FIFTH GENERATION

16. Daniel Bonnett ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ was born in 1829 in Orangeburg District, South Carolina. He died about 1887 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. Year of death is a guess. Based upon land distribution to heirs of Daniel and Sarah Bonnett in Jackson Parish November 1887. He served in the military. Bonnett, Daniel,Pvt. Co. C. 28th La. Infty. (Gray's). En. Simmons, Nov. 11th, 1863.
On Hospl. Register admitted May 23rd, 1864, to C. S. A. Gen. Hospl.,Shreveport, La. On Rolls of Prisoners of War, Paroled Monroe, La., June 9th, 1865. Res. Jackson Par., La.

Bonnett, Henry W.,Pvt. Co. G. 28th La. Infty. (Gray's) En. May 14th, 1862, Monroe, La. Roll for Jan. and Feb., 1863, Present. Roll for July and Aug., 1863. "Absent on sick Furlough."

Lineage from John Jacob Bonnet to Daniel Bonnett of Louisiana is taken from work of Pharbus Harper. The accuracy of which has not been subject to verification. He was married to Sarah "Sallie" Murphy about 1849.

17. Sarah "Sallie" Murphy was born about 1833 in Mississippi. She died after 1872 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. Children were:

i. George N. Bonnette was born about 1850 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
ii. Henry W. Bonnette was born in 1853 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. He died about 1904 in Winn Parish, Louisiana. Grandson is:
Bobby Bonnette
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Timothy;
I have downloaded the file and will enjoy looking at the pictures to see family likenesses. I will have to dig out the picture box from under the bed and scan in some of my line and send them to you. I don't have many, and of those, most are of my father's generation: very few of his father and mother. I'm not sure why my father didn't speak more about the family, but as I said on the phone, during high school and college; I often thought there were no Bonnetts other than his siblings. I have recently bought a cd burner and if I can find time to learn to use it, that would be a good way to send you most of the pictures I have.
I did see a newspaper article about my grandfather once. My uncle who lived in South Louisiana had kept it along with a whole bunch of Huey P. Long campain buttons. I kept one of the butttons thinking it might be worth something some day. I should have kept the newspaper article. It explained my grandfather's jailing in Monroe for killing a fellow in a dispute over a boat. I later asked my youngest uncle about the incident and he said the boat had been abandoned by a family that lived near them in Swartz. My grandfather found the boat partially buried and unusable in a sandbar on Bayou DeSiard and restored it. Sometime later grandfather and one of the previous owneres had words over the boat, but my grandfather would not return it. Later, according to my uncle, he and my father witnessed the encounter between my grandfather and this fellow(don't remember the name). The other fellow was drunk and belligerent and armed. My grandfather either knew he was coming or
just happed to be armed also, and in the last dispute, shot the other man killing him. My grandfather was jailed for a year in Monroe and released. That probably had a lot to do with my father not talking about the family. I don't remember the dates, but suspect it happened sometime around WWI. My father was too young for that one and too old for WWII although two uncles were involved.
Thanks for the pictures.
Bobby
iii. William Franklin Bonnette was born about 1854 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
iv. James Richard Bonnette was born on 15 Apr 1856 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. He died on 31 Oct 1896 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
v. Jacob W. Bonnette was born about 1858 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
vi. Andrew Bonnette was born about 1860 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
vii. John Rufus Bonnette was born on 7 Apr 1863 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. He died on 29 Jun 1959 in Bastrop, Louisiana.
8 viii. Charles Edward "Charlie" Bonnette.
ix. Isabelle Bonnette was born on 12 May 1872 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. She died on 24 Jan 1936 in Marthaville, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.