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1908 J. C. Barron
1925
E. E. Balkcom
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J. L. Elder
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DR. HARVEY LEE ANCHORS
Dr. Harvey Lee Anchors was born at Haddock, Ga. August 8, 1877, son of John D. and Christiana Haddock Anchors. His maternal grandparents were Caswell and Milbry Barnes Had- dock, for whom the town is named. After finishing the school there he attended G.A.B. College in Macon, then he went to the University of Georgia, Medical School in Augusta, Ga. He grad- uated in 1898 and practiced at James, Ga. for two years. He married Clara Walker of Marshallville, Ga. R. H. Kingman, Jr. of James was best man, and Dr. W. G. Lee of Macon, a classmate, was a groomsman.
In 1900 he bought Dr. Lawrence's practice and moved to Haddock. Here he rode horseback and used a buggy and prac- ticed over a wide area. He was called in on a case known prior to this as 'cramp colic" which was fatal, but he recognized this as being appendicitis, called in Dr. K. P. Moore of Macon and they performed the operation on the dining room table by lamp- light. The patient lived and was the wonder of the town, as this was the first appendectomy ever performed in Haddock or Jones County.
Dr. Anchors was a member of the old Fortville Methodist church, he was a Mason and truly a typical family physician. He died, ironically enough, with a ruptured appendix, as his physi- cian was unable to do for him what he had done for others. This was in Sept. 1916. He lived with his sister, Mrs. H. C. Peterson, after his wife died in 1912. His children, Miss Louise Anchors, lives in Greenville, N. C. and Fred Anchors, a tobacco grower, in Lumberton, N. C.
Condensed from script by Miss Helen Pearson, niece.
ANDERSON'S
Early in the 18th Century a family of Andersons came from Scotland to America, settling in Virginia. Three of their boys soon started out looking for other lands. One went West to- wards Ohio, one stopped in North Carolina, and the third one came to Georgia settling on a farm near Forsyth. This one, John C. Anderson died there April 24, 1869 at the age of 80, leaving six children. One son, Samuel Maddox, aspired to be a Doctor
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of Medicine, attending The American College of Medicine and The Newton Clinical Institute 1850-1856. His diploma from the above Cincinnati Colleges still being kept in perfect preservation by present descendants.
After graduation he located in Jones County, Georgia where he met and married Frances Adeline Alexander; a first cousin of the eminent Alexander Stevens, who was a frequent visitor in her home and whose statue is in the Hall of Fame.
Immediately after the vows were taken, the Doctor was called to a patient, then to another (by community grape-vine), and he was four days getting back to his bride. Frances, at her par- ents' home, endured the teasing of friends and relations, being called "The bride deserted at the altar."
Then began his pioneer work as physician for Jones and bor- dering counties. During the first days of the Civil War, he acted for a short time as Superintendent of the Macon Hospital, for there was a shortage of doctors. Twice he was called to the war front to administer to the South's brave wounded soldiers. Each time in response to the Jones County people's petitions the Con- federate Government sent him home.
During Sherman's march through Georgia one of the Yankee Companies camped at his home, Cornucopia, while Dr. Ander- son was at the front. Frances and her three small children were deprived of all food and lived on parched wheat and sweet po- tatoes for about six months.
Returning from the battlefields, the doctor resumed his prac- tice. Whenever possible he and Frances roamed the fields and woods searching for medicinal herbs,-prepared medicine was scarce, so he and Frances brewed many tonics and rolled pills for the sick. Those were horseback, saddle-bag days,-travel was slow so Frances became very efficient in applying these rem- edies to those families who often came. bringing one sick child and the other eight or ten children to spend the day, only to find the Doctor away from home. Frances was a true help-mate. In addition to rearing nine healthy children she managed large farms, a gin house, a country store, and the Post Office. She, too, was a pioneer as a model country Doctor's wife. The active life of a country Doctor is short (Statistics average 20 years), so
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after 40 years of continuous practice, he moved to Hillsboro, where he died Jan. 18, 1893, age 64. Thus passed a Doctor who never failed his Hippocrates Oath. Five grandsons were volunteers in the 1st and 2nd World Wars. Two sons and two grandsons in the medical world have reflected credit on the An- derson name. Frances died Feb. 2, 1922, and is buried by his side in the Hillsboro Family Cemetery.
