Career
A native of Tennessee, Bonney joined the Navy from Nashville. By February 14, 1910, he was serving as a chief watertender on the United States Ship Hopkins (Doctor of Divinity-6). On that day, the Hopkins experienced a boiler accident.
While serving on board the United States.S. Hopkins, Bonney displayed extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession on the occasion of the accident to one of the boilers of that vessel, 14 February 1910.
Bonney reached the warrant officer rank of chief machinist before leaving the Navy. He died on November 22, 1967, one day before his 85th birthday, and was buried at Acacia Memorial Park near Seattle, Washington.
