It
is so great when relatives share family photos. I am very thankful
for their generosity. Today I want to share two different photos of
my grandmother's brother, Perry Solomon Bond.
The
first one was shared with me by cousin Dave Howard. This photo was
cropped from a photo taken at the home of Austin Bond, Perry's uncle, about 1906.
In
1906 Perry would have been 25 years old, as he was born 18 Feb 1882.
He was the oldest son, and 3rd child of 5 of John Howard and
Mary Ann (O'Neal) Bond. He was born in the Creswell area, Lane
County, Oregon. When he was about 12, the family moved to Lone Rock,
Gilliam County, in north central Oregon. The 1900 census listed
Perry's occupation as sheepherder. In about 1905 Perry and his
brother Roy moved with their parents back to the Willamette Valley,
in the Halsey area of Linn County. It was about 10 years later when
the four of them moved farther south to Glide in Douglas County,
Oregon, where they purchased a prune ranch.
But
that wasn't all Perry found there, for he married Frances Smith 27
May 1916. His brother Roy married her sister Grace in 1917. Perry's
mother died in 1918 and his father in 1919. Apparently he continued
to work on the fruit ranch as he was listed there with his wife and
children on the 1920 and 1930 censuses. But he did do some moving
around as he was listed as a farmer in Junction City, Oregon in the
1921 city directory. By the 1940 census they had moved to Klamath
Falls, Oregon, and the census indicated they had been living in
Roseburg in 1935. At the time of his death, 5 Jun 1969, Perry was
living in Springfield, Oregon.
Perry
and Frances had 5 children, 2 sons and 3 daughters: Helen, John,
Edith, Mary Jane, and Dale. His obituary stated that he had 23
grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. His descendants may
remember him as he appeared in this photo of Frances and Perry in
their later years, which was shared with me by cousin Robert Bond.
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