The Bonhams and Brooks
- Milledge Luke Bonham (1813–1890), South Carolina State Representative 1840-1843 1865-1866, Circuit Court Judge Solicitor in South Carolina 1848-1857, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1857-1860, Confederate States Representative from South Carolina 1862, Governor of South Carolina 1862-1864, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1868. Cousin of Preston S. Brooks.
- Preston S. Brooks (1819–1857), South Carolina State Representative 1844, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1853-1856 1856-1857. Cousin of Milledge Luke Bonham.
- M.L. Bonham, Circuit Court Judge in South Carolina 1924-1930, Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court 1931-1940, Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court 1940. Son of Milledge Luke Bonham.
NOTE: Preston S. Brooks was also first cousin of U.S. Senator Matthew Butler.
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—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)