Major BONNER b. 17 Jun 1889 near Scurry, Kaufman County, Texas, USA d. 29 Aug 1925 Oklahoma: Wisser and Bryant Family History

1889 - 1925 (36 years)

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Name	Major BONNER [1, 2]
Nickname	Jack or Merle or Murrell
Born	17 Jun 1889	near Scurry, Kaufman County, Texas, USA [2]
Gender	Male
Residence	1920	Willis, Marshall, Oklahoma [2]
	Age: 31Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
More Info	8 Dec 1922	Marshall County, Oklahoma
	Bonner v State 238 P. 229 31 Okl.Cr. 245 Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ________________________________________ Cite as: 1925 OK CR, 31 Okl.Cr. 245, 238 P. 229 ________________________________________ (Syllabus.) Intoxicating Liquors ó Evidence Sustaining Conviction for Unlawful Possession. In a prosecution for unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, evidence held to sustain a conviction. Appeal from County Court, Marshall County; Isaac O. Lewis, Judge. Judgson Bonner was convicted of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and he appeals. Affirmed. Page 246 Don Welch, J.O. Minter, and J.R. McClendon, for plaintiff in error. George F. Short, Atty. Gen., and G.B. Fulton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State. DOYLE, J. The information in this case charges that in Marshall county, December 8, 1922, the defendants, Major Bonner and Judgson Bonner, did have in their possession 10 1/2 gallons of whisky with the unlawful intent to sell the same. On this separate trial, the jury returned a verdict finding the defendant Judgson Bonner guilty as charged in the information, and fixed his punishment at a fine of $50 and confinement in the county jail for 30 days. From the judgment rendered on the verdict, he appeals. The errors assigned are that the court erred in admitting incompetent evidence, and that the verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence. E.W. Jones, deputy sheriff, testified with W.B. Dickerson and A.M. Corder he went to Judgson Bonner's farm to search the premises for liquor, under authority of a search warrant; that they saw him walking down a path that leads from his house to a spring; that he walked on past the spring into a canyon, and seeing the officers, stopped; that they walked up to him and within a few feet from the place he stopped found a 10-gallon can containing whisky; that they left Mr. Corder there with the defendant and went to the house; Major Bonner and a man by the name of Robinson were in sitting at a table on which was a half-gallon can of whisky; that the 10-gallon can was covered with a sugar sack, and was about 20 steps from the spring; that further on down the canyon, three quarters of a mile from the house, they found a still and some whisky. W.B. Dickerson and A.M. Corder testified, in substance, Page 247 to the same facts as did witness Jones. The defendant did not testify. Upon an examination of the record, we find no prejudicial error in the rulings of the court in the admission of testimony. As to the sufficiency of the evidence, we think there can be but little doubt. The trial was in all respects fair, and we are unable to find anything in the record sufficient to warrant us in interfering with the verdict. The judgment appealed from is therefore affirmed. BESSEY, P.J., and EDWARDS, J., concur. Citationizer© Summary of Documents Citing This Document ________________________________________ Cite Name Level None Found.
Died	29 Aug 1925	Oklahoma
Buried	Kingston Cemetery, Marshall County, Oklahoma, USA
Person ID	P249	Wisser and Bryant 2013 \| Barbara Ann (Bryant) Wisser family
Last Modified	27 May 2019

Father	Jonathan BONNER, b. 23 Jan 1863, Alabama , d. 8 Apr 1952, Marshall Co., Oklahoma (Age 89 years)
Mother	Kate Antonia HYER
Family ID	F259	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Eunice Tennessee TEAGUE, b. 8 Jul 1889, Dekalb, Texas, USA , d. 07 Mar 1969, San Joaquin, California (Age 79 years)

