Bonner researchers.....here's my scenario: I have run up against a brick wall trying to find anything about my grandfather, Albert Ezekiel Bonner, and his family. The family Bible says Albert was born in Arkansa in 1878. This is all I know except where and how he died, that he had a brother named Frank and was registered with the Miner's Association in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. In searching the Sebastian County, Arkansas, 1880 Census, this is what I have found, a family registered in the Soundex as Binner. Since the Elbert fit my grandfather's age I looked at the actual census records and found the name on the line above (Bonner, Binner) has a letter that extends down into the name of Bonner that when recorded by the Soundex person, they recorded it as Binner. This I am certain of because the head of the household, E.B. Bonner (Binner, 1880 Census) is listed in the 1900 and 1910 Census as E. B. Bonner living at the same address. The Bonner (Binner) family listed in the 1880 Census is as follows: E. B. Bonner (Binner) age 41 b. Tenn. Rachael age 38 b. Tenn. Annie age 15 b. Tenn. John L. age 13 b. Tenn. Margaret age 11 b. Ark. Thomas F. age 7 b. Ark. Mary age 5 b. Ark. Elbert age 2 b. Ark. Now the Elbert, age 2, fits the age of my grandfather Albert and is from the same area. And, as we all know, many enumerators spelled names as they sounded without checking for spelling. I also think that the Thomas F. listed mught be the brother Frank. Is there anyone out there, in big wide world of ours, that connects with any of these names? I would appreciate hearing from you. Thank you. Barbara Cargill Easley, [email protected]