Bio: Capt. Marcus A. Bonner, Claiborne & Caddo Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890

Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker





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Marcus A. Bonner is a prosperous planter of Caddo Parish, La., but was 
born in Morgan County, Ga., in 1833, being a son of Capt. Thomas S. and 
Martha (Cleveland) Bonner, the former of whom was born in Virginia, in 
1811 and the latter in North Carolina, it is supposed.  Their marriage 
was celebrated in Morgan County, Ga., and in that State the father 
passed from life about 1874, his wife dying some two years later, both 
having been earnest and consistent members of the Missionary Baptist 
Church from youth up.  Mr. Bonner was a well-known planter, and being a 
man of undeniable intelligence and a prominent politician he was elected 
to represent Morgan County in the State Legislature of Georgia about 
1833 or 1834.  He was a captain in one of the Indian Wars and inherited 
Welsh and Scotch blood from his ancestors.  John Cleveland, the 
mother's father, was born and spent his life in North Carolina, and his 
father was Gen. William Cleveland, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.  
Marcus A. Bonner was the seventh of eight sons who lived to be grown, 
there being twelve sons in the family, and only three of them are living 
at the present time.  He was educated in Musser University of Georgia, 
and in 1859 came to Claiborne Parish La., and in 1860 was married to 
Miss Araminta L., a daughter of Joseph H. and Mary Jeter, who were born 
in Virginia and North Caroling, and died in La Grange, Tenn., and Texas, 
respectively.  Mrs. Bonner war born in Tennessee and died in Louisiana 
in 1865 after having borne two children, both of whom are deceased.  His 
marriage to his second wife took place in 1866, she being Miss Mary G., 
a sister of his first wife, but she, too, passed from life in 1873, 
having borne two children, a son now living.  Mr. Bonner was married to 
his present wife in 1880, she being Mrs. Sarah C. Bates, a daughter of 
Joseph Beaird, whose sketch appears on another page of this work.  She 
was born in Caddo Parish, but received the principal part of her 
education in Baton Rouge.  In 1864 Mr. Bonner joined Company D, 
Twenty-eighth Louisiana Infantry, but was soon after discharged and 
placed in the quartermaster's department with headquarters at Homer, 
serving faithfully until the close of the war.  In  1872 he removed to 
Dallas County, Tex., and after being a resident of that State for seven 
years he returned to Louisiana, and has since been a resident of his 
present excellent farm.  He is the owner of 716 acres of land in two 
tracts, and has about 225 acres under cultivation, located four miles 
below Bayou La Chute.  Mr. Bonner was the postmaster at Homer at the 
breaking our of the war.