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A. D. Bond
A. D. Bond, fourth son of Robert and Rachel (Thornburg) Bond, was born April 19, 1836, near Washington, Wayne Co., Ind. He obtained a good education in the schools of his native village, and grew to manhood on the home farm. At the age of twenty-live he began business for himself, and in 1860 bought land near Manchester, Wabash Co., Ind., which he improved and farmed five and a half years. He then traded his Wabash farm for a part of the land first entered by his grandfather, Jesse Bond, and in 1866 he returned to Wayne County and settled on his farm, where he has since been successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising. His farm contains 260 acres of well-improved land, and his farm buildings and residence are first class. He was married in 1860 to Mary E., daughter of John and Jane (Willetts) Scott, of Wayne County. They have had four children — Emma C., born Sept. 24, 1861; S. Maud, born March 16, 1864; V. Blanche, born April 14, 1878, and died Feb. 4, 1879; and Edith A., born May 20, 1882. Mr. Bond has served as Trustee of Clay Township since the spring of 1880, by re-election. Politically he is a Republican, and he is a member of the Hicksite Friends. His wife belongs to the Disciple church.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2