Benjamin was the son of James Rousom Bounds (1802-1868) and his wife, Minerva Jane Bailey (1821-1898)
In Benjamin's autobiography, he wrote that when he came of age, he adopted the middle name "Human" because it was the Christian name of his mother's grandfather.
1859 - Occupation, Teacher
1860 Census - Calhoun, MS, Occupation - Teacher
1861 - AGE: 21;Enlisted in the Confederate States Army; Private, Co. F, 4th Regiment Mississippi Infantry
1862 Sept 6 - MS; While home on sick leave from the C.S.A., Benjamin married Julia Annie Terry.
1863 May - Captured at BATTLE OF VICKSBURG and imprisoned at Fort Delaware until 1864.
1865 July 19 - Wife, Julie Annie, died in childbirth of daughter Julie Annie Bounds.
1866 Sept 6 - Married Sabrina "Clemetine" Bates in Yalobusha, MS
1870 Census - living in Pontotoc, Mississippi
1875 Dec - Along with wife and four children moved to Farmersville, Collin Co., TX, where brother Robert was a farmer, grocer and saloon keeper. Benjamin bought a farm and taught school, and began his pastoral assignments.
1880 Census - living in Collin County, TX
1900 Census - living in Grayson County, TX
1910 Census - living in Greenville, Hunt County, TX
1910 Nov - Moved into parsonage with bachelor son, Rev. Charles Bounds, when he came to serve the Methodist Episcopal Church in Greenville.
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OBITUARY:
Dallas Morning News, Wed., Nov. 8, 1911; page 5
REV. D. H. BOUNDS IS DEAD
For Many Years Engaged in Pulpit Work of Methodists
Special to The News.
Greenville, Tex., Nov. 8 -- Rev. D. H. Bounds, 71 years of age, for many years a minister and pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died at 12:25 o'clock this morning at the home of his son, Rev. Charles L. Bounds pastor of the Lee Street Methodist Church, Greenville. Mr. Bounds was born in Calhoun County, Mississippi. He served in various pastorates in North Texas until conference last year, when he was superannuated.
About one month ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis while attended a Confederate reunion at Beaumont. He served in the Confederate Army throughout the war. He came to Texas in 1875. Deceased is survived by his wife and four children.
(*The "D" for his first name should have been "B".)
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Book:
Ben H. Bounds, 1840-1911, METHODIST MINISTER AND PROMINENT MASON: Biography and highlights from his early life and Civil War Memoirs
Listed on Amazon by Ben H. Bounds
Listed editor on Google is Charles L. Bounds
In Benjamin's autobiography, he wrote that when he came of age, he adopted the middle name "Human" because it was the Christian name of his mother's grandfather.
1859 - Occupation, Teacher
1860 Census - Calhoun, MS, Occupation - Teacher
1861 - AGE: 21;Enlisted in the Confederate States Army; Private, Co. F, 4th Regiment Mississippi Infantry
1862 Sept 6 - MS; While home on sick leave from the C.S.A., Benjamin married Julia Annie Terry.
1863 May - Captured at BATTLE OF VICKSBURG and imprisoned at Fort Delaware until 1864.
1865 July 19 - Wife, Julie Annie, died in childbirth of daughter Julie Annie Bounds.
1866 Sept 6 - Married Sabrina "Clemetine" Bates in Yalobusha, MS
1870 Census - living in Pontotoc, Mississippi
1875 Dec - Along with wife and four children moved to Farmersville, Collin Co., TX, where brother Robert was a farmer, grocer and saloon keeper. Benjamin bought a farm and taught school, and began his pastoral assignments.
1880 Census - living in Collin County, TX
1900 Census - living in Grayson County, TX
1910 Census - living in Greenville, Hunt County, TX
1910 Nov - Moved into parsonage with bachelor son, Rev. Charles Bounds, when he came to serve the Methodist Episcopal Church in Greenville.
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OBITUARY:
Dallas Morning News, Wed., Nov. 8, 1911; page 5
REV. D. H. BOUNDS IS DEAD
For Many Years Engaged in Pulpit Work of Methodists
Special to The News.
Greenville, Tex., Nov. 8 -- Rev. D. H. Bounds, 71 years of age, for many years a minister and pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died at 12:25 o'clock this morning at the home of his son, Rev. Charles L. Bounds pastor of the Lee Street Methodist Church, Greenville. Mr. Bounds was born in Calhoun County, Mississippi. He served in various pastorates in North Texas until conference last year, when he was superannuated.
About one month ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis while attended a Confederate reunion at Beaumont. He served in the Confederate Army throughout the war. He came to Texas in 1875. Deceased is survived by his wife and four children.
(*The "D" for his first name should have been "B".)
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Book:
Ben H. Bounds, 1840-1911, METHODIST MINISTER AND PROMINENT MASON: Biography and highlights from his early life and Civil War Memoirs
Listed on Amazon by Ben H. Bounds
Listed editor on Google is Charles L. Bounds
Benjamin was the son of James Rousom Bounds (1802-1868) and his wife, Minerva Jane Bailey (1821-1898)
In Benjamin's autobiography, he wrote that when he came of age, he adopted the middle name "Human" because it was the Christian name of his mother's grandfather.
