Elias Commander BOUNDS
Elias Commander Bounds fought in the Civil War with the 29th Mississippi Infantry, Company F. and was killed by 2 vigilantes, in error in Oct. 1865. He lays to rest beneath a Confederate Headstone In the Pittsboro, Calhoun, MS. Cemetary, which is located on private ground. He is found on the 1850 Census of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, on page 786. The call # on the Micro-film is T-6-148. The Census was enumerated on 24 Oct 1850. Elias was 22 years of age. He is in the household with his parents, 1 sister and 3 brothers.in the 1860 Census of Pittsboro, Calhoun, MS. he is found in household # 1220. with his wife, Elizabeth, 4 children and a farm laborer, who is probably his brother-in-law, as his sister is living in the household # 1221, with her 3 children.. Her husband wasd probably helping his brother-in-law with the farm when the Census enumerator came.Also living near-by are his parents in household 1230, and his sister, in household 1231. SOURCE , I, Eldra Lucile Hooper Bounds, found the marriage license of Elizabeth I. Bounds in the Courthouse of Yalabusha county, Mississippi. She is found in the 1860 Census, of Calhoun County, Pittsboro Township, dwelling # 1220, on page 175. She is there with Elias C. Bounds, 4 of their children and a farm laborer named Terry Hicks. The Census was taken on 28 Sept 1860. Other related families were living near-by. In the 1870 Census of Calhous County, she is found in the township # 13 Range 1 with the Post Office at Pittsboro. The date of this enumeration was 18 Aug 1870. Elias, her husband had been killed by vigilantes, and she had moved & had 4 of her 5 children with her. in this Census the family is found on page 2. The 1880 Census of Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi, finds her living in the household with her oldest daughter Elizabeth, who married Thomas D. Donehoo. They had 3 children and she had her youngest son with her. Living next door was her son Columbus F., and his wife Mary Eliza, and 2 children, including, Alvis Martin Bounds, as a 1 year old baby. He is The father, grand-father @ Great grand-father of this family. SOURCE , I, Eldra Lucile Hooper Bounds, found the marriage license of Elizabeth I. Bounds in the Courthouse of Yalabusha county, Mississippi. She is found in the 1860 Census, of Calhoun County, Pittsboro Township, dwelling # 1220, on page 175. She is there with Elias C. Bounds, 4 of their children and a farm laborer named Terry Hicks. The Census was taken on 28 Sept 1860. Other related families were living near-by. In the 1870 Census of Calhous County, she is found in the township # 13 Range 1 with the Post Office at Pittsboro. The date of this enumeration was 18 Aug 1870. Elias, her husband had been killed by vigilantes, and she had moved & had 4 of her 5 children with her. in this Census the family is found on page 2. The 1880 Census of Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi, finds her living in the household with her oldest daughter Elizabeth, who married Thomas D. Donehoo. They had 3 children and she had her youngest son with her. Living next door was her son Columbus F., and his wife Mary Eliza, and 2 children, including, Alvis Martin Bounds, as a 1 year old baby. He is The father, grand-father @ Great grand-father of this family. SOURCE , I, Eldra Lucile Hooper Bounds, found the marriage license of Elizabeth I. Bounds in the Courthouse of Yalabusha county, Mississippi. She is found in the 1860 Census, of Calhoun County, Pittsboro Township, dwelling # 1220, on page 175. She is there with Elias C. Bounds, 4 of their children and a farm laborer named Terry Hicks. The Census was taken on 28 Sept 1860. Other related families were living near-by. In the 1870 Census of Calhous County, she is found in the township # 13 Range 1 with the Post Office at Pittsboro. The date of this enumeration was 18 Aug 1870. Elias, her husband had been killed by vigilantes, and she had moved & had 4 of her 5 children with her. in this Census the family is found on page 2. The 1880 Census of Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi, finds her living in the household with her oldest daughter Elizabeth, who married Thomas D. Donehoo. They had 3 children and she had her youngest son with her. Living next door was her son Columbus F., and his wife Mary Eliza, and 2 children, including, Alvis Martin Bounds, as a 1 year old baby. He is The father, grand-father @ Great grand-father of this family. SOURCE , I, Eldra Lucile Hooper Bounds, found the marriage license of Elizabeth I. Bounds in the Courthouse of Yalabusha county, Mississippi. She is found in the 1860 Census, of Calhoun County, Pittsboro Township, dwelling # 1220, on page 175. She is there with Elias C. Bounds, 4 of their children and a farm laborer named Terry Hicks. The Census was taken on 28 Sept 1860. Other related families were living near-by. In the 1870 Census of Calhous County, she is found in the township # 13 Range 1 with the Post Office at Pittsboro. The date of this enumeration was 18 Aug 1870. Elias, her husband had been killed by vigilantes, and she had moved & had 4 of her 5 children with her. in this Census the family is found on page 2. The 1880 Census of Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi, finds her living in the household with her oldest daughter Elizabeth, who married Thomas D. Donehoo. They had 3 children and she had her youngest son with her. Living next door was her son Columbus F., and his wife Mary Eliza, and 2 children, including, Alvis Martin Bounds, as a 1 year old baby. He is The father, grand-father @ Great grand-father of this family. SOURCE , I, Eldra Lucile Hooper Bounds, found the marriage license of Elizabeth I. Bounds in the Courthouse of Yalabusha county, Mississippi. She is found in the 1860 Census, of Calhoun County, Pittsboro Township, dwelling # 1220, on page 175. She is there with Elias C. Bounds, 4 of their children and a farm laborer named Terry Hicks. The Census was taken on 28 Sept 1860. Other related families were living near-by. In the 1870 Census of Calhous County, she is found in the township # 13 Range 1 with the Post Office at Pittsboro. The date of this enumeration was 18 Aug 1870. Elias, her husband had been killed by vigilantes, and she had moved & had 4 of her 5 children with her. in this Census the family is found on page 2. The 1880 Census of Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi, finds her living in the household with her oldest daughter Elizabeth, who married Thomas D. Donehoo. They had 3 children and she had her youngest son with her. Living next door was her son Columbus F., and his wife Mary Eliza, and 2 children, including, Alvis Martin Bounds, as a 1 year old baby. He is The father, grand-father @ Great grand-father of this family. SOURCE , I, Eldra Lucile Hooper Bounds, found the marriage license of Elizabeth I. Bounds in the Courthouse of Yalabusha county, Mississippi. She is found in the 1860 Census, of Calhoun County, Pittsboro Township, dwelling # 1220, on page 175. She is there with Elias C. Bounds, 4 of their children and a farm laborer named Terry Hicks. The Census was taken on 28 Sept 1860. Other related families were living near-by. In the 1870 Census of Calhous County, she is found in the township # 13 Range 1 with the Post Office at Pittsboro. The date of this enumeration was 18 Aug 1870. Elias, her husband had been killed by vigilantes, and she had moved & had 4 of her 5 children with her. in this Census the family is found on page 2. The 1880 Census of Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi, finds her living in the household with her oldest daughter Elizabeth, who married Thomas D. Donehoo. They had 3 children and she had her youngest son with her. Living next door was her son Columbus F., and his wife Mary Eliza, and 2 children, including, Alvis Martin Bounds, as a 1 year old baby. He is The father, grand-father @ Great grand-father of this Family. SOURCE , I, Eldra Lucile Hooper Bounds, found the marriage license of Elizabeth I. Bounds in the Courthouse of Yalabusha county, Mississippi. She is found in the 1860 Census, of Calhoun County, Pittsboro Township, dwelling # 1220, on page 175. She is there with Elias C. Bounds, 4 of their children and a farm laborer named Terry Hicks. The Census was taken on 28 Sept 1860. Other related families were living near-by. In the 1870 Census of Calhous County, she is found in the township # 13 Range 1 with the Post Office at Pittsboro. The date of this enumeration was 18 Aug 1870. Elias, her husband had been killed by vigilantes, and she had moved & had 4 of her 5 children with her. in this Census the family is found on page 2. The 1880 Census of Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi, finds her living in the household with her oldest daughter Elizabeth, who married Thomas D. Donehoo. They had 3 children and she had her youngest
SOURCE , I, Eldra Lucile Hooper Bounds, found the marriage license of Elizabeth I. Bounds in the Courthouse of Yalabusha county, Mississippi. She is found in the 1860 Census, of Calhoun County, Pittsboro Township, dwelling # 1220, on page 175. She is there with Elias C. Bounds, 4 of their children and a farm laborer named Terry Hicks. The Census was taken on 28 Sept 1860. Other related families were living near-by. In the 1870 Census of Calhous County, she is found in the township # 13 Range 1 with the Post Office at Pittsboro. The date of this enumeration was 18 Aug 1870. Elias, her husband had been killed by vigilantes, and she had moved & had 4 of her 5 children with her. in this Census the family is found on page 2. The 1880 Census of Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi, finds her living in the household with her oldest daughter Elizabeth, who married Thomas D. Donehoo. They had 3 children and she had her youngest son with her. Living next door was her son Columbus F., and his wife Mary Eliza, and 2 children, including, Alvis Martin Bounds, as a 1 year old baby. He is The father, grand-father @ Great grand-father of this family.
NOTES: The Birth year & Place have been taken from the 1880 US Federal Census. The month & year of death, the place of death, the month & year of burial, and the place of burial are from the memory of the deceased son, Alvis Martin Bounds who is the father-in-law of the SUBMITTER OF THE RECORD. The year of Marriage is an approximation, but the place of marriage was taken from the BOUNDS FAMILY BIBLE. SOURCES: 1. 1880 U.S. Federal Census 2. Memory of Alvis Martin Bounds 3. Bounds Family Bible
He married Elizabeth I Bounds 25 Jul 1852 at Coffeyville, Yalabusha, Mississippi . Elizabeth I Bounds was born at Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina Abt 1830/32 daughter of James F Bounds and Johanna Diggs .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Columbus F. Bounds
born Abt 1853.
Agustus Bounds
born Abt 1855.
Elizabeth a Bounds
born Abt 1857.
James Martin Bounds
born Oct 1859.
David Elias Bounds
born 25 Jan 1866.
Elias Commander Bounds died Oct 1865 at Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi .
Elizabeth I Bounds died Aft 31 May 1880 at Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi .