Truman was the son of Jarius Bonney and Jane Elkins. He married Louisiana Tennessee Baker. They had the following children: Mary, Jane, Edward, William, Lawrence, Preston, Ira, Albert, Charles, and Nellie.
Sources
1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHW-JQH : 4 April 2020), Truman Bonney in household of Jerries Bonney, Marion county, Marion, Oregon Territory, United States; citing family 41, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCL-YN2 : 16 July 2017), Truman Bonney, Hubbard, Marion, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district ED 83, sheet 89A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,082.
Burial: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 December 2018), memorial page for Truman Lawrence Bonney (14 Feb 1835–29 Jul 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #5405005, citing Gleason Cemetery, Whiskey Hill, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Gary Bonney (contributor 47070426).
Genealogy:Bonney, Truman Lawrence "Early Oregonians Database," Oregon, Secretary of State. Accessed 10 December 2018.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Truman by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: