Gregg Bonner's COTTLE Family

The middle seated person in this picture is Almeda Catherine Cottle - my great great grandmother. Seated to her right is her husband, Benjamin H. Bonner - my great great grandfather. Seated to her left is Willis Chappell Bonner - my great grandfather. The other people are other children of Almeda and Benjamin. You can find more about these Bonners at this site in the BONNER section.

I know a fair deal about the maternal ancestry of Almeda Catherine Cottle, but only a VERY little about her paternal ancestry. In fact, all I know is that her father is James Cottle. You can find the will of James Cottle in my Wills Collection section.

James Cottle married firstly to Sarah "Sally" Moore and secondly to Melissa Jane Oliver, and had issue by both wives. You can find some good information at RootsWeb WorldConnect for James Cottle and his wives. I intend to place here all the census records I can find for James Cottle, his wives, and all his descendants. See my Census Collections section for entries which do not appear below. Here you will find the tracking through time of my direct COTTLE line, followed by records for other descendants of James Cottle as I have time to find and enter them.

1850 Census, Troup Co., GA, District 804, Page 81(A), HH#318/46:
* Cottle, James 48 M farmer 3000 NC
* Cottle, Sarah 44 F GA
Cottle, Israel 19 M farmer GA
Cottle, John 17 M GA
[continuing, page 81(B)]
Cottle, James 15 M farmer GA
Cottle, Alford 13 M GA (attended school)
Cottle, Sarah J. 11 F GA (attended school)
Cottle, Lucinda 6 F GA (attended school)
* Cottle, Almeda 4 F GA

1860 Census, Chambers Co., AL, Northern Division, handwritten page 137, Page 851, HH#964/943:
* Cottle, James 59 M farmer 2000 6000 NC (cannot read and write)
Cottle, Melissa J. 36 F GA
Cottle, Sarah J. 19 F GA
Cottle, Lucinda H. 17 F GA
* Cottle, Almeda C. 14 F GA
Cottle, Willis J. 6 M GA
Cottle, Margaret A. 3 F GA
Cottle, Susan F. 8/12 [F] GA

1870 Census, Chambers Co., AL, Beat 2, Page 22(B), HH#46/46:
Sikes, Josiah E. 46 M W farmer 400 730 GA
Sikes, Mary M. 45 F W keeping house GA
Sikes, James C. 20 M W farm hand GA (cannot read and write)
Sikes, Joseph 18 M W farm hand GA (cannot read and write)
Sikes, Wiley J. 15 M W farm hance GA (cannot read and write)
Sikes, Alfred 13 M W farm hand GA (cannot read and write)
Sikes, John Carson 11 M W farm hand GA (cannot read and write)
Sikes, Mary H. 7 F W GA (cannot read and write)
Sikes, Spencer 4 M W GA (cannot read and write)
* Cottle, Armeta 24 F W at home GA
[Note: The person listed here as Armeta is likely Almeda Catherine Cottle]

1880 Census, Chambers Co., AL, Beat 1, ED#16, handwritten page 12, Page 6(B{D}), HH#20/20:
* Bonner, Ben W M 29 [head] M farming AL - -
* Bonner, Almeda W F 34 wife M keeping house GA - -
* Bonner, Willis W M 5 son S at home AL - -
Bonner, Carrie W F 4 daughter S at home AL - -
Bonner, Thadius W M 2 son S at home AL - -
Simmons, Robt W M 29 [(head)] M farming GA - -
Simmons, Ada W F 24 wife M keeping house GA GA GA
Simmons, Lula W F 4 daughter S at home AL GA GA
Simmons, Marthy W F 2 daughter S at home AL GA GA
Simmons, Ace W M 3 son S at home AL GA GA
Hase, Nancy W F 42 mother-in-law Wd GA - -

1900 Census, Randolph Co., AL, Wedowee Precinct No. 6 (part of), Enumeration District #56, Page 103(B), HH#115/116:
[Family listed as "Barner" - I have changed it here to BONNER]
* Bonner, Almeda C. head W F APR 1846 54 Wd 24 7 6 GA NC GA farmer
Bonner, Eddie T. son W M OCT 1877 22 S AL AL GA farmer
Bonner, Ben H. son W M FEB 1881 19 S AL AL GA day laborer
Bonner, Alfred H. son W M MAY 1884 16 S AL AL GA day laborer
Bonner, Joe D. son W M APR 1887 13 S AL AL GA day laborer (cannot read; cannot write)

1920 Census, Randolph Co., AL, Wedowee Precinct 6 (part of), ED#147, sheet 7(B), Page 115(B), HH# 131/132:
Bonner, Alferd H. head M W 34 M AL AL GA
Bonner, Ada wife F W 29 M AL USA USA
Bonner, Benjamin son M W 9 S AL AL AL
Bonner, Annie daughter F W 7 S AL AL AL
Bonner, Alice daughter F W 5 S AL AL AL
Bonner, Joseph son M W 2&4/12 S AL AL AL
* Bonner, Almeda mother F W 73 Wd GA GA GA