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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=BONSON,_Robert&diff=154592&oldid=prevRandylyon at 18:40, 14 May 20192019-05-14T18:40:43Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Their assets, which had not been appraised, were turned over to the bankruptcy court. Included were holdings in the Bonson Concentrator Company with its subsidiaries, over forty separate tracts of land and their holdings in over 1,000 acres of mineral lots, lands and properties in Dubuque County, and the residence and farm of about 140 acres known as "Burnage Villa" which had been the homestead of the Bonson family for over thirty years. The only exceptions were claimed for life insurance and person and household goods and wages. (6) His mansion and estate eventually became [[FOUNTAIN PARK]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:bv1951.jpeg|250px|thumb|left|Burnage Villa (1951) Photo courtesy: Robert E. Bonson]]</ins>Their assets, which had not been appraised, were turned over to the bankruptcy court. Included were holdings in the Bonson Concentrator Company with its subsidiaries, over forty separate tracts of land and their holdings in over 1,000 acres of mineral lots, lands and properties in Dubuque County, and the residence and farm of about 140 acres known as "Burnage Villa" which had been the homestead of the Bonson family for over thirty years. The only exceptions were claimed for life insurance and person and household goods and wages. (6) His mansion and estate eventually became [[FOUNTAIN PARK]]. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=BONSON,_Robert&diff=146180&oldid=prevRandylyon at 18:18, 5 July 20182018-07-05T18:18:37Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He returned to to Dubuque and became a partner of his brother [[BONSON, William Watts|William Watts BONSON]] in the practice of law. Interested in politics, he took part in the presidential campaign of 1892 as the president of the Young Men's Democratic Club. (1) Between 1895 and 1898 Bonson, the son of [[BONSON, Richard|Richard BONSON]] filled the unexpired term of Senator Baldwin in the Iowa Legislature. Only twenty-six when he entered the legislature, he was the youngest member of the senate. (2) </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He returned to to Dubuque and became a partner of his brother [[BONSON, William Watts|William Watts BONSON]] in the practice of law. Interested in politics, he took part in the presidential campaign of 1892 as the president of the Young Men's Democratic Club. (1) Between 1895 and 1898 Bonson, the son of [[BONSON, Richard|Richard BONSON]] filled the unexpired term of Senator Baldwin in the Iowa Legislature. Only twenty-six when he entered the legislature, he was the youngest member of the senate. (2) </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Bonson retired from his legal practice shortly after November 10, 1901 and took over the position of manager of the [[IOWA IRON WORKS|IOWA IRON WORKS]]. (3) He was also involved in the [[SMEDLEY STEAM PUMP COMPANY]] with his brother [[BONSON, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">W. </del>W.|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">W. W. </del>BONSON]]. The company manufactured a house boiler the two brothers had invented both for steam and hot water. (4) </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Bonson retired from his legal practice shortly after November 10, 1901 and took over the position of manager of the [[IOWA IRON WORKS|IOWA IRON WORKS]]. (3) He was also involved in the [[SMEDLEY STEAM PUMP COMPANY]] with his brother [[BONSON, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">William Watts </ins>W.|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">William Watts </ins>BONSON]]. The company manufactured a house boiler the two brothers had invented both for steam and hot water. (4) </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1906 Robert Bonson was appointed a district court judge, a position he held for thirteen years. He was the secretary of the [[NUTWOOD DRIVING CLUB]], director of the [[GERMAN BANK]] and [[ERWIN AND WOOD]], and helped in the founding, building and operation of [[SUNNYCREST SANITORIUM]] and served on its board of directors. He was a charter member of the [[DUBUQUE GOLF CLUB]] and held memberships in the [[DUBUQUE TRAVELING AND BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION]] and the [[DUBUQUE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1906 Robert Bonson was appointed a district court judge, a position he held for thirteen years. He was the secretary of the [[NUTWOOD DRIVING CLUB]], director of the [[GERMAN BANK]] and [[ERWIN AND WOOD]], and helped in the founding, building and operation of [[SUNNYCREST SANITORIUM]] and served on its board of directors. He was a charter member of the [[DUBUQUE GOLF CLUB]] and held memberships in the [[DUBUQUE TRAVELING AND BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION]] and the [[DUBUQUE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]]. </div></td></tr>
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