Background
Bonsall, Amos was born on January 20, 1830 in Delaware Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin and Anne (Heacock) Bonsall.
Bonsall, Amos was born on January 20, 1830 in Delaware Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin and Anne (Heacock) Bonsall.
Educated Bolmar Academy, West Chester, Pennsylvania, and, 1847-1848, medical department University of Pennsylvania (Master of Arts, Lafayette, 1860).
In May 1853, accompanied Doctor Kane as master’s mate, United States Navy, to Arctic regions, in a search for relics of Sir John Franklin, returning October 1855. Was 32 years on board of managers Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children, Elwyn, Delaware Company, Pennsylvania, and 22 years a manager of Philadelphia House of Refuge, now at Glen Mills, Delaware Company Home: Philadelphia.
Married Anna West. Wagner.