at Andersonville. One account has him dying there, another has him surviving. Evidence of an un-named Bonesteel exists who was in another Confederate prison camp, but no other evidence has been found of his existence prior to or after the war at this time.





Soldier Names

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No. Soldier Name Side Function Regiment Name
1
Bonesteel, Albert L.
Union
Artillery
15th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery

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2
Bonesteel, Alfred
Union
Infantry
80th Regiment, New York Infantry

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3
Bonesteel, Almon
Union
Infantry
188th Regiment, New York Infantry

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4
Bonesteel, Charles A.
Union
Infantry
5th Regiment, New York Infantry

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5
Bonesteel, Daniel
Union
Cavalry
2nd Regiment, US Cavalry (Regular Army)

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6
Bonesteel, Daniel
Union
Infantry
19th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

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7
Bonesteel, David
Union
Infantry
177th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

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8
Bonesteel, David H.
Union
Infantry
125th Regiment, New York Infantry

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9
Bonesteel, Ezra
Union
Cavalry
6th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry

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10
Bonesteel, George E.
Union
Infantry
125th Regiment, New York Infantry

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11
Bonesteel, George H.
Union
Cavalry
6th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry

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12
Bonesteel, Jacob W.
Union
Infantry
125th Regiment, New York Infantry

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13
Bonesteel, James H.
Union
Infantry
37th Regiment, New York Infantry National Guard (30 days, 1864)

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14
Bonesteel, James H.
Union
Infantry
37th Regiment, New York Infantry State Militia (30 days, 1863)

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15
Bonesteel, James P.
Union
Infantry
80th Regiment, New York Infantry

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16
Bonesteel, John
Union
Infantry
120th Regiment, New York Infantry

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17
Bonesteel, John H.
Union
Artillery
1st Regiment, Minnesota Heavy Artillery

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18
Bonesteel, John I.
Union
Cavalry
3rd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

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19
Bonesteel, John I.
Union
Cavalry
3rd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

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20
Bonesteel, John Q.
Union
Cavalry
3rd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry

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21
Bonesteel, Levi
Union
Cavalry
6th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry

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22
Bonesteel, Marvin
Union
Cavalry
21st Regiment, New York Cavalry

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23
Bonesteel, Philip H.
Union
Infantry
40th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry

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24
Bonesteel, S. M.
Union
Cavalry
19th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry (6 months)

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25
Bonesteel, Theodore
Union
Infantry
2nd Regiment, New York Infantry

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26
Bonesteel, William J.
Union
Infantry
37th Regiment, Iowa Infantry

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27
Bonesteel, William J.
Union
Infantry
126th Regiment, New York Infantry

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There was an un-named Bonesteel who lead a calvary troop in Colorado in the 1860's. I have yet to locate his name and unit. This again is only a partial rister of service members from this state.





Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration


Colorado State Archives


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Colorado Volunteers Transcript of Records
-B-
Last Name
First Name
Company
Regiment
Page
Other
86


Blore
Wm. R.
D
3rd
129


Blum
Anton
M
3rd
176


Bobst
Robt. P.
F
2nd
215


Boehmler
Phillip
H
2nd
230


Boemhler
Phillip
L
2nd
253


Boggs
Oliver
M
3rd
173


Bohn
John D.
B
1st
15


Boles
Jas. A.
F
1st
56


Bolter
Charles
D
1st
33


Bond
John W.
H
2nd
227


Bonesteel
J.P.
H
1st
72
Bonesteel,Jacob P

Bonesteel
Jacob
P
F&S
2
Bonteel

Bonham
Jacob D.
K
1st
88


Bonn
John A.
D
1st
28


Bonson
Wm. A.
D
1st
26


Boon
George H.
IND
BAT
108


Boon
Jas. T.
IND
BAT
109


Booth
John
A
3rd
113


Booth
Jos. W.
K
3rd
162


Borchart
Joachim
L
2nd
256
Borchert, Joachim

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*
INDEX OF AWARDS
ON CLAIMS OF THE
SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812
Bogert - Bowen
By Holice and Debbie


