No grave was found to determine exactly when the fifth child of Joseph and Mary was born or died.
When Juries Bonney and his second family traveled West to Oregon, Louisa Bonney, Mary Bonney and Juries Bonney III remained behind in Fulton Co., IL. They were already married and settled in Fulton Co., IL.
Mary Bonney, b. Conneaut, Ohio, 11 Sep 1822, was only five years old when her mother died. Mary's father remarried when she was eight years old. The Juries Bonney family moved from Fulton Co. IL to Oregon, leaving behind Mary and her brother, Juries Bonney Jr. Juries had married Sophia Goodell in 1840. Mary was hospitalized after her father and his family moved to Oregon. Her father died in Oregon in May 1856, while Mary was in the hospital in Jacksonville. I believe the loss of her father was extremely difficult for Mary, who was separated from her children and her family.
Joseph F. Kaler Sr., would leave his family for years at a time to walk from Illinois to California and other areas in the U.S. It has been told that Mary would have no means of support during Joseph's absences. and eventually became so upset with her husband, she wanted nothing to do with him. Some believe this is why he had her committed into the hospital. Mary (Bonney) Kaler, was admitted to Jacksonville State Hospital in Oct 1854 and died on Christmas Eve., just three years later at the age of 35. Mary was buried in an unmarked grave on the hospital grounds (Red Barn Burials).
CENSUS: 1850; Fulton Co, IL; Lewistown; line 178
Joseph Kaler age 27 Cooper 400 PA
Mary Kaler age 25 OH
Henry Kaler age 5 IL
Joseph Kaler age 3 IL
William C. Kaler age 8 mos. IL (William is later shown on Census as Oscar. His middle name is probably Oscar)
SOURCE:
1. Kaler Ancestry statistics came from family memories and "Jesse Braman
and Nancy Ward" histories.
2. 1988 Fulton County Heritage Book, Fulton County, Illinois; article written by Ella Kaler Bolon.
3. Old Kaler Bible filed with the General Society of the Mayflower
Descendants, (coded as SMD#60.768) provides documentation of descendancy for Alden Kindred of America, Inc.
4. Mary Bonney is documented as an eighth generation descendant of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden.
5. Old list of Jacksonville State Hospital patients and burials1850-1880, Jacksonville, IL.
(Sharon Bearce)