| Submitter: | Michael Edd Bonner | |||
| Husband: | Andrew Samuel BONNER | |||
| Born: | July 24, 1835 | Place: | Wilcox Co., AL | |
| Married: | May 1, 1856 | Place: | Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | September 9, 1865 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Bonner Cemetery | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Father: | Dr. John BONNER | |||
| Mother: | Eliza Feribry WILLIAMS | |||
| Other Spouses: | none | |||
| Wife: | Sue BONNER | |||
| Born: | April 4, 1835 | Place: | Wilcox Co., AL | |
| Died: | August 17, 1897 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Bonner Cemetery | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Father: | William BONNER | |||
| Mother: | Ann Lee JOEL | |||
| Other Spouses: | none | |||
| Children: | ||||
| 1 Name: | M | John Oliver BONNER | ||
| Born: | May 7, 1857 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | June 21, 1938 | Place: | Mexia, Limestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Bonner Cemetery | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | Fannie HAIL | |||
| Married: | December 17, 1899 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| 2 Name: | M | William Andrew BONNER | ||
| Born: | October 15, 1858 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | November 29, 1934 | Place: | Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Bonner Cemetery | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| 3 Name: | F | Eliza Anna Belle BONNER | ||
| Born: | July 1, 1860 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | September 29, 1870 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Bonner Cemetery | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| 4 Name: | F | Mary Irvine BONNER | ||
| Born: | May 30, 1862 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | May 10, 1948 | Place: | TX | |
| Cemetery: | Bonner Cemetery | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | John Carder THORNTON | |||
| Married: | December 23, 1897 | Place: | TX | |
| 5 Name: | F | Martha James BONNER | ||
| Born: | August 17, 1865 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | September 21, 1949 | Place: | TX | |
| Cemetery: | Bonner Cemetery | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| NOTES: Andrew & Sue were first cousins. They operated a plantation and were members of the Harmony Presbyterian Church at Stewards Mill. He died as a result of exposure during his CSA service. He was first buried in Fairfield but the body was exhumed and reinterred as the third grave in the Bonner Cemetery. Sue Bonner and her five children lived with her nephew and sister-in-law for a while before establishing their own home near Stewards Mill. She was well-known as a hostess of enjoyable entertainments for both young and old. |
||||
| SOURCES: The Bonner Family History; Sue Bonner Thornton; 1972 |
||||