# Name Residence Amount
5,325 Bogert, Peter Delaware County, NY 58.00
1,213 Bogert, Peter V. D. Colchester, NY 57.00
3,479 Boggs, Robert Prattsburgh, NY 55.00
1,002 Boice, John C. Seneca County, NY 15.75
8,330 Bois, John A., Caroline, NY 52.00
4,742 Bolange, Julius Chazy, NY 50.00
1,627 Bolles, Alexander Franklin County, NY 53.00
810 Bolles, Edward Long Island, NY 52.00
12,583 Bolles, Nathaniel Easton, Erie County, NY 70.00
1,334 Bolt, Selick Onondaga County, NY 70.00
8,473 Bonesteel, Lodowick, by Widow Troy, NY 12.00
13,747 Bonesteel, Lodowick L. by Administrator Troy, NY 11.00
5,888 Bonesteel, Nich. Great valley, NY 73.00
7.032 Bond, Barnet Kingsbury, NY 78.00
7,899 Bonds, Barnet Sandy Hill, NY 77.90
5,962 Bond, Elijah Madison County, NY 25.00
4,409 Bond, Josiah Lima, NY 55.00
8,682 Bond, Jonathan E. Ellenburgh, NY 50.00
4,893 Bond, Lawrence Hempstead, NY 54.00
1,565 Bond, Marble Madison County, NY 39.00
10,776 Bond, William, Jr. Chautauqua County, NY 11.00
7,663 Bonner, John C., by Administrator Redfield, Oswego County, NY 25.50
17,308 Bonney, Oliver Du Page County, IL 12.00
7,867 Bonney, Walter Big Prairie, MI 38.50
5,768 Bonstadt, Jacob Minden, Montgomery County, NY 50.50
17,115 Bookstaver, Levi Montgomery, Orange County, NY 58.00
4,014 Bookstaver, Moses Benton, Yates County, NY 54.00
10,164 Boom, Mathew, by Widow Albany, NY 55.00
1,424 Boomer, Oliver Ellisburgh, NY 67.00
15,972 Boon, Francis Outagamie County, WI 38.00
14,365 Boon, Moses W. McHenry County, IL 13.00
12,382 Booram, John R. Freedom, NY 58.00
2,564 Boorom, Aaron Oakland, NY 55.00
6,530 Boorom, John Covert, Seneca County, NY 58.00
417 Booth, Cyrus Richmond, Ontario County, NY 58.00
12,095 Booth, Elisha Remsen, Oneida County NY 20.00
8,773 Booth, Elijah Pawling, Dutchess County 58.00
12,000 Booth, Elihu Russia, Herkimer County, NY 28.50
9,093 Booth, Moses Putnam County, NY 58.50
6.963 Booth, John M. Ray, Macomb County, MI 55.00
5,635 Booth, Joseph Sanford, Broome County 41.50
16,664 Booth, Samuel S. Kirtland, Lake County, OH 38.00
10,749 Booth, William Popoli, Cattaraugus, NY 75.00
12,290 Boots, Samuel Potter, Yates County, NY 58.00
15,756 Borchers, Henry NY 50.00
15,828 Borland, John, by Widow Barton, Tioga County, NY 6.50
8,838 Borst, Henry Cortland County, NY 54.00
3,186 Borst, Peter I. Middleburgh, NY 55.00
13,008 Bortels, Benoni L. Petersburg, MI 60.00
5,657 Boyt, Christian, by Administrator Ellisburgh, Jefferson County, NY 58.00
61 Bortles, Philip A. Cicero, NY 85.00
2,898 Boss, Charles Ashport, Cattaraugus County, NY 33.00
11,921 Boss, Jonathan Floyd, Oneida County, NY 19.00
3,197 Boss, Wm. by Administrator Hope, Hamilton County, NY 55.00
13,762 Bosworth, Benjamin Pittstown, NY 11.00
12,648 Bosworth, Elijah Strongsville, Cuyahoga County, OH 55.00
2,703 Bosworth, Fenner Lowville, NY 48.00
5,688 Bosworth, Gardner German, NY 58.00
7,767 Bosworth, Jabez Washington County, NY 14.50
13,714 Bosworth, Roswell Adams, NY 56.00
8,265 Boucher, John Sodus, Wayne County, NY 60.00
5,193 Bouck, Abm, by Widow Schoharie, NY 100.00
8,835 Bouck, Abraham Royalton, NY 95.00
2,837 Boughton, De Forest Ontario County, NY 8.00
12,533 Boughton, Eliad Geauga County, OH 73.00
9,305 Boughton, Jehiel Nassau, Rensselaer County NY 38.50
16,173 Boughton, John NY 50.00
6,274 Boughton, Urial Steuben County, NY 58.00
16,875 Bounds, Cornelius, by Widow Albany, NY 60.00
11,674 Bouton, Charles Rye, Westchester County, NY 58.00
2,254 Bouton, David Delaware County, NY 55.00
5,436 Bovee, Henry Union, Broome County, NY 55.00
10,842 Bovee, Isaac Seneca County, OH 58.00
15,102 Bovee, Nicholas Jackson County, WI 11.50
14,627 Bowdish, Joseph, by Widow Hamilton County, NY 55.00
344 Bowen, Elijah Marcellus, NY 66.00
2,628 Bowen, Esquire B. Amsterdam, NY 47.00
2,690 Bowen, Jacob Lowville, Lewis County, NY 68.00
16,469 Bowen, Martin Mechanicsburgh, OH 20.00
13,347 Bowen, Thomas, by Son-In-Law Oakland, WI 60.00
7,659 Bowen, Romeo Cooperstown, NY 58.00
1,437 Bowen, Samuel G. Ledyard, NY 17.50
4,431 Bowen, Samuel G. Ledyard, NY 35.00


