Rev. Thomas Joel BONNER

 

Submitter: Michael Edd BONNER

Husband: Rev. Thomas Joel BONNER
Born: December 22, 1822 Place: Monroe Co., AL
Married: October 22, 1843 Place: SC
Died: June 13, 1895 Place: Wortham, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Wortham Cemetery Place: Wortham, Freestone Co., TX
Father: William BONNER
Mother: Ann Lee JOEL
Other Spouses: none

Wife: Harriet Amanda POSEY
Born: May 10, 1819 Place: Abbeville, SC
Died: September 8, 1898 Place: Wortham, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Wortham Cemetery Place: Wortham, Freestone Co., TX
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Mother:  
Other Spouses: none

Children:

1 Name: F Ann Euphemia BONNER
Born: August 23, 1844 Place: Wilcox Co., AL
Died: November 13, 1902 Place: TX
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Spouse 1: W. A. CAMPBELL
Married: February 23, 1864 Place: TX

2 Name: F Rosa BONNER
Born: February 25, 1847 Place: Wilcox Co., AL
Died: January 4, 1848 Place: Wilcox Co., AL
Cemetery: Hamburg Cemetery Place: Wilcox Co., AL

3 Name: M William Edward BONNER
Born: September 23, 1848 Place: Wilcox Co., AL
Died: September 12, 1912 Place: TX
Cemetery: Mexia City Cemetery Place: Mexia, Limestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Elizabeth R. SESSIONS
Married: March 3, 1878 Place: Freestone Co., TX

4 Name: F Harriet Matilda BONNER
Born: December 17, 1850 Place: Wilcox Co., AL
Died: 1912 Place:  
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Spouse 1: William R. ANDERSON
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5 Name: F Margaret Posey BONNER
Born: January 2, 1853 Place: Wilcox Co., AL
Died: March 4, 1875 Place: Fairfield, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Fairfield Cemetery Place: Fairfield, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: John D. DUNBAR
Married: February 4, 1875 Place: Freestone Co., TX

6 Name: M Walter Berry BONNER
Born: January 12, 1855 Place: Wilcox Co., TX
Died: May 12, 1908 Place: TX
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Spouse 1: Ella STEELE
Married:   Place: TX

7 Name: F Carolina Calhoun BONNER
Born: September 19, 1857 Place: Wilcox Co., AL
Died: July 6, 1929 Place: Palestine, Anderson Co., TX
Cemetery:   Place: Palestine, Anderson Co., TX
Spouse 1: Benjamin Howard GARDNER
Married: June 29, 1881 Place: Woodland, Freestone Co., TX

8 Name: M James Willis "Jim Willie" BONNER
Born: February 23, 1862 Place: Woodland, Freestone Co., TX
Died: December 1, 1949 Place: TX
Cemetery: Mexia City Cemetery Place: Mexia, Limestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Mary GODDARD
Married: March 3, 1890 Place: Waco, McLennan Co., TX

NOTES:
Thomas Joel Bonner attended Miami University in Ohio and graduated from Erskine College in SC in 1843.  He was licensed to preach by Alabama Presbytery in 1846.  He moved to TX in 1859 and organized the County Line Presbyterian Church.  The congregations of Harmony, Richland, and Ebenezer grew out of that church

SOURCES:
The Bonner Family History; Sue Bonner Thornton; 1972.