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YONNTZ BONNETT, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 2; P. O. Le Roy; this gentleman was born in Knox Co., Ohio, on the 7th day of March, 1826; he is a son of John and Elizabeth (Yonntz) Bonnett, whose sketch will be found among the biographies of Empire Township. Yontz Bonnett emigrated previous to his parents, and located upon Sec. 35, Empire Township, in 1851; he has a vivid recollection of the difficulty experienced in the fall of 1851, of obtaining flour and meal, which at times could not be obtained short of Pekin. The subject of this sketch preceded the family, and selected a location upon Sec. 35, and upon the arrival of his father the contract was closed for 300 acres of land at $13 per acre, and upon which, at that time, were two comfortable sets of farm-buildings, which have since been replaced by two other sets of a better quality; the location of the family here occurred too late to raise a crop, and the following year they put in sixty acres of corn, eight acres of wheat, some oats and vegetables. Upon the 24th of December, 1853, Yonntz Bonnett and Rachel Birney were united in marriage; she was born in Harrison Co., Ohio, March 28, 1830; they have two children now living by this union — John W., born Feb. 21, 1855, and Belle, born Aug. 27, 1858; upon the marriage of Mr. Bonnett, in 1853, he located upon his present place, where he has now 300 acres under good cultivation; and, aside from farming, he is largely engaged in stock-raising, feeding and shipping.