Historical MarkerBonner Cemetery
Burkeville · Newton County · Dedicated 1997 · THC Atlas #5351011102
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Marker Inscription
Thomas Bonner (1833-1891) moved from Mississippi to Texas in the early 1850s. He married Eliza Jane Rutledge (d.1910) in 1855 and settled on the banks of the Sabine River. They became the parents of 13 children. The first recorded burial in this family cemetery is that of infant Lenora J. Bonner in 1861. The site contains eight graves. The Temple Inland Company purchased land including this graveyard in 1926. The cemetery is maintained by descendants of the Bonner family. (1997)
About this site
Bonner Cemetery is a historical marker in Burkeville, Newton County, dedicated in 1997. It is one of 43 historical markers documented in Newton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 126 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.9764, -93.6039 near Burkeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Spears Chapel Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Spears Chapel Methodist Church, Dickerson, and Bonner.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5351011102. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