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Albany, 1880
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POLICY AND DIRECTION: THE FIRST YEAR
Page xvii

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Page 1



The Koreans age 9

Under pressure to produce a paper as quickly as possible, members of the Policy Section began work late at night on 10 August. They discussed possible surrender zones, the allocation of American, British, Chinese, and Russian occupation troops to accept the surrender in the zone most convenient to them, the means of actually taking the surrender of the widely scattered Japanese military forces, and the position of Russia in the Far East. They quickly decided to include both provisions for splitting up the entire Far East for the surrender and definitions of the geographical limits of those zones. [16]

The Chief of the Policy Section, Col. Charles H. Bonesteel, had thirty minutes in which to dictate Paragraph 1 to a secretary, for the Joint Staff Planners and the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee were impatiently awaiting the result of his work. Colonel Bonesteel thus somewhat hastily decided who would accept the Japanese surrender. His thoughts, with very slight revision, were incorporated into the final directive. [17]

Bonesteel's prime consideration was to establish a surrender line as far north as he thought the Soviets would accept. He knew that Russian troops could reach the southern tip of Korea before American troops could arrive. He knew also that the Russians were on the verge of moving into Korea, or were already there. The nearest American troops to Korea were on Okinawa, 600 miles away. His problem therefore was to compose a surrender arrangement which, while acceptable to the Russians, would at the same time prevent them from seizing all of Korea. If they refused to confine their advance to North Korea, the United States would be unable to stop them.

At first Bonesteel had thought of surrender zones conforming to the provincial boundary lines. But the only map he had in his office was hardly adequate for this sort of distinction. The 38th Parallel, he noted, cut Korea approximately through the middle. If this line was agreeable to President Truman and to Generalissimo Stalin, it would place Seoul and a nearby prisoner of war camp in American hands. It would also leave enough land to be apportioned to the Chinese and British if some sort of quadripartite administration became necessary. Thus he decided to use the 38th Parallel as a hypothetical line dividing the zones within which Japanese forces in Korea would surrender to appointed American and Russian authorities.

The determination of the surrender zones for the Pacific involved other countries besides Korea. Since the job had to be done in a hurry, Colonel Bonesteel had the paragraphs of the general order rushed through the Chief of the Strategy and Policy Group, Brig. Gen. George A. Lincoln, to the Joint Staff Planners who were meeting in an all-night session. This channel was the same as for all important military policy papers in 1945. Drafts were routed in turn through General Lincoln, the Joint Planners, the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy, until they finally reached the President.

[16] (1) Ibid. (2) See also Truman, Memoirs, II, 317.

[17] The remainder of this subsection is based on McGrath, U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict, pp. 40-53.

Page 10

When Bonesteel's draft paper reached the Joint Planners in the pre-dawn hours of 11 August, Admiral M. B. Gardner suggested moving the surrender line north to the 39th Parallel, a recommendation that the planners believed the Navy Secretary, James C. Forrestal, favored. Gardner pointed out that the 39th Parallel would place Dairen in the military zone to be occupied by the Americans. General Lincoln, however, felt that the Russians would hardly accept a surrender line that barred them from Dairen and other parts of the Liaotung Peninsula; besides, American units would have great difficulty reaching the Manchurian port ahead of the Russians. Calling Assistant Secretary of State James Dunn, Lincoln ascertained that his opinion was shared. Mr. Dunn believed that Korea was more important politically to the United States than Dairen, and he felt this to be the view of Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. As a result, the 38th Parallel remained in the draft when the Joint Planners handed the general order to the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee.

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David Larry Bonesteel from Michigan.

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This was taken from a site that list graveyards and burial locations. There are many more similiar listings for Bonesteels.


Bonesteel, Thomas Elroy, b. 08/25/1923, d. 05/21/1994, US Army, SFC, Res: Santa Rosa, CA, Plot: CA 0 2845, bur. 06/08/1994
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... Bonesteel, Dorothy D, b. 05/10/1920, d. 01/24/1964, US Army, SGT, Res: Washington, DC, Plot: 43 0 280, bur. 01/28/1964, [VA]
Bonesteel, John Martin, b. 06/09/1917, d. 12/13/1999, US Army, CPL, Res: South Bethany Beach, DE, Plot: 43 0 280, bur. 12/22/1999, [VA] ...

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Bonesteel, Bertrand A, d. 12/27/1938, SGT BAK CO NO 349 QM CORPS, Plot: D-SOU1180-A, bur. 12/29/1938, *

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Bonesteel, Norman E, b. 04/10/1919, d. 12/25/1944, PVT 310 INF REGT 80 INF DIV US ARMY, Plot: E 126, bur. 08/18/1949, *

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Bonesteel, Thomas Elroy, b. 08/25/1923, d. 05/21/1994, US Army, SFC, Res: Santa Rosa, CA, Plot: CA 0 2845, bur. 06/08/1994

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Bonesteel, Thomas Elroy, b. 08/25/1923, d. 05/21/1994, US Army, SFC, Res: Santa Rosa, CA, Plot: CA 0 2845, bur. 06/08/1994

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The Nicholaus listed here is the Third generation of four Nicholaus/ The first immigrated from Palatine, Germeny. His wife was from Prussia. That first Niklaas Penenstehl arived in the Colonies in New York in 1710 with his wife and one son. There is evidence to suggest that he had either two sons or a younger relative with him, but I've only found the one for sure. Niklaas was in his mid forties.





15. Anna Margreda4 STAATS (Johannis3, Johann Henrich2, Theib1), christened 4 Aug 1760 in Reform Church, Red Hook, Dutchess Co, New York. She married abt 1780 Nicholas BONESTEEL.


Notes for Anna Margreda STAATS

SOURCE: Reformed Church Of Reyn Beeck [now Red Hook]:47 wit of bp Johannes

Scherb & wife Anna Margreta Hartman Prob mar Nicholas Bonesteel


Notes for Nicholas BONESTEEL

SOURCE: History Of Rhinebeck by E M Smith [1881]:202-3




Children of Anna Margreda STAATS and Nicholas BONESTEEL were as follows:

40 i Catharina5 BONESTEEL, christened 1 Jun 1783 in St Paul's, Red Hook, Dutchess Co, New York. SOURCE: St Paul's Lutheran Church Red Hook NY 1730-1899 by Arthur Kelly [1971]: 95:2080 wit of bp Philip Staats & Anna Maria Bender [uncle]

41 ii Johannes5 BONESTEEL, christened 19 Jun 1785 in St Paul's, Red Hook, Dutchess Co, New York. SOURCE: St Paul's Lutheran Church Red Hook NY 1730-1899 by Arthur Kelly [1971]: 103:2257 wit of bp Johannes Staats & wife Lena Ries [uncle]

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General Bonesteel was apparently somehow involved in the Pueblo incident, too. I haven't had time to look it over yet.


http://www.koreanwar.org/html/units/dmz/dmz_pueblo.htm










You'll find a Major Ron Bonesteel mentioned a time or two early on. Don't know what branch of the family he is from yet.





http://call.army.mil/fmso/RED-STAR/issues/JUL94/JUL94.HTML

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Note: quite a number of Bonesteel women married service members or had children who became service members. I'm going there just yet! LOL.



