Généalogie Wylie » Dr. John Bonner (1794-1878)

Données personnelles Dr. John Bonner 

• Il est né le 30 mars 1794 dans Abbeville, Abbeville County, Sc.
• Professions:
• en l'an 1817 Medical Doctor dans Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama.
• entre le 1840 et le 1850 Conducted Plantations in Dallas & Wilcox Co., AL..
• Trained race horses on mile racetrack.
• Récensement en l'an 1860, Freestone County, Texas.
• Récensement en l'an 1850, Dallas County, Alabama.
• Récensement en l'an 1870, Freestone County, Texas.
• (EDUC ) entre le 1804 et le 1812 dans Willington School of Willington, Sc.
• (Degree ) environ 1816 dans U. of Pennsylvania: Medicine w/ great credit.
• (Misc ) en l'an 1851 dans Williamson County, Texas: Moved to WILLIAMSON CO., TX..
• (Misc ) : FREESTONE CO BOOK VOL I, #119.
• (Misc ) : FREESTONE CO. BOOK, VOL I, #472.
• (Misc ) le 21 mai 1844 dans Wilcox County, Alabama: SECURITY ON GUARDIANSHIP.
• (Misc ) le 18 avril 1842 dans Wilcox County, Alabama: ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE.
• (Misc ) en l'an 1860 dans Freestone County, Texas: SLAVE SCHEDULE.
• (Misc ) le 21 avril 1852 dans Portland, Dallas County, Alabama: LETTER TO SON ANDREW FROM PORTLAND, DALLAS CO., AL..
• (Misc ) le 29 septembre 1831 dans Wilcox County, Alabama: EXECUTOR OF SAMUEL BONNER'S WILL.
• (Misc ) le 2 février 1855 dans Freestone County, Texas: JUROR.
• (Moved ) en l'an 1854 dans Freestone County, Texas: MOVED TO FREESTONE CO., TX..
• (Tombstone ) : BONNER, DR. JOHN 3/30/1794 - 11/14/1878.
• Il est décédé le 14 novembre 1878 dans Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas, il avait 84 ans.
• Il est enterré dans Bonner Cemetery, Freestone County, Texas.
• Un enfant de James Bonner et Mary (Laird) Leard
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 19 février 2007.

Famille de Dr. John Bonner

Il est marié avec Eliza Ferrabee "Eliza Feribry" Williams.

W452 WILLIAMS, ELIZA FERREBY B560 BONNER, JOHN 82 OCT

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7,500 Marriages from Ninety-Six and Abbeville District, SC. 1774-1890
by Larry E. Pursley. Published by the Southern Historical Press, Inc.
in Greenville, SC. Copyrighted 1980, reprinted 2001. ISBN
#0-89308-196-5 . p. 17.

10-25-1825 Bonner, John Williams, Eliza Feriby of Claiborne, Ala.

Source: Abbeville County Family History, edited by J. Gregg Carroll
1979.
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Ils se sont mariés le 25 octobre 1825 à Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama, il avait 31 ans.

Enfant(s):

1. Mary Rachel Bonner  1826-1835
2. James Isaac Bonner  1828-1900 
3. John Laird Bonner  1831-1905 
4. William Theophilus Bonner  1833-1835
5. Andrew Samuel Bonner  1835-1865 
6. Oliver Alexander "Big Ol" Bonner  1838-1924 
7. Eliza Jane Bonner  1840-1871
8. Irvine Hale Bonner  1843-1929 
9. Arabella Williams Bonner  1845-1903 

Notes par Dr. John Bonner

Not in 1850 Williamson County Texas Census.
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Dr. John Bonner received his medical education at the Willington
School and the University of Pennsylvania. He practiced medicine for a
time in Alabama but preferred the life of a planter; he was known for
his race horses and had his own track. He joined his brother William
Bonner in making the trip to Texas in the early 1850s. The entire
family were staunch Associate Reformed Presbyterians. Eliza Feribry
Williams descended from the Whitfields, Bryans, and Smiths of Maryland
and Virginia.
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He was supposably so rich before the civil war that he could walk from
his house to the road on a carpet of silver coins.
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His slaves built the "Bonner Tank" (ie. a pond) that was used for the
Bonner family reunions in the past for a while.
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"William Bonner came to Freestone County in 1854 with his brother,
Dr. John Bonner. They settled east of Stewards Mill in an area known
as Bonnerville. The Bonners helped establish Harmony Church at
Stewards Mill, and were leaders of the Presbyterian church. They
helped build many of the early roads through Freestone County and
established schools for their children.
John Bonner had been a doctor, but gave that up to look after his
huge plantation, which covered thousands of acres of land. He only
practiced medicine when someone needed medical care on his plantation.
The Bonners brought with them culture, courtesy, and the
hospitality of the Old South. One of their favorite times was the
Bonner Picnic held on July 4. William Bonner fought in the War of
1812 with Andrew Jackson at the famous battle of New Orleans, so
family and friends met on the 4th of July to celebrate American
independence, In 1857, the 4th of July celebration was held at Cook's
Springs near Fairfield. M. M. Bonham read the Declaration of
Independence; then there was a speech, a delicious barbeque dinner,
and a dance at the home of Andrew S. Bonner." - long quote from
"Queen of the Trinity Star" a book written by Barbara Fryer Price.
Published by Eakin Press in Austin, TX in 1997.

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Book - Biographical Sketches from Limestone, Freestone, and Leon
Counties, Texas. Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1893. p.
107-108.

"DR. J. I. BONNER. This most excellent gentleman and highly respected
citizen is a physician and surgeon of Fairfield, Freestone County,
Texas, and is a member of one of the largest, oldest and wealthiest
families in the state.
He is the son of DR. JOHN BONNER. The latter was born in Abbeville
District, South Carolina, in 1794, where he was reared and educated.
He had a thorough collegiate course and graduated with great credit.
Among his classmates were General Longstreet, afterward of Confederate
fame; Judge Lipscomb, afterward of the Supreme Court of Texas; A. P.
Bagby, afterward governor of Alabama and other less distinguished, but
very worthy men. He read medicine under the celebrated Dr. Waddell of
South Carolina and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Bonner began his practice in St. Stephens County, Alabama, in
1817, and was in practice there and in Claiborne and Dallas Counties
of that State until 1850 when he came to Texas. He first settled in
Williamson County where he bought a large tract of land about seven
miles north of the newly-created county seat of Fairfield, lying on
Cottonwood Creek, and opened an extensive plantation, owning a large
number of negroes. His time was entirely occupied with agricultural
pursuits and he never practiced his profession after coming to this
state, except among his relatives and close friends. From 1853 until
the outbreak of the War he managed his large plantation, but he lost
most of his property, especially his negroes and personal property, in
the War. He then divided the land among his children and lived in
retirement, dying at the home of his son, our subject, in 1879, in his
eighty-fifth year. He ranked well as a physician and enjoyed a good
practice. He was a cultured gentleman, largely imbued with those
aristocratic views which were prevalent in that portion of the country
at his time of life. Late in life he joined the Presbyterian Church,
in which he had been reared, and lived consistently the rest of his
life within its teaching.
Our subject's mother was ELIZA F. WILLIAMS. She was born in
Fayettesville, North Carolina, but her parents moved to Clairborne
County, Alabama, where she met and married Dr. JOHN BONNER. She died
in Freestone County some years before her husband. JOHN and ELIZA
BONNER had nine children, seven of whom became grown, the eldest being
the subject of this sketch. Of the others: JOHN L., is a farmer of
Freestone County; ANDREW died in 1865 from disease contracted in the
Confederate Army; OLIVER A. and IRVIN H. are farmers and stockmen of
Freestone County; ELIZA, the eldest daughter, died unmarried; and
ARABELLA is now the wife of W. H. McCRERY of Freestone County."
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From: "Bonnie Mitchell" ((XXXXX@XXXX.XXX))
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004

Eric,
Mike Bonner forwarded your letter to me. I am sending you what I
have from Dallas County , AL, 1850 Census. I believe that the
biographical sketch in the Texas book is in error. John Bonner married
Eliza F. Williams in Claiborne, Alabama, on Oct. 25, 1825. Claiborne
is in Monroe County. The Bonners settled in Monroe County when they
first came to Alabama. I don't believe that Dr. John Bonner was in
Claiborne County or St. Stephens County. The land patents I've seen
for this area were from Cahaba district and St. Stephens district, not
county. I think that's where the error lies.
We were always told that James Bonner settled at Burnt Corn, Alabama.
That was an error. I had wondered how in the world his body was
brought the distance from Burnt Corn to Hamburg for burial. As it
turns out, the Bonners' land was just over the Wilcox County line
(near McWilliams, AL). I have read that the main post office on the
Old Federal Road was Burnt Corn and that's why all that area was
dubbed Burnt Corn, even though where the Bonners lived was not near
the town of Burnt Corn.
So, I think you'll find Dr. John Bonner in Monroe, Wilcox, and Dallas
counties.
Hope this helps.