Following are their children :
1. John Franklin (deceased), graduate of Maryland Univer- sity of Medicine. He practiced in Jones and Jasper over 50 years. His children are: Guy L., attorney, Gray; J. Samuel, retired government worker, Hillsboro; Sadie May, District Public Welfare Representative No. 4, Newnan: Robert Taylor, active M.D. in Dublin.
2. Joseph Lee (deceased), retired planter, unmarried.
3. James William (deceased) a graduate of Bellevue New York Medical College. Practiced medicine in Jones County for over 50 years.
His children: Tessie A. Evans, Atlanta; Cora A. Corley, Gray.
4. Cora A. Middlebrooks (deceased) children : Ruby M. Nel- son, Los Angeles, Cal. ; Jewel Alexander (deceased ) ; Pearl M. King (deceased) ; Roy P. (deceased).
5. Mittie A. Turner (deceased) Children : Eulalie T. Alex- ander, Macon; Col. Edward B. (deceased).
6. Lela A. Waller, Atlanta. Her child, Samuel A., an active Psychiatrist, Atlanta.
7. Roberta A. Whitehead (deceased) Children : Charles Bryan (deceased) ; Geneva W. Parks, Sanford, Fla .; Evelyn W. Mills, Miami, Fla.
8. Yula A. Ash, Albany. Her child, Frances Walker, Albany.
9. Marietta A. Turk. No children.
By Marietta A. Turk
BARRONS
Captain William Barron and bro. John Barron were descen- dants of the Barons of Burnchurch and Lord Gerald of Offaby. The patronymic name of the Barons of this Church was Fitz-
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gerald. It seems that Maurice Fitzgerald, a lineal descendant of Lord Gerald was the forerunner of the Fitzgerald family in Ireland. There were three branches of this Fitzgerald family. One retained the same name, Fitzgerald, another Gerald while a third used Baron, later spelled Barron. The Commodore Bar- rons of Virginia, Commodore James Barron and his two sons, Commodore James Barron, Jr., Com. Samuel and his son Cap- tain Barron were of the same family, and were in service of the U.S.A. during the Rev. War and since then.
Captain William Barron b. 1740 in Ireland, Waterford Co. married Prudence (Prudy) Davis b. 1742, mar. 1760. Two or three of their ch. were b. in Ireland and they came to Warren Co., Ga. in about 1766. Captain Wm. Barron was in command of a Co. during the Rev. War. He was wounded during the battle of Augusta, Ga. and after he had lain on the battlefield for three days without attention, his men returned under a flag of truce to bury the dead and care for the wounded, and found him. Contrary to his wishes, they carried him to the edge of the town and laid him on old Grayson's piazza. Grayson was an old Tory and knew that the English had offered a considerable sum for his head. As soon as the Tories found it out they hired an Indian to behead him. They put his head, as a trophy, on a pole erected in the center of Augusta where it remained three weeks, until the Whigs regained the town and took it down. He was a brave fighter and a terror to the Tories and British.
Capt. Barron's widow Prudence Davis Barron, died in War- ren Co. about 1815. The names of only four of their ch. are known: John Barron, Jr. b. 1763 Ireland mar. 1788 to Frances Garrard of Wilkes Co. (2) Elizabeth Barron b. Oct. 25, 1765, Ireland, d. 1827, mar. 1786, Jacob Garrard (Bro. of Frances) ; (3) William Barron, Jr., mar. Martha Farr 1791; (4) Samuel Barron b. July 4, 1768, d. June 10, 1826, mar. Joanna Braswell, Mar. 22, 1793 in Warren Co., near Augusta. They moved to Jones County, Ga. in Barron Dist. near Round Oak in 1805. They had eight sons and three daus. namely : Rebecca, Nancy, Sally, Willis, Jonathan, Wiley, Greene, Abner, Benjamin, Wil- liam, Thomas, James.
