James Butler Bonham (February 20, 1807 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. He was a second cousin of William B. Travis and was a messenger of the Battle of the Alamo .
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James Butler Bonham (February 20, 1807 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. He was a second cousin of William B. Travis and was a messenger of the Battle of the Alamo .
From: South Carolina. James Bonham, officer of the Alamo garrison, son of James and Sophia Butler (Smith) Bonham, was born at Red Banks (present-day Saluda), Edgefield County, South Carolina, on February 20, 1807. Recent evidence indicates that he was a second cousin of William B. Travis.
James Bonham, officer of the Alamo garrison, son of James and Sophia Butler (Smith) Bonham, was born at Red Banks (present-day Saluda), Edgefield County, South Carolina, on February 20, 1807. Recent evidence indicates that he was a second cousin of William B. Travis.
James Bonham: Rebellious man, brave messenger. Daughters of the Republic of Texas essay contest winner Cal Heidelberg reads his essay during the Texas Independence Day celebration Wednesday, March ...
James Butler Bonham (February 20, 1807 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. His younger brother, Milledge Luke Bonham, was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War, and served as...
Bonham died in the battle of the Alamo, while manning one of the cannons in the interior of the Alamo chapel. On December 18, 1938, the Texas Centennial Commission erected a statue of James Bonham on the courthouse square of the town of Bonham, named in his honor. Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
William N. Bonham, James Butler Bonham: Messenger of Defeat (Halifax: 1990). No one is sure exactly how many times Bonham escaped from the Alamo to smuggle pleas for Travis. Historians know he went once, and suspect he may have gone twice. In any case, he knew no help would arrive to save them, yet still he returned to die alongside his friends.
Soldier. Bonham was born in Edgefield District on February 20, 1807, the son of James Bonham and Sophia Butler Smith. He was expelled from South Carolina College in 1827 for participating in a protest over the quality of the food served at the college boardinghouse. He then studied law and set up practice in Pendleton in 1830.
James Butler Bonham (February 20, 1807 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. His younger brother, Milledge Luke ...
Bonham is a city and is the county seat of Fannin County, Texas, United States. The population was 10,408 at the 2020 census. James Bonham (the city's namesake) sought the aid of James Fannin (the county's namesake) at the Battle of the Alamo. Bonham is part of the Texoma region in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma.
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- February 20, 1807, Saluda County, South Carolina, United States
- March 6, 1836, San Antonio, Texas
- Captain James B Bonham
- University of South Carolina
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