Died at his son's (Dr. James Isaac Bonner's) house. Death attributed
to broken thigh bone from fall with other complications.

Read medicine under Dr. Moses Waddell, (1770-1840).

From www.famousamericans.net/moseswaddell/
"Dr. Moses Waddell was a Presbyterian clergyman who established a
classical school in Willington, SC in 1804. Among his pupils was Hugh
S. Legare, John C. Calhoun, and James L. Petgri. Dr. Waddell was
president of U. of Georgia. from 1819-1829. As an instructor of
youth, Dr. Waddell was one of the most popular and successful men of
his day."

1860 Federal Census - Freestone Co. - Vicinity of Fairfield - 13 July
1860

p.37
253/258

John Bonner 66 M Farmer 5000 30300 N. Carolina
Eliza F. 54 F N.
Carolina
Oliver A. 21 M Farm Hand Alabama
Eliza J. 19 F Alabama
Irvin H. 19 M Alabama
A. W. 14 F Alabama

From: "Bonnie Mitchell" ((XXXXX@XXXX.XXX))

Dallas County, AL 1850 census:
Household 388:
John Bonner 56M Physician 6500 SC
E.F. 44F
NC
J.I. 21M Physician
AL
J.L. 19M Farmer
AL
S.E. 17F
AL
A.S. 14M
AL
O.A. 12M
AL
E.J. 10F
AL
I.H. 7M
AL
A.W. 4F
AL
Sam'l Williams 56 Farmer NC
(possibly Eliza Feribry

Williams' brother)

1870 Census for Freestone Co., TX
Roll: M593-1586, pg. 17, Image 34 - done on 7/19/1870

[Note - census taker seems to sometimes put household numbers on 2nd
line]

78/79 Bonner, I. H. [Irvin Hale] 34 M W Farmer [blank] 150 AL.
Bonner, John 76 M W Farmer 9000 [blank] SC.
-, Elizabeth 64 F W Keeps House SC.
-, Eliza 25 F W [blank] 100 AL. [Eliza Burks?] [Eliza Jane Bonner?]
-, Oliver 32 M W Farmer [blank] 200 AL.

Fearing his wife had tuberculosis, he moved with her to Williamson
CO., TX about 1850.
Son Andrew was in Blue Hill, Williamson Co., TX. according to Jan 8,
1852 letter by his mother Eliza F. Bonner.
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http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Etxpost/williamson.html
POSTMASTERS & POST OFFICES OF
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS
1849 - 1930

BLUE HILL (Williamson)
Rice, Jas. O., 12 Nov 1849
Discontinued 10 Apr 1857

Book - Records of Wilcox County Alabama. by Marilyn Davis Barefield
in 1988. Will Book I. Nov. 1826 - June 1844. p. 59.

"Page 353. JOSEPH H. BONNER was appointed guardian of JANE P., SAMUEL
A., and SARAH E. BONNER, minor heirs of SAMUEL BONNER, deceased.
Sec[urity]: WILLIAM BONNER, JAMES ROBINSON, WILLIAM L. YOUNG, and
JOHN BONNER. Proven 21 May 1844."

Book - Records of Wilcox County Alabama. by Marilyn Davis Barefield
in 1988. Will Book I. Nov. 1826 - June 1844. p. 69.

"Page 153. JOHN BONNER was appointed Administrator of Estate of
SAMUEL PRESSLY, deceased. JOHN & WILLIAM BONNER & SOLOMON SMITH.
4/18/1842."

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Photocopies of actual records loaned by Mike Bonner believed
photocopied by Carol McGee:

Freestone County, TX
Timeframe - Start in July going to Sept 20th, 1860.
Note - The number of slaves "in house" is usually counted at end of
enumeration of slaves for that particular slave owner.

John Bonner [Dr. John Bonner]
48 slaves of whom:
14 slave houses
45 Black, 3 Mulattos (76 yr old female, 14 yr old female, 52 yr old
female)
01 blind
22 male, 26 female
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Letter to his son Andrew on 21 Apr. 1852 says near Portland, Dallas
Co., AL.

Mentioned in Dr. Samuel Bonner's will as Executor.

Freestone Frontiers (Volume 2, May 1982, Number 2)
pg. 28.

The 22th of 188 for jury duty in the Freestone County - County Court -
David H. Love, Chief Justice. Dated Feb 2, 1855.

22. John Bonner

Moved in 1854 to Freestone County, Texas based on one of his son, John
Laird Bonner's obits.

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