Children

	1. Jackson B. BONNER, b. 30 Mar 1907, Oklahoma , d. 25 Jan 1994, Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA (Age 86 years)
	2. Eva Lee BONNER, b. 1908, Oklahoma , d. 28 Jun 2004 (Age 96 years)
	3. Hubert A. BONNER, b. 1910, Texas
+	4. Addie BONNER, b. 26 Mar 1911, Kingston, Oklahoma , d. 5 Jan 1999 (Age 87 years)
+	5. Opal Florence BONNER, b. 12 Jun 1912, Kingston, Marshall County, Oklahoma, USA , d. 16 Feb 2011, Pauls Valley, Garvin, Oklahoma, USA (Age 98 years)
	6. Homer Mearl (Red) BONNER, b. 20 Dec 1913, Oklahoma , d. 22 Oct 2001, Stockton, California (Age 87 years)
+	7. Hoza Major BONNER, b. 11 Mar 1916, Oklahoma, USA , d. 29 Nov 2001, Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States of America (Age 85 years)
	8. Bill Overton BONNER, b. 12 May 1918, Oklahoma , d. 13 Apr 2007, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA (Age 88 years)
+	9. John Isaac BONNER, b. 29 Mar 1921, Oklahoma, USA , d. 4 Oct 1985, San Joaquin, California (Age 64 years)

Last Modified 23 Apr 2019

Family ID F22 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Mary Bettie DOBSON, b. 31 Oct 1902, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas , d. 10 Jan 1973, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 70 years)

Married around 1922

Divorced Major Died 1925

Children

	1. Sterling Maxwell BONNER, b. 18 Aug 1922, Kingston, Marshall County, Oklahoma, USA , d. 8 Jul 2004, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 81 years)
+	2. Otis Don BONNER, b. 13 Nov 1924, Kingston, Marshall County, Oklahoma, USA , d. 10 Sept 2003, Rescue, El Dorado Co., California, USA (Age 78 years)

Last Modified 3 Sep 2014

Family ID F437 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		1910 Census Texas - Bonner Families in Cooke County Texas Jackson B Bonner - 70 Martha L Bonner - 67 Johnathan Bonner - 47 Kate W Bonner - 16 Mary Bonner - 42 Murrell Bonner - 20 (40 ?) Eunice T. Bonner - 21 (41?) Jackson B. Bonner - 3 Eva L. Bonner - 1 Hubert A. Bonner - 0 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Cooke, Texas; Roll: T624_1542; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0058; FHL microfilm: 1375555.
		bonner_teague_marriage_1905_madill.jpg 1905 Marriage License for Major Bonner and Eunice Teage
		1920 United States Federal Census For M Bonner
		major_bonner_unice_marriage_license_1905_cu_crop.jpg 1905 Marriage License for M. Bonner and Eunice Teague. Issued in Madill, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) Note: Not Executed
		1957_Polks_Directories_Bonner_Hoza_p67.jpg 1957 Polks Stockton Directory Addie Bonner Eunice T. Bonner (widow of Major Bonner) Hoza Bonner (Myrel L) Listed as a Ranch Worker

Headstones		Merle "Major" Bonner stone Merle "Major" Bonner Thanks to Patti Veneziale for taking this picture http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64330475 Kingston Cemetery Kingston Marshall County Oklahoma, USA
Headstones		Merle "Major" Bonner stone with date cleared Merle "Major" Bonner - with final date cleared Thanks to Ron McCollum for taking this picture http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64330475 Kingston Cemetery Kingston Marshall County Oklahoma, USA

Histories

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Major Bonner Shot and Killed

NOTE: Mrs. Ethel Bonner mentioned seems to be the wife of Oliver H "Judge" Bonner (an uncle).

Military Records

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Major Bonner WWI 1917 Registration

BIRTH: Near Scurry, Texas, USA

Sources

[S-1718017955] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta), Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
[S-1718017626] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1920; Census Place: Willis, Marshall, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1472; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 168; Image: 858.

Wisser Family History

From the 1700s to the year 2014

Major BONNER