Percival Bonney (September 14, 1842 – August 4, 1906) was a judge of the

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Personal

Bonney was born in

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, and was the only child of William Lowell and Adeline French Bonney. He attended

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and graduated from Waterville College (now

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) in 1863. He married Elizabeth H. Bray on August 5, 1864, and had two daughters, Adeline L. and Helen B.

Career

Bonney began his career as a clerk at the

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from 1863 to 1865, then studied law in the office of J.H. Drummond in

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. From 1866 to 1878 he practiced law, later forming a partnership with Stanley T. Pullen, before he was appointed to the

by 35th

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. He was a director of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company (now

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), a member of the

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in 1869 and 1870, a member of the

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and

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, President of the Board of Trustees at

, and chair of the

Board of Trustees from 1902 to 1906.

References

1842 births 1906 deaths Colby College alumni People from Minot, Maine 19th-century American state court judges Justices of the Maine Superior Court {{Maine-state-judge-stub