John was born shortly after his parents moved to Iowa from Ohio. At some time in the 1860's it is thought that John went to Idaho with his older brother David, who had been there since 1862. In 1875 he eloped with Hester, the young daughter of a neighbor, Confederate Capt. John Bowman. She died of 'quick consumption' later that year.
John went back to Iowa to marry Vina Lawson in the fall of 1877, and they then made their home in Idaho until around 1883, when they purchased land in Iowa. In 1887 they moved to the San Luis Valley of Colorado and homesteaded in the Bowen community south of Monte Vista, near where Vina's parents had moved the year before. They remained here until moving in with daughter Rachel in Hillrose, CO in the summer of 1917.
--from The McConnel and McConnell Families: True Pioneers of the American West, by Ralph Lawrence;
courtesy of Suzanna 2010.
3-5-24 thanks to Lucy 48109863 for posting obit from the 29 Dec 1917 issue of the Monte Vista Journal.
John was born shortly after his parents moved to Iowa from Ohio. At some time in the 1860's it is thought that John went to Idaho with his older brother David, who had been there since 1862. In 1875 he eloped with Hester, the young daughter of a neighbor, Confederate Capt. John Bowman. She died of 'quick consumption' later that year.
John went back to Iowa to marry Vina Lawson in the fall of 1877, and they then made their home in Idaho until around 1883, when they purchased land in Iowa. In 1887 they moved to the San Luis Valley of Colorado and homesteaded in the Bowen community south of Monte Vista, near where Vina's parents had moved the year before. They remained here until moving in with daughter Rachel in Hillrose, CO in the summer of 1917.
--from The McConnel and McConnell Families: True Pioneers of the American West, by Ralph Lawrence;
courtesy of Suzanna 2010.
3-5-24 thanks to Lucy 48109863 for posting obit from the 29 Dec 1917 issue of the Monte Vista Journal.
Family Members
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James McConnel
1837–1842
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David K McConnel
1838–1923
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PVT Joseph Graham McConnel
1840–1861
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Mary Jane McConnel Lawson
1843–1927
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Benjamin Casner "Ben" McConnel
1846–1927
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Francis Kimball "Frank" McConnel
1852–1938
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George Washington McConnel
1854–1927
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Charles S. McConnel
1857–1922
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Samuel McConnel
1860–1933
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Elmer A. McConnel
1862–1944
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