MEMOIRS
Contribued by Betty Bonesteel Wilson

Recollections of days long past are preserved in the memories of Joannah Adams Frank with additional insight provided by Joannah Elizabeth Adams Rowe "adopted" dau. of Joannah Frank. This treasure trove covering over 100 years fills 13 legal-size pages.

1804 was the year that Aaron Adams and Elizabeth Bonesteel, (daughter of Philip Bonesteel and Maria Alendorf) gave birth to their second child, Joannah at Pine Hill in Ulster Co, NY; a daughter, Laura had arrived two years previously. Joannah Adams began her memoirs by recounting the early years in Ulster Co, where her father had built a beautiful home for his family -- a house that served as a general store and post office, a bar-room, living quarters and sleeping rooms for the black folks who worked for the family. The second floor was a ballroom which was used for dances as well as a "Free Mason's Lodge;" nearby was her father's blacksmith shop. Besides being Justice of the Peace, her father held other town offices.

Joannah's characterizations of the personalities and physical makeup of her many relatives, family slaves and description of the countryside are very vivid. Common place events are interwoven to add insight to every day life.

The War of 1812 found her father beginning military training at Staten Island, NY. He returned home six weeks later following the declaration of peace.

Aaron Adams, was elected to the NYS Legislature and it was during this period that "the bill came before the House to put in a Canal from Lake Erie to the Atlantic. When the vote was called ... His answer was 'Nay.'" Joannah recounts her father's two trips to the Genesee Country following the Legislative session in Albany. He was so impressed with the land, he purchased 160 acres and in 1814 - 1815 he sold the beautiful home at Pine Hill and moved the family to Livingston County, about two miles from Mt. Morris.

In her memoirs she wrote "if my father could have looked into the future and have seen the trouble that came to us children by this move, he would have turned back to the old home at the foot of Pine Hill. Perhaps it is best that we cannot look ahead and see what is in store for us as we journey through life."

Trouble began, the year following their move to Mt. Morris, after her father had built a house on his land. Her mother contacted typhus fever and died only to be followed to the grave just a short time later by her father. "We children were left all alone in the wilderness." Relatives advised breaking up the family so the children were scattered and never lived together again as a family.

At this juncture, apparently, Elizabeth Rowe picks up the narrative and recounts occurances told to her by Joannah Frank and blends them with her own experiences.

Joannah Adams after a time went to live with her Grandfather Bonesteel where she met, Jacob Frank a young German from Baltimore, who she married -- they moved to New Jersey where he worked in a large glass factory as a glassblower. After a period they returned to Mt. Morris where Aaron Adams Jr. resided.

To this neighborhood moved an old sea dog, Capt. Buddington from Mass, and his wife, Rhoda daughters -- Mary, Geanette and Adeline and sons Clauson, Walter, Bonaparte, Albert, and Buster (?). Mary taught school and boarded with Mrs. Frank who nursed her during an illness. She was indebted to Mrs. Frank and wished to repay her. When she learned that Mrs. Frank was wishing for a baby girl she could adopt. Mary promised if she married and had a girl, she would give it to her. As fate would have it, Mary met and fell in love and married Aaron Adams (Joannah's brother). The union produced two boys and then a baby girl. True to her promise, Mary wrote to Mrs. Frank regarding her promise, offering the baby and requesting a name for the baby. Joannah sent the name, Joannah Elizabeth. Mrs. Frank said she would not hold Mary to this promise but as circumstances have it, she came to live and belong to the Frank family. "Her mother said that Joannah should keep her. (One of the writers of these Memoirs was that little Lizzie Adams, named by my Aunt Joannah (Joannah Elizabeth Adams). She was adopted into the family of Jacob Frank and Joannah Frank December 18, 1833."

Lizzie Adams narrates the trials and travails of her real family after their move to Michigan. She and her foster family migrated to Wisconsin in 1849. Included are short biographies of Aaron and Mary's children, reminisces on farm life and family gatherings at holiday times and other thoughts, from this well of memories.

