D.H.L. Bonner

Dixon Hill L. Bonner

Full Name: Dixon Hill L. Bonner
Date of birth: April 8, 1842
Date of death: February 18, 1920

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 12 Jan 10, 1911 - Sep 14, 1911 32nd (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Arp / Smith   Smith

(1) ARP, TX. The Omen post office was transferred to Arp, TX in 1906. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) OMEN, TEXAS. "In April 1879 Dixon H. L. Bonner petitioned the United States Post Office Department to renew the local branch. Upon approval, Bonner became the postmaster and called the post office Old Canton." Handbook of Texas Online.
(3) Bonner resigned 9/14/1911. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 12
Jan 10, 1911 - Sep 14, 1911
Legislatures: 32nd (1) (2) (3)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Arp / Smith
Counties in district: Smith

(1) ARP, TX. The Omen post office was transferred to Arp, TX in 1906. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) OMEN, TEXAS. "In April 1879 Dixon H. L. Bonner petitioned the United States Post Office Department to renew the local branch. Upon approval, Bonner became the postmaster and called the post office Old Canton." Handbook of Texas Online.
(3) Bonner resigned 9/14/1911. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information top

Military Service Notes

  • Confederate States Army, Drummer, Company E, 14th Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, D.H.L. Bonner, death date 3/8/1919, burial in Elkins Cemetery, Omen, Smith County. Find a Grave.
  • Confederate States Army, Company E, 14th Texas Infantry. Biographical sketch, pp. 259-260. Born 1849, father Beckham Bonner, mother Rebecca Bonner (nee Wilson), first marriage to Miss Susie Neal (died 1874), second marriage to Miss Texas Talley of Alabama. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
  • Confederate Pension application, D.H.L. Bonner, Arp, Smith County, Texas, Company E, 14th Texas Infantry, Randall's Brigade. East Texas Genealogical Society. Smith County, TXGenWeb Project.

Other Resources

  • Census of 1910 - Dixon H.L. Bonner, Smith County, age 69, born circa 1841 in Alabama, farmer, spouse Texas A. Bonner.
    United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949 - D.H.L. Bonner, Drummer, 14th C.S.A. Texas Infantry, date of death 3/8/1919, application date 6/28/1939. FamilySearch. Census 1910 Headstone Application
  • D.H.L. Bonner, birth date 4/8/1842 in Alabama, death date 2/18/1920 in Omen, Smith County, farmer, father Becom Bonner, mother Rebecca Wilson, burial in Elkins Cemetery, undertaker from Arp, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

32nd R.S. - 1911
Agriculture  
Appropriations Subcommittee on the Confederate Home  
Forestry  
Private Corporations  
Public Debt  
Stock and Stock Raising  

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