Wayne County Biographies



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Joseph Bond

Joseph Bond, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Bond (who came from England), was born in North Carolina, Aug. 9, 1779. He came to the Territory of Ohio in 1801, raised a crop and then went back to North Carolina. In the latter part of 1802 he married Rachel Harrold, daughter of John and Phebe Harrold. They remained in North Carolina until 1811, when, with five children, they moved to the Territory of Indiana and settled in what is now Wayne County, about seven miles northwest of Richmond. Here six more children were added to their family, making eleven in all, eight boys and three girls, all of whom lived to be men and women. In 1838 he moved to Randolph County, Ind., where he lived about three years, his wife surviving him about two years. The children of Joseph Bond are the following — Darius, born Dec. 26, 1803, died Sept. 3, 1837; Eunice, born Oct. 3, 1805, died Jan. 24, 1870; John H., born Dec. 6, 1807, still living in Randolph County; Mordecai, born Sept. 24, 1809, died Aug. 8, 1849; Joseph S., born July 29, 1811, living in Randolph County; Amos, born April 9, 1814, living in Grant County, Ind.; Levi, born Nov. 4, 1815, living in Wayne County, Ind.; Elihu, born April 28, 1817, died June 7, 1870; Rachel, born March 13, 1819, died March 20, 1840; Zimri, born Dec. 25, 1820, died April 14, 1877; Lavina, born Jan. 5, 1826, living in Iowa. Levi Bond, the only son now living in Wayne County, Dec. 1, 1840, married Lydia Williams, daughter of John and Mary Williams of Wayne County. They now living in Webster Township, having lived there ever since their marriage, except fourteen years that were spent in Randolph County, Ind. Their only son, Jehiel Bond, living with them, was born Jan. 30, 1842. April 26, 1866, he married Anna Jane Marshall, daughter of Evan and Gulia Elma Marshall.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2. Page 812 and 813.