Seymour Bonner, Solomon Bonner's son, was born in 1846, and was married, in 1867, to Sophia, daughter of Andrew Fansler. His wife dying in 1868.
He married two years later to Mahala, daughter of Samuel H. Cosner.
He lived 25 miles from St. George ; he taught school in Randolph County, WV with a No. 5 certificate, and in Tucker, WV with a No. 3 certificate.
Legend has it that killed six bears and was a wonderful bee hunter. He follows the bees to their trees by taking the course of their flight and pursuing them.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41B-8CY : 18 February 2021), Seymore(mistyped in source, should be spelled Seymour) Bonner in entry for Solomon Bonner, 1860.
West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-6LZQ : 22 July 2021), Seymour Boner and Annie S Fansler, 7 May 1868; citing Marriage, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm .
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM8N-5XK : 9 March 2018), Seymour M. Bonner, 11 Nov 1932; citing Tucker, West Virginia, County Records, 15547, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,953,687.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Seymour by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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