William Barron, son of Samuel and Joanna Braswell Barron,
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b. June 1, 1798, d. Dec. 21, 1836, mar. Dec. 15, 1822 to Eliza- beth Tarver Finney, b. Feb. 14, 1810, d. Feb. 11, 1948. Their chil. were:
1. Mary Ann Park Barron, b. Nov. 15, 1823 (M. Wm. Mor- ris).
2. James Finney Barron, b. Feb. 10, 1825, d. Jan. 17, 1898. 3. William Green Barron, b. Dec. 15, 1828, d. July 4, 1854.
4. Wiley J. Barron, b. Mar. 10, 1827, d. Mar. 1, 1850 (d. in Cal. )
5. Abington B. L. Barron, b. Mar. 1, 1830, d. Dec. 29, 1864 (d. in war).
6. Joanna Elizabeth Barron, b. Dec. 23, 1831.
7. Andrew Jackson Barron, b. Oct. 7, 1886, d. 1862 in war (m. Mary Pound) .
8. Robert Henry Barron, b. Jan. 13, 1834, m. Ellen Brown, Loula Griswold, 2nd.
Rebecca Barron, dau. of Samuel and Joanna Braswell Barron, b. 1800, mar. first in Jones Co., James Lockett, d. July 24, 1844. Both are buried on Lockett lot in Rose Hill Cem. in Macon. They built and lived in the E. Hamilton House in Clinton at one time. Their ch. were: James, Jr., b. 1833, d. 1910, mar. Sarah Woodward; (2) Abner, mar. Anne Mims; (3) William, b. Apr. 12, 1822, d. Apr. 9, 1859, mar. Frances Tinsley, b. 1825; (4) William, an engineer built the first 100 miles of rail- road in Georgia with his own slave labor; (5) Benjamin Barron Lockett; (6) Solomon Lockett.
Benjamin Barron, son of Samuel and Joanna Braswell, b. July 2, 1802, d. Nov. 3, 1872, married three time. 1st wife was Mar- tha Washington Cabiness, b. --- , d. Oct. 18, 1842, mar. July 14, 1831. Their chil. were: (1.) Harrison, b. Dec. 6, 1835, mar. Sally Brown had two daus. Hattie mar. John H. Kelly, had Martha, Mary, Hattie, J. H., and Barron. Harrison was killed in Civil War, Richmond, Va. June 26, 1862. (2) Mattie, mar. Otis Benton, chil. Minnie, mar. Dan Gunn, and Harry died at sea. (3) William Barron, b. Apr. 13, 1840, d. Octo. 10, 1861, Richmond, Va., Civil War. (4) Samuel Barron, b. Mar. 25, 1834, mar. Mary Eliza Brown, chil .: Samuel, d. infant, Sallie Lou, mar. Jeff Smith, two sons James and Samuel, Minnie Rob-
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ert, 2-21-64, d. 7-7-09, mar. Wallace H. Henderson, 8-27-61, d. 10-30-36, ch. Samuel H., Minnie Brown, Florence. A son, William Harrison Barron, mar. Kitty Myrick. Daus. Florence, Mattie and Dolly died in youth.
Benjamin's 2nd wife was, Mary Ann Shropshire, b. 1-10-20, d. June 25, 1849, mar. Dec. 15, 1844. Had two ch. Benjamin Barron, b. June 13, 1847, mar. Ida Gordon, ch .: Mary Ann (Mae) mar. Jeff Russell, ch. Carolyn, Barron, Tot, Willie Mae, Lizzie Ida ; John Graybill, b. June 10, 1849, d. Apr. 11, 1874.
Benjamin Barron's third wife was sister of the second, Sarah Frances Shropshire, b. Nov. 6, 1824, d. June 15, 1894, mar. Dec. 13, 1849. Children were: Joe Walter Barron, b. Sept. 22, 1851, d. 1927, mar. Sarah Jones, chil .: Jette, Joe Walter, Jr., Sam H., George H., and Bennie (died young). Second ch. Sarah Martha (Sally), b. Nov. 4, 1852, d. Dec. 6, 1914, mar. Rob- ert Joshua Smith, one dau. Sally B., died at 7 yrs., mar. 2nd- Baldwin. Third ch. Joanna Rebecca (Annie) Barron, b. Dec. 3, 1857, d. Oct. 11, 1924, mar. John Thomas Williams, b. June 26, 1853, d. Oct. 29, 1930, mar. on Dec. 10, 1878. Their ch. Johnie, Annie Evelyn, Alice Ophelia, Walter Barron, Carlton Candler, J. T., and Benjamin Barron.
