Milledge Lipscomb Bonham

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.[1] He attended Sachlaben's Academy (1863–64), Edgefield Academy (1866–72), and Carolina Military Institute (Charlotte) (1875–76).[1] 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.

Milledge Lipscomb Bonham
Chief Justice of South Carolina
In office
January 10, 1940 – June 23, 1943
Preceded byJohn G. Stabler
Succeeded byDavid Gordon Baker
Associate Justice of South Carolina
In office
February 17, 1931 – January 10, 1940
Preceded byEugene Satterwhite Blease
Succeeded byTaylor Hudnall Stukes
Personal details
BornOctober 16, 1854
Edgefield, South Carolina
DiedJune 23, 1943 (1943-06-24) (aged 88)
Anderson, South Carolina
Spouse(s)Daisy Aldrich, Dr. Lillian L. Carter (1925–1945)

Bonham began his career as a newspaper editor. He first helped found the Ninety Six Guardian and then moved to Newberry, South Carolina where he was the editor of the Newberry News. Only afterwards did he relocate to Abbeville, South Carolina, where he started practicing law.[1]

Bonham was made a state trial court judge on February 1, 1924; an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court on February 17, 1931; and chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court on January 10, 1940.[2]

He was a hereditary member of the Aztec Club of 1847.

Chief Justice Bonham died on June 23, 1943, in Anderson, South Carolina, and is buried at the Silver Brook Cemetery there.[3]

References
  1. Reports of the Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina (volume 205). Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan Co. 1945. pp. 525–549.
  2. "Oath for Chief Justice Administered to Bonham Soon After Vote Taken". Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. January 11, 1940. p. 3. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  3. "Milledge Lipscomb Bonham (1854-1943)". Find a Grave. Retrieved November 20, 2014.


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