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William D. Bonner

William D. Bonner, merchant, Homer, Louisiana Mr. Bonner, a native of Louisiana, was born in Bossier Parish on August 21, 1858, and is a son of William S. Bonner, who was born in Morgan Parish, Georgia The father was reared in his native parish, and was married there to Miss Mary E. Darden, also a native, of Georgia. They removed to Louisiana in 1859, located in Bossier Parish, and here the father tilled the soil for one year. From there they moved to Claiborne Parish, located in Ward No. 4, and there bought, an improved farm, where they still reside. The father was a soldier in the Confederate Army from the beginning to the end of hostilities. He is a prominent member of the Baptist Church. Of the six children born to this union, three sons and three daughters, three sons and two daughters are now living, and all but one are married. William D. Bonner passed his boyhood and youth on the farm in Claiborne Parish, and received a fair education in the country schools.

When nineteen years of age he left home, engaged in clerking in Homer for a number of years, and in the fall of 1888 he embarked in mercantile pursuits for himself. Mr. Bonner carries a large stock of general merchandise, including dry goods, clothing, groceries, glass and queens-ware, furniture, etc., and has built up a good trade. He is a gentleman highly esteemed for his many intrinsic qualities, is a first class business man, and is frequently complimented on the neat and tasty arrangement of his store and stock.

Mr. Bonner was married in Webster Parish, Louisiana, on November 8, 1878, to Miss Esther Garland, a native of Louisiana, born in Webster Parish, where she was reared and educated, and the daughter of Wash. Garland. Mr. and Mrs. Bonner have one son, "Willet M., who is but one year old. Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Biographical Sketches| Claiborne Parish

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, Southern Publishing Company, 1890