James Finney Barron, b. Feb. 10, 1825, d. Jan. 17, 1898, mar. Joanna Shropshire, a dau. of James Shropshire, Capt. in he Seminole War and a native of England. Jas. F. Barron, a physi- cian and surgeon of Clinton, Ga. He was graduated from Medi- cal School of New York University at 27 yrs. In 1855 he repre- sented the County in the General Assembly, a Democrat, Master Mason, a Judge of the Court. They had six ch .: James Henry Barron Mar. Della Gordon, William Wiley Barron mar. Ida Bradley, Robert Benjamin (Dr. Ben) mar. Willa Ethridge, Judge Jackson Clay Barron mar. Ida Calhoun, Abington La- fayette, Sally Elizabeth (Sally) mar. Rev. T. W. Ellis, Mary Eliz. d. an infant.
Dr. Robert B. Barron, son of James F. and Joanna Barron, b. Dec. 26, 1839, graduated from Mercer with A.B. in 1881, went to Bellevue Hospital in New York, graduated in 1883. Practiced in Clinton until 1889, moved to Macon. He was a member of the Macon Medical Society, high priest of the Con-
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stantine Chapter No. 4, R.A.M. and Master of Mable Lodge No. 255, F.&A.M. and Senior of St. Omar Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar, a member of the Greek Fraternity A.T.O. William Willey Barron, son of Dr. Jas. F. Finney and Joanna Shropshire Finney, was b. in Clinton, Jones Co., Feb. 10, 1857. He was Sheriff, then Tax Collector, and Clerk of Superior Court for 13 yeras. He mar. Ida May Bradley in 1877. They had five chil .: Annie Lizzie mar. W. J. Childs, b. Sept. 24, 1879; Sallie Kate, b. Feb. 6, 1883, mar. James Ross; James J., b. July 21, 1885, mar. Gladys Spear; William W., b. mar. 3, 1888, mar. Ethel Stembridge; Ida Ben Barron, b. Dec. 26, 1889.
Judge Jackson Clay Barron, son of Dr. James Finney Barron and Joanna Shropshire Barron, m. Sarah Ida Calhoun (dau. of Sallie Louisa Stewart) and their ch. are: Mary Joe Barron, Julia Clay (Mrs. Lee Webb), whose ch. are : Julia and Dorothy, Valentine (Mrs. J. W. Blair) whose daus. are : Mary and Mar- garet, the fourth ch. Ida Lou (Mrs. Grady Fuller ), ch. are : Barron, Jack, Camille, Patricia and Mary Louise.
Sarah Elizabeth (Sally) mar. T. W. Ellis had one dau. Anna B., who has one son, Wyens Ashe, Jr.
BILLINGSLEYS
The book, "The Billingsley Family in America," has 900 pp. and is most complete. I am using only that portion which deals with the family in Jones County. The first of the family came from Salop County, England about 1612 to Holland, being Quakers, they were forced to leave, came to America 1649, Nansemond, Va. John, James, Frances, three bros. John d. 1659, mar. Elixa Cobreath. Frances lived in Md. Thos. and Wm. came over in 1650. The first Billingsley to come to Georgia Wilkes County was Cyrus, 1789, listed in land lottery draws 1803-6. Sara D. Billingsley mar. John Jones 1841, he died 1850, she d. at Clinton, Ga., Jones 1862. Children were Cyrus B., d. Morgan County, Ga. and John Barrow, b. 1820, d. 1856, buried at Clinton, Ga.