1859 - Occupation, Teacher
1860 Census - Calhoun, MS, Occupation - Teacher
1861 - AGE: 21;Enlisted in the Confederate States Army; Private, Co. F, 4th Regiment Mississippi Infantry
1862 Sept 6 - MS; While home on sick leave from the C.S.A., Benjamin married Julia Annie Terry.
1863 May - Captured at BATTLE OF VICKSBURG and imprisoned at Fort Delaware until 1864.
1865 July 19 - Wife, Julie Annie, died in childbirth of daughter Julie Annie Bounds.
1866 Sept 6 - Married Sabrina "Clemetine" Bates in Yalobusha, MS
1870 Census - living in Pontotoc, Mississippi
1875 Dec - Along with wife and four children moved to Farmersville, Collin Co., TX, where brother Robert was a farmer, grocer and saloon keeper. Benjamin bought a farm and taught school, and began his pastoral assignments.
1880 Census - living in Collin County, TX
1900 Census - living in Grayson County, TX
1910 Census - living in Greenville, Hunt County, TX
1910 Nov - Moved into parsonage with bachelor son, Rev. Charles Bounds, when he came to serve the Methodist Episcopal Church in Greenville.
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OBITUARY:
Dallas Morning News, Wed., Nov. 8, 1911; page 5
REV. D. H. BOUNDS IS DEAD
For Many Years Engaged in Pulpit Work of Methodists
Special to The News.
Greenville, Tex., Nov. 8 -- Rev. D. H. Bounds, 71 years of age, for many years a minister and pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died at 12:25 o'clock this morning at the home of his son, Rev. Charles L. Bounds pastor of the Lee Street Methodist Church, Greenville. Mr. Bounds was born in Calhoun County, Mississippi. He served in various pastorates in North Texas until conference last year, when he was superannuated.
About one month ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis while attended a Confederate reunion at Beaumont. He served in the Confederate Army throughout the war. He came to Texas in 1875. Deceased is survived by his wife and four children.
(*The "D" for his first name should have been "B".)
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Book:
Ben H. Bounds, 1840-1911, METHODIST MINISTER AND PROMINENT MASON: Biography and highlights from his early life and Civil War Memoirs
Listed on Amazon by Ben H. Bounds
Listed editor on Google is Charles L. Bounds
In Benjamin's autobiography, he wrote that when he came of age, he adopted the middle name "Human" because it was the Christian name of his mother's grandfather.
1859 - Occupation, Teacher
1860 Census - Calhoun, MS, Occupation - Teacher
1861 - AGE: 21;Enlisted in the Confederate States Army; Private, Co. F, 4th Regiment Mississippi Infantry
1862 Sept 6 - MS; While home on sick leave from the C.S.A., Benjamin married Julia Annie Terry.
1863 May - Captured at BATTLE OF VICKSBURG and imprisoned at Fort Delaware until 1864.
1865 July 19 - Wife, Julie Annie, died in childbirth of daughter Julie Annie Bounds.
1866 Sept 6 - Married Sabrina "Clemetine" Bates in Yalobusha, MS
1870 Census - living in Pontotoc, Mississippi
1875 Dec - Along with wife and four children moved to Farmersville, Collin Co., TX, where brother Robert was a farmer, grocer and saloon keeper. Benjamin bought a farm and taught school, and began his pastoral assignments.
1880 Census - living in Collin County, TX
1900 Census - living in Grayson County, TX
1910 Census - living in Greenville, Hunt County, TX
1910 Nov - Moved into parsonage with bachelor son, Rev. Charles Bounds, when he came to serve the Methodist Episcopal Church in Greenville.
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OBITUARY:
Dallas Morning News, Wed., Nov. 8, 1911; page 5
REV. D. H. BOUNDS IS DEAD
For Many Years Engaged in Pulpit Work of Methodists
Special to The News.
Greenville, Tex., Nov. 8 -- Rev. D. H. Bounds, 71 years of age, for many years a minister and pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died at 12:25 o'clock this morning at the home of his son, Rev. Charles L. Bounds pastor of the Lee Street Methodist Church, Greenville. Mr. Bounds was born in Calhoun County, Mississippi. He served in various pastorates in North Texas until conference last year, when he was superannuated.
About one month ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis while attended a Confederate reunion at Beaumont. He served in the Confederate Army throughout the war. He came to Texas in 1875. Deceased is survived by his wife and four children.
(*The "D" for his first name should have been "B".)
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Book:
Ben H. Bounds, 1840-1911, METHODIST MINISTER AND PROMINENT MASON: Biography and highlights from his early life and Civil War Memoirs
Listed on Amazon by Ben H. Bounds
Listed editor on Google is Charles L. Bounds
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