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- Moved to Pike Co, Missouri in 1818 and to Wisconsin in 1840. His children are listed in "The Bonham Family" p 44. His first 4 children were probably b in Missouri; last 5 in Wisconsin. The children were under 10 when he moved.
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In 1846 Mr. JACKSON married Miss Martha BONHAM, a native of Pike Co., Missouri, and the daughter of Captain Francis and Mary (NEAVILL) BONHAM, who were among the prominent pioneers of Grant Co., Wis. Capt. BONHAM was one of a family of five sons and two daughters, namely, James, Joseph, Francis, Harvey, Martin, Isabella and Mahala. He was born in Rye Valley, Wythe county, Va., in 1806, and in 1818 removed to Pike county, Mo., where he served during the pioneer days as a captain of militia. Though he possessed few opportunities for a schooling, he had by extensive reading, aided by a remarkable memory, acquired a broad and useful general education. He died in Grant county in 1892, aged eighty-six years. Among the cherished heirlooms which he left to his posterity was a sword, carried by one of his ancestors, in the days of Cromwell's Roundheads, and which also did service in the American revolution. His wife as a native of Shelby Co., Ky. Their eight children, four sons and four
daughters, were Martha (Mrs. C. M. JACKSON); Euphenia (Mrs. UTT); William; James, who died in his youth; Calvin; Carlos; Lenora (Mrs. BALDWIN, deceased), and Mary Frank (Mrs. BROOKS). Mrs. Martha (BONHAM) JACKSON, the wife of our
subject (Christopher Jackson), died Nov. 6, 1880, aged forty-nine years.
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