Milledge Lipscomb Bonham was a chief justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court. He was born on October 16, 1854, to Milledge Luke Bonham and Ann Patience Griffin. He attended Sachlaben's Academy (1863–64), Edgefield Academy (1866–72), and Carolina Military Institute (Charlotte) (1875–76). After studying the law under the tutelage of Col. Robert Aldrich, he was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1877. He married Daisy Aldrich on October 24, 1878, with whom he had three children. After Daisy died, Bonham remarried to Dr. Lillian L. Carter on March 2, 1925.
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16 October 1854 Edgefield, South Carolina
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Died |
23 June 1943 (aged 88)
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Zodiac | Libra |
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