One of the descendants of these bros. James, came to Wilkes County from Harford, Md., b. June 23, 1778 with parents, mar. Mildred Grant of North Carolina 1780, dau. of Thos. Grant
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and Frances Owen of Virginia. On July 22, James B. migrated to Jones County, mar. Oct. 5, 1814 Elizabeth, dau. of Solomon Slatter and Nancy Flewellen, b. Apr. 4, 1788, and the widow of William D. Bunkley whom she had mar. Jan. 30, 1805. She had four ch. by Bunkley, one Jesse L., b. Nov. 11, 1806 went to New Orleans and never returned (the famous Bunkley case is covered in another chapter). 2nd ch. Wm. Luther Bunkley, Oct. 19, 1809, mar. Camilla Sanford, Wm. Dawson, b. June 26, 1811, Elizabeth Slatter, b. Apr. 19, 1813; James Augustus, b. Nov. 20, 1816. d. July 3, 1856, unmarried and buried at Clinton. 2nd ch. by Bunkley, Ann Flewellen, b. Jan. 10, 1819, Louisa Asenath, Frances Amanda and 5th Mary Elizabeth, b. 1823 ; 6th Caroline Asenath Virginia, b. 1826 m. Reuben C. Shorter moved to Alabama 1849, died, she mar. 1856 Tennant Lomax, Brig. Gen. C.S.A., killed in Va. 1862, she d. 1906.
James Billingsley was a planter, and is believed to have in- herited some property from his 2nd wife Elizabeth Slatter Bunk- ley. He d. April 26, 1829, buried in Clinton. His widow, Eliza- beth mar. Samuel Lowther, Esq. he d. 1837 without issue. She lived in Clinton at Lowther Hall until after the Civil War. She gave of her time and means to help the South. She moved to Montgomery, Ala. to live with her dau. and died there Mar. 28, 1871, her estate valued at $500,000. The family Bible is in pos- session of Mrs. F. M. Loveless of Atlanta. Beautiful "Lowther Hall," burned a few years ago, Elizabeth's home, then owned by Dr. and Mrs. Frank Jones.
The following descendants of this family are now living in Jones County : Joe Billingsley, Clinton; and his father, S. F. Billingsley, Miller Field Road.
BONNERS
Rev. Anthony Bonner of England had a son, Anthony, Jr. who had a son, Anthony III born in Quinton, Gloucestershire, England, mar. Marina Vaughn. Their ch. were: Richard, b. 1615; Thomas, 1617; Ellen, 1624; Richard Bonner, 1615, who sailed from London and went to Jamestown, Va. on ship, "Friendship."
James, Richard and Robert Bonner, bros. came to Jamestown
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in the early 17th century. John Bonner, b. 1699, lived at Mar- tin Brandon, Va., his father was also John. In 1722 he mar. Jane Cook, dau. of Wm. Cook and ch. Henry, b. in Virginia in 1724, who mar. Nancy Cate. b. Va. 1730, only ch. of Richard and Sarah (Wyatt) Cate. Their ch. were: (1) Richard, b. 1754, Dinwiddle Co., Va., mar. 1783 Frances in Petersburg, Va. (2) Lucretia. (3) Jones, mar. 1st, Elizabeth Malone, 2nd Sarah Hill Parham. (4) Jamima, mar. Joel Edward Rives. (5) Wy- att mar. Nancy Parham and came to Hancock and then Baldwin Co., Ga. (6) Henry Bonner, Jr. mar. Polly Vaughn. (1) John, a preacher, mar. Elizabeth Mabry. (7) Mary, mar. Edward Lee. (9) Lurany, mar. Hartwell, Jones in Ga. (10) Nancy mar. Thomas Parham. ((1) Robert mar. Elizabeth Heath. (12) James, b. 1781, mar. 1st Nancy Parham Bonner, widow of bro. Wyatt.
I. Richard Bonner, d. 1-7-1813, mar. Frances Mitchell, d. Feb. 13, 1839 and their ch. were :
1. Drucilla, b 1784, m. Robert Rutchings, 1801. 2. Alexander. 3. Pleasant, m. Eliza Mathis May 14, 1818. 4. Tabitha. 5. Thomas Mitchell mar. 1st. Lavinia Rives of Hancock Co. on Dec. 1, 1828; 2nd Martha Gregory 1840. 6. Nancy Cate mar. Edward Eubanks. 7. Richard, Jr.
