The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-07-29

Following are the resolutions adopted
by the Second Judicial District Court
at Reno upon the death of Judge NJ. s.
Bonnifeld:
In Memoriam.
To Hon. Cole l.. Harwood, Judge of
the Second Judicial District Court
of the State of Nevada, in and for
the County of Washoe:
The committee appointed by you to
draft resolutions in memory of the
late Hon. NJ s. Bonnifield, respectful.
ly submit the following:
To have known the late Hon. M. S.
Bonnifeld was to recognize in him an
able attorney, conscientious citizen
and a man of unusual ability and
worth No history of the state of
Nevada would be complete were not
the name of our late deceased friend
linked with those who were most
prominent in shaping its destinies and
in fostering it's growth and prosperity.
Prominently identified as he was for
so many years with the bar of this
state, the legal profession, more than
others, will sustain the greater loss
by his death.
Hon. M. s. Bonnifeld was born in
West Virginia September IA, 1882, and
consequently was 81 years of age at
the time of his death.
He was admitted to the practice of
law in the state of KANSAS in the
year 1856 and soon became one of the
prominent attorneys of that state.
He soon thereafter became interested
in politics, allying himself with the
Free Soil party, and was twice elect
ed to the state senate.
In 1851 he crossed the plains, ar
riving at Red Bluff, California, re-
naming there until the summer of
1862, when he came to Nevada, locat-
ing at Unionville, where he opened
law Office and enjoyed lucrative
practice. With the decline of Union
vile, Mr.. Bonnifield moved to Win
nemucca, where he resided until the
time of his death.
In 1892 Mr.. Bonnifield was honored
by the people of Nevada by being
chosen a presidential elector, and he
carried his own and the votes of the
two other electors to Washington.
In 1894 he was elected to the Su-
preme bench and served as one of the
judges of the Supreme Court of the
state of Nevada for six years there
after.
lie served term in the state sen
ate, being elected to that position in
1869. and the energy and ability he
displayed not only for the benefit and
interest of the constituents of the
county that elected him, but for the
whole state, made him a leading fac
tor in that body.
His whole life was one of unusual
activity, and in addition to his legal
business, he was prominently identif-
ed with many mining and other enter
prises He was an able writer and
contributed greatly to the literature
touching upon subjects of paramount
interest to our state.
In 1855, at Meadeville. Pennsylva
MIA he married Miss Laura Ames, and
three daughters blesses this union, all
of whom were at his bedside at the
time of his death. Mrs. Bonnifield
died in 1887. In 1889 he was married
to Mrs. Nellie Lovelock. the widow of
George Loveloek, Jr., whose father
was the founder of the town of Love
lock.
Recognizing the full worth of our
deceased friend and ow-member of
the bar, and fully appreciating the
great loss sustained by the legal fra
ternity and the citizens of the state
of Nevada at large by the removal of
Judge Bonniield from our midst, we
know we are voicing the sentiment
of all who enjoyed his acquaintance
ship when we say we deeply deplore
the death of Judge Bonnifield and ex-
press to his relatives our deepest
sympathy.
We would recommend, as further
mark of respect to the memory of the
deceased, that copy of this report
J e spread in full upon the minutes of
this court.
Respectfully submitted,
BENZ. CURLER,
w. A. MASSEY,