John Hillric Bonn (1829 – November 15, 1891) was the first president of the

North Hudson County Railway The North Hudson Railway Company built and operated a streetcar system in Hudson County and southeast Bergen County, New Jersey before and after the start of the 20th century. It was founded by Hillric J. Bonn who became the first President in 18 ...

and remained so until his death in 1891, a period of twenty-six years. He also was one of the founders of the

Eldorado Amusement Park Eldorado Amusement Park was a 25-acre (10.12 ha) amusement park that opened in 1891 in the Highwood Park section of Weehawken, New Jersey. It operated as an amusement grounds through 1894, after which time the main building, the Casino, was used t ...

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Biography

He was born in 1829 in

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Grand Duchy of Oldenburg The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (, also known as Holstein-Oldenburg) was a grand duchy within the German Confederation, North German Confederation and German Empire that consisted of three widely separated territories: Oldenburg, Eutin and Birke ...

. He migrated to the United States in 1857 and married Angelique Bonjer. He founded and became the first president of the

in 1865. On October 18, 1891, it was announced that the

Hoboken Land and Improvement Company Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,690 in ...

was purchasing his holdings for $2,500,000 (approximately $ today). He died on November 15, 1891, in

of a cerebral aneurysm.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonn, Hillric 19th-century American railroad executives 1829 births 1891 deaths Oldenburg emigrants to the United States People from Weehawken, New Jersey