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Micajah Hubbard Bonner
MICAJAH HUBBARD BONNER, of Tyler, associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was born at Greenville, Alabama, January 25th, 1828. Emigrated with the family of his father, Rev. Wm. A. Bonner, to Holmes County, Mississippi in 1835. His principle education was received at LaGrange, Kentucky. After receiving license to practice law in Lexington, Mississippi, he, in January, 1849, immigrated to Texas and commenced the practice of his profession at Marshall; the same year he married Miss Bettie P. Taylor, and soon afterward moved to Rusk, Cherokee County, where as one of the firm of Shanks & Bonner assisted in laying the foundation of that large practice which the law firm of Bonner & Bonner subsequently carried on - one of the largest in eastern Texas. Before the firm dissolved it was composed of M. H. Bonner and his two brothers, F. M. Bonner, who is still the representative of the old firm at Rusk, and Col. Thomas R. Bonner, speaker of the House of Representatives of the XVth Legislature, and W. H. Bonner, (now deceased,) son of M. H. Bonner. The location of a branch of the Supreme Court, and of the U. S. District Court at Tyler, and the connection of Tyler with the railroad system of the State induced the firm to establish a branch of their business at Tyler, where all the old members removed, except F. W. Bonner. M. H. Bonner removed to Tyler early in 1873, and was appointed Judge of the tenth judicial district, February 16th, 1874. In 1876 he was elected Judge of the seventh district; and in 1878 elected one of the Justices of the Supreme Court.
Source: Transcription from the book, The People's Illustrated Almanac, Texas Hand-Book and Immigrants' Guide, For 1880, by Rev. Homer S. Thrall, published in 1880; located on the website, Hathitrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org), accessed 29 March 2024.
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