In 1911 the Memoirs end with Joannah Elizabeth Adams Rowe stating "I have had all the comforts of life these years, an old woman, and on the 28th of December I shall have passed the 80th milestone of my life's journey. I feel at peace with all the world, quietly waiting, yes, quietly waiting."

Footnote: There is another family tie to this area. Across the busy road from Eastview Mall, in the town of Victor, stands an old cobblestone house built by Mrs. Elizabeth Bonesteel Adams' brother, Philip, in the 1820's.

Names, Places & Relationship Abstracted From Memoirs of Joannah Frank


----- ADAMS lived Redding (Probably Conn)
Henry
Joseph - lived Stanford on Cayonga Lake
Harry
Abigail - m Taylor, had large family
Ellen - m Josiah Gregory, lived Norwalk Conn, Methodist
Lucinda
Elosia
Nathan - m Lucinda ---- immigrated to Heart Prairie, Walworth Co., Wis.; Bur. Round Prairie, Wis.
Nathan
Mary - lived NYS, Baptist
Horace
plus other children
Aaron - m Elizabeth Bonesteel, lived Pine Hill, Ulster Co & Mt. Morris, Livingston Co., NY. Bur. Chapel Hill Cem., Mt. Morris, NY.
Laura Ann b 1802 m Gaylord Willsey
Joannah b 1804 m Jacob Frank about 1821
Aaron m 1st Mary Buddington; 2nd - ---- Brown
Gaylord Willsey, no children d Candon, Tioga Co., NY
Joannah Elizabeth b 28 Dec 1831 m circa 1849 1st ---- Hubbard, 2nd Lord Nelson Rowe.
Minnie - m ----- Smith
Alice
Oscar Henry - m Lucy ---- b 1833; d age 44 yrs.; lived Elmira, NY
Arthur
Elizabeth (Libby)
Horace Buddington b 1832 had large fam. - lived Oswego, NY
Lawrence Delong (He & wife d 1911, lived Mich. & Belleville, Ont., Can.)
Alice m Robert Leonard
Mary d young
Walter Frank b 1838 d 1903 m 1st Zoe Owens, 2nd Susie ----; lived Stevens Point, Springfield, Wis. & Toledo Ohio
2 children - died young
Clarence
Belsey (Betsey) Ann m Daniel Waterson
Ann Maria m brother-in-law Jedediah Morgan (after sisters' death)
Angeline never married d age 87 yrs, methodist
William Henry Harrison m Lizette
Caroline Antoinette m Jedediah Morgan
William
Mary Alphosine

Capt. Philip Bonesteel m Maria Alendorf
Elizabeth m Aaron Adams
Henry
---- m Gen. Sheldon, immigrated to Jamesville, Wis. 1840's
Cornelia m Woodle
---- m J Y Scammon, Chicago Ill.
---- m Mayland Ogden, Chicago, Ill.
Philip
Peter
Dyer - School teacher Ulster Co.

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From the pension rolls of Great Valley New York.

Nich. Bonesteel #5888


From a roster of Captain Binckley's company of Ohio

Pvt. Henry Bonesteel.

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From the DAR patriot index.

David Bonesteel b. 1/27/1766 in NY d. 10/15/1854 in PA Pvt

Phillip Bonesteel b. 1753 d. 9/17/1848 Pvt

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Edison Bonesteel b. 13 Sept 1877 from Beadle County, SD

Verne Bonesteel b. 23 April 1890 from Huron, SD

Lee Stowe Bonesteel b. 14 August 1890 from Gettysburg SD

Willis Edward Bonesteel b. 5 Dec 1886 from Gettysburg SD


I don't know if any of them, or how many, actually served, though.

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...I have two other brothers who were in the Army in the early eighties, two cousin who served with the Air Force during Vietnam, and an uncle who served in the Army in Europe, I believe, in WWII. I have more information that has not been collated or properly verified concerning other "conflicts" in which Bonesteels may have served.

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family members have been found named in the Alaskan Gold Rush, the California Gold Rush, and in the hisotries of various towns throughout the United States as city fathers, officials, lawyers, doctors, sheriffs, merchants, blacksmiths, state senators, and professionals and skilled laborers of all kinds. We've lead buffalo hunts, wagon trains and been Indian fighters. It all started with the dream of freedom and peace of one man...a German immigrant named Niklaas Penenstehl.