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Allen Dobbins Bond
Allen Dobbins Bond was born on the old homestead Oct. 6, 1842, a son of John Bond, who was born in 1792 in Loudoun County, Va. He was educated at the schools of Dublin, and at the age of twenty years, in 1862. he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-ninth Indiana Infantry, serving in this regiment one year. He was then commissioned First Lieutenant of Battery C, Third United States Artillery, having command about eighteen months. His commission was signed by Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton. He took part in the engagement at Mumfordsville, Ky., and in the battle of Tupelo, Miss. He was captured at Mumfordsville, but was soon paroled and sent to Indianapolis to be exchanged. He was then engaged in active service in Memphis, Tenn., until April, 1866, when he was mustered out and returned home, where he has since followed farming.
He was married in 1872 to Anna E. Moore, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and daughter of Richard B. and Margaret Moore, now of Denver, Col., but formerly connected with the car shops of Cambridge City, under the firm name of Mercer, Moore & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Bond are the parents of two children — Jessie B. and Edna May. Mr. Bond is a member of Lodge No. 349, A. F. & A. M., of Dublin, and also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic.
His father, John Bond, was married in Belmont County, Ohio, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Jane McMillan. She was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1800, and came with her parents to Ohio when seventeen years of age. They were the parents of six girls and three boys, all of whom are living. In 1838 John Bond moved with his family to Wayne County, Ind., and settled on a farm of 165 acres, where he followed farming till his death in April, 1866. His wife is still living with our subject, and is in her eighty-fifth year. She has been a member of the Universalist church for over thirty-five years.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2