Milledge Luke Bonham
Birthplace: Redbank, South Carolina
Father: Captain James Bonham 1766 – 1815
(Buried: Smith – Bonham Cemetery, Saluda, South Carolina)
Mother: Sophie Smith 1780 – 1858
(Buried: Smith – Bonham Cemetery, Saluda, South Carolina)
Wife: Ann Patience Griffin 1829 – 1894
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina)
Children:
Richard Griffin Bonham 1849 – 1887
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina)
James Bonham 1853 – 1884
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina)
Chief Justice Milledge Lipscomb Bonham 1854 – 1943
(Buried: Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, South Carolina)
Anne Elizabeth Bonham 1857 – 1921
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina)
Thomas Seymour Bonham 1868 – 1954
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina)
Patience Griffin Bonham Shand 1871 – 1961
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina)
1834: Graduated with honors from South Carolina College
Occupation before War:
1836: Served in the United States Army during Seminole War Major
Attorney in Edgefield South Carolina
1840 – 1843: South Carolina State Representative
1846 – 1848: Served in the Mexican War rising to rank of Colonel
Major General of South Carolina State Militia
1848 – 1857: Solicitor of Southern Circuit of South Carolina
1857 – 1860: United States Representative from South Carolina
Civil War Career:
1861: Major General and Commander of Army of South Carolina
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army Infantry
1861: Brigade Commander during First Battle of Bull Run
1862 – 1864: Governor of South Carolina
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry
1865: Recruiting Service in South Carolina
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1878: Insurance Businessman in Edgefield, S.C. & Atlanta, GA.
1865 – 1866: South Carolina State Representative
1871: Delegate to South Carolina Taxpayer's Convention
1874: Delegate to South Carolina Taxpayer's Convention
1874 – 1878: Attorney and Planter in Edgefield, South Carolina
1878 – 1890: South Carolina State Railroad Commissioner
Died: August 27, 1890
Place of Death: White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Age at Death: 76 years old
Cause of Death: Blood Vessel Burst
Burial Place: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina
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