II. Alexander Bonner, d. unmar. 1815.
III. Pleasant Bonner, b. Ga. 1788, mar. Elizabeth M. Mathis May 4, 1818. He d. 1831, their ch. were: Harriet and Mary Francis. Same Mary Francis, b. Apr. 4, 1820, mar. 1839, Reubin Jordan of Monticello, b. 1814, d. 1885. Their ch. were: Henry Bonner Jordan, b. 1839, mar. Salina Fish 1861, and their ch. were : Alexander Hunter Jordan, b. 1863, mar. 1st Hattie White 1887, and their ch. Ruth (mar E. E. Garlick), Nevin, mar. Mar- garet Moore. Henry Hunter, mar. Cora Pound and George, mar. Anna Dyer.
Alexander Hunter Jordan mar. Zadie Ezell and ch. were: Elizabeth, mar. Edward Almond. Paul Jordan, Nan, mar. Geo. Legge. Second son of Henry and Salina Fish Jordan was Charles Henry, b. 1871, mar. 1st Elizabeth White had one son, Leland K. Jordan, Charles, mar. 2nd Carlie Barnes, and their ch. were: (1) Hattie Kate, (2) Homer, who mar. Annie E. Benton, their
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ch. are: W. H. (Bill), Carl, Alice d., Joan. Third ch. Sidney, (4) May, and (5) Henry Bonner (died in accident ) .
Rebecca, b. 1874, mar. Chas. L. Henderson, their ch. are: Joyce, Robert, Mary and Chas. L., Jr., mar. Blossom Malone and their ch. are Betty and Mary Anne Henderson. Irene, youngest ch. of Henry and Salina Fish Jordan, b. 1875, mar. J. M. Johnson and ch. are : James M., Jr., Dorothy, and Jordan.
IV. Nancy Cate Bonner, 6th ch. of Richard and Francis, b. 6- 16-1796, Hancock Co., mar. Edward Eubanks, Oct. 13, 1819. Their ch., Emily S., Martha Bonner, Charles, Frances Bonner, Augustus F., Rebecca Ann, Edward Thos., Nancy Cate.
V. James Bonner, mar. 1st Nancy widow of bro. Wyatt. 2nd, Frances Haynes 1815, ch. Oliver Perry, Richard Wyatt, b. Oct. 30, 1819, Nancy Cate, b. 9-10-1821, mar. James Gray Andrews of Milledgeville, their ch. Charles and James (d. 1866), Charles Eston, Wm. Peyton, John Wesley, b. Nov. 17, 1834.
Richard Wyatt Bonner, son of James and Frances, b. Baldwin Co., Oct. 30, 1819, went to Oglethorpe University, studied law under U. S. Senator Joshua Hill at Monticello. Came back to Clinton and was made Capt. of Co. F. 45th Ga. Reg. C.S.A. He mar. Ellen Griswold 1st in 1853, their ch. Walter, d. infant; Richard Henry, b. Apr. 21, 1854, mar. 1st Fanny Finney, d. Oct. 24, 1901, and their ch. were: John Wyatt Bonner, mar 1st Mamie Lee Smith of Blountsville, dau. of William Smith who d. in less than a year, he mar. 2nd Wilhemina Buesse of Blakely, Ga. Their ch. are : Wilhemina, b. Oct. 23, 1909 ; mar. Bill Evans and their ch. were: Patsy and Donnie.
Henrietta, b. June 25, 1912, mar. William Baughcom and their chil. are : Suzanne and Nancy.
Margaret, b. Oct. 21, 1914, mar. Melvin Charles, one son, Melvin, Jr .; John Wyatt, Jr., b. Sept. 14, 1917, librarian at Univ. of Georgia; Mary Ellen, b. Sept. 17, 1919, mar. Jack Greene, their ch. are: Judye, Bonnie, and Jackie.
Second son of Henry and Fanny F. Bonner was Giles Bonner, b. Feb. 9, 1880, mar. Fannie Etta Green he d. young, no ch .; Ellen May, never mar.
