Taken from SISSONVILLE A TIME TO REMEMBER page 59

William Bonham was born in 1822 in Ohio. He married Adlaine Tulley also of Ohio. The Bonhams came to Kanawha County and settled in Union District. They owned a large farm and spent all their lives basically to agriculture. The Bonhams family made many contributions to the Union District. They opened Bonham Dairy in this area. Their son, Tandy, who was also a minister sold the land where the first Bonham school was built. It was known as the first consolidated school of Kanawha Co. Children of William and Adlaine Tully Bonham, Powhattan, b. 1842 married Sarah E. Taylor, William H.H.Jr.b.1843, married Cecilia Weese, Jasper b.1847, married Emily Catherine Young, Fielding b.1849, Nancy b.1855, and Christopher b.1859.