Dr. Howard G. Bonwill

DR. HOWARD G. BONWILL was born to Peter and Louisa Bonwill near Felton DE on October 4, 1862. After attending school in Delaware, he came to Camden in 1881 to study medicine with his uncle, Dr. James H. Stanton, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1886.

Dr. Bonwill immediately began practicing medicine in Camden upon graduation. His first office was on Spruce Street. By 1887 he had moved to 815 South 4th Street. In February of 1890 he built a residence and office at 921 South 5th, near the corner of South 5th and Cherry streets. In November of that year he married Clara H. Stanton, apparently a step-daughter of Dr. James H. Stanton and step-sister of Dr. James Grier Stanton.

Dr. Howard Bonwill was a member of the Improved Order of American Mechanics and the Camden Commercial Club.

Howard G. Bonwill, M.D., has been actively engaged in the duties of his profession in Camden some ten years, and has won the confidence of the community as an able practitioner. He was born near Felton, Kent County, Del., October 4, 1862, son of Peter and Louisa (Jones) Bonwill. His family is of French origin. His grandfather, Michael H. Bonwill, came to this country a young man, and settled in Delaware. A farmer and miller by occupation, in religious belief he was a Quaker. He died at the age of sixty-nine. His wife, Elizabeth Lowber, who was a native of Delaware, died in her sixty-first year. She was a member of the Methodist church. This couple reared a family of nine children.

Peter Bonwill was born in Felton, Del., December 2, 1819, and educated in the common schools. Succeeding his father as owner of the homestead, he was engaged in farming until 1860, from that time until 1872 occupying himself with mechanical work. He then returned to the home farm, and remained until 1890, when he removed to Dover, Del., where he died in 1892. Mr. Peter Bonwill took an active interest in politics, voting first with the Whigs, and joining the Republican party when it was organized. He died at the age of seventy-three. His wife, who was born in Dorchester County, Maryland, was a daughter of Captain John Jones, of Cambridge, a seafaring man, for many years commanding a vessel. She was a member of the Methodist church, and her husband attended service with her. Mrs. Louisa Jones Bonwill died in 1894, aged fifty-eight. Of two children born to her, only one is living, the subject of this sketch.

Howard G. Bonwill acquired his general education in the common schools and at the Wyoming Institute, Delaware, where he was graduated; and in 1881 he took up the study of medicine with Dr. James H. Stanton, of Camden. He was four years with Dr. Stanton, learning much by reading, observation, and practical experience; and he was graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1886. Immediately after receiving his degree, he began to practise in Camden, opening his first office on Spruce Street, and subsequently removing to Fourth Street. He now occupies the handsome residence that he erected on the corner of Fifth and Cherry Streets, into which he moved in February, 1890. He is engaged in general practice, and has a large and steadily increasing visiting list.

Dr. Bonwill was married in November, 1890, to Clara H., daughter of the late Dr. James H. Stanton, his former preceptor. Dr. Stanton was a physician of prominence in Camden, practising for thirty years in this city. Dr. and Mrs. Bonwill have one child, Martha. The Doctor belongs to the Improved Order of American Mechanics and to the Camden Commercial Club. He attends worship at the Methodist church.