Richard Henry Bonner, mar. 2nd Patience Drucilla, widow of Alfred Pritchett, dau. of Matilda Hutchings and C. Warren
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Lowe. Ch. of this mar. were: Phillip Warren Bonner, b. 1867, d. 1922, mar. Villette Moughon and their ch. were: Virginia Dru, and Phillip Moughon, Richard Henry Bonner, son of Capt. Richard Wyatt and Ellen Griswold Bonner, b. Apr. 21, 1854 on "Bonner's Hill." Clinton, Jones Co. went to Clinton School, to Prof. John W. Dozier's Private Academy at Blakely, Ga. then to W. J. Northern's school for boys at Kirkwood near Atlanta. (Northern later became Gov. of Ga.) Richard Henry Bonner was the 4th Ordinary of Jones Co. serving 20 yrs. He was Supt. of Sunday Schools for 45 yrs; Fortville, Haddock, Clinton, Gray. His 1st wife, d. Oct. 1901 (Fanny D. Finney of Fortville) on Jan. 1, 1903, he mar. Irene Stewart, dau. of Jasper and Annie Finney. He died at 28 yrs. May 16, 1922, buried at Gray.
Phillip Warren Bonner, son of Richard and Drucilla Bonner, b. at Clinton, Jones Co., Ga., Oct. 24, 1867, mar. 1900, Villette Moughon.
Frances Wyatt Bonner, b. Clinton, Jan. 9, 1866, mar. Rowe Price of Macon, no ch.
From, "An Intimate Family History" by Dr. Hutchings BONNER
Captain John Richard Bonner and his brother, James Oliver Bonner moved from Baldwin Co., Ga., to Jones County, Ga., after their marriages to Mary Julia and Sarah E. Lester in 1867.
The Bonner's early American ancestors were Richard Bonner who came from England to Jamestown, Va., in 1636, Rev. Hautte Wyatt, minister in charge of the Church of Jamestown, Va. in 1621-1626; Andrew Haynes and William Eaton.
John Bonner, b. 1706 in Va., mar. 1730, Jane Cook. They had a son Henry.
Henry Bonner, b. 1724 in Va., mar. 1755, Ann Cate, b. 1730. He was an officer in Rev. War. After the end of the war he moved with his family from Petersburg, Va., to Georgia. He died in Warren Co., Ga., 1822. Children were: Lucretia, Jemi- ma, Richard, Jones, Wyatt, Henry, John Mary, Lauraney, Nan- cy, Robert and James.
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James Bonner, b. 1781 in Petersburg, Va., mar. first, Nancy (Parham) Bonner, the widow of his brother Wyatt. She did not live long and left no children. Second mar. 1815 was to Frances Haynes, b. 1789, d. 1866. She was a dau. of Thomas Haynes, b. 1749. Member, Council of Safety. The children of James and Frances Hynes Bonner were: Oliver Hazard Perry, Richard Wyatt, Charles Eaton, William Peyton, Wesley and Nancy. This family of Bonners lived in Baldwin County, Ga.
Oliver Hazard Perry Bonner, b. 1816, mar. 1838, Sarah Ann Turk. Their ch. were: John Richard, James Oliver, Mary Fran- ces, Sarah. Second mar. was to Mary (Buchanan) Goddard, a widow and a half sister to his first wife Sarah Ann Turk. There was one child, Leone, by the second marriage.
John Richard Bonner, b. 1840, d. 1917, mar. 1867. Mary Julia Lester, b. 1849, d. 1911. Their chil. were: Mary Phiilip, Nellie Eaton, Richard Lester, Julia Estelle, Albert Sidney, Rich- ard Bernard, Rudolphus Cason, Alice, Pearle, Fannie, Olive, Ethel, Inez. John Richard Bonner enlisted in the Confederate Army as Captain of Co. H., 57th, Ga. Vol. Was wounded at Baker's Creek, Miss. and in Battle of Atlanta. Surrendered with Johnston, April 1866 at Bennett place, near Durham, N. C.
James Oliver Bonner, b. 1841, d. 1894, mar. 1867, first, Sarah E. Lester, b. 1847, d. 1888. Children were : James Oliver, An- nie, Frank Lester, Edgar, Eugene Lockhart, Guy, Julia, Daisy, Bessie, Hunter and Haynes. Second mar. was to Kate Bivins. There was one child, a son, Edgar. This family of Bonners moved to Texas in 1890.
Mary Frances Bonner, mar. 1865, Dr. James William Herty. They had a son, Frank, and two daughters, Marwood and Olice. Sarah Bonner died at age of twelve.
Leone Bonner, mar. first, Thomas Youmans; second, Miller Bell. There were no children by either marriage.
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