![]() ![]() ![]() In his early career, he served at posts in New England, Mississippi, and at Fort Smith in the Arkansas Territory. He graduated after only two years, receiving a commission as brevet second lieutenant of light artillery. In 1813 Bonneville received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. The inheritance included 100 acres (40.5 ha) of his New Rochelle, New York farm where they had been living, so she could maintain and educate her sons. In his will, Paine left the bulk of his estate to Marguerite who had cared for him until he died in 1809. Paine had lodged with the Bonnevilles in France and was godfather to Benjamin and his two brothers, Louis and Thomas. ![]() When he was seven, his family moved to the United States in 1803 their passage was paid by Thomas Paine. He is noted for his expeditions to the Oregon Country and the Great Basin, and in particular for blazing portions of the Oregon Trail.ĭuring his lifetime, Bonneville was made famous by an account of his explorations in the West written by Washington Irving.īenjamin was born in or near Paris, France, the son of the French publisher Nicholas Bonneville and his wife Marguerite Brazier. Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (Ap– June 12, 1878) was an American officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West. ![]()
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