Ancestor Birthday – December 7 – Mary Ann O'Neal 1858-1918

Today is the third of my ancestors, all female, who were born on December 7. Mary Ann O'Neal was one of my gt-grandmothers. She was born 7 Dec 1858, the daughter of Commodore Perry and Margaret (England) O'Neal. There is quite a complete listing of the “facts” of her life on my website: http://www.joanneskelton.com/p11.htm#i261 

She was born in Davis County Iowa, moved to California in 1865 and then to Lane County Oregon the latter part of 1870. She married John Howard Bond at her home 18 Jun 1876. It was about 1894 when they moved to eastern Oregon in Gilliam County Oregon with their 5 children, Margaret “Maggie”, Ivy, Perry, Roy and my grandmother Florence. About 1905 they moved back to western Oregon to Linn County Oregon. They went farther south to Douglas County in about 1915. It was there she died 14 Jul 1918.

I have previously posted some photos of her, but will repost some of them today.

This is Mary as a child with her parents.

This is Mary with her parents and 3 brothers. This appears to be after she was married, probably the late 1880s or early 1890s.

This photo of her by herself is one of my favorites. The same photo was published in a Douglas County History with an article about her and John.

Trying to Transcribe - Will of John Howard Bond

While transcribing, I decided to do the will of my gt-grandfather, John Howard Bond. I had already done his father's will (Solomon Bond) on June 26-28, 2017. It was fun to see that my grandmother, Florence E. Falk, was one of the beloved daughters and received an inheritence.

In the name of God Amen.

I, J. H. Bond of Glide, Douglas,

County, State of Oregon, being past

63 years of age and in sound mind

and disposing memory do make and

declare the following to be my last

will and testament, that is to say

First,- I direct my executors to

pay my funeral expense and all

my just debts as soon after my death

as the condition of my estate will

permit.

Second - I give and bequeath to each

of my beloved daughter, towit,

Mrs. Maggie H. Pullen, of Jasper,

Lane County, Oregon, Ivy A. Stewart [??]

of Blythe, Riverside County, California,

and Florence E. Falk of Harrisburg,

Linn County, Oregon, the sum of

Five hundred dollars ($500) to be paid

in three annual installments, or

sooner at the option of the executors

of this my will.

Third - I give, bequeath, grant and

devise unto my beloved sons, Perry

S. Bond and Roy Bond, both of

Glide, Douglas County, Oregon.

Tomorrow I plan to do page 2 of this will and you can find out what the sons were to receive.

Ancestor Birthday - April 17th - John Howard Bond 1855-1919

John H. and Mary (O'Neal) Bond at Halsey home abt 1910

John Howard Bond, my great-grandfather, was born 17 Apr 1855 in Linn County Oregon. He was the first child of Solomon and Huldah (Hayes) Bond to be born in Oregon. They had arrived in the fall of 1853 after traveling the Oregon Trail from Iowa, bringing the 4 older children with them. John had 4 younger brothers and a sister born in Oregon after him, so he was about the middle. His parents' land claim was adjacent to a number of his mother's family. When they first settled it was said to be in Burlington Precinct. By 1860 it was Pine Precinct, in 1870 Peoria Precinct and in 1880 after the railroad had come through it was Halsey Precinct.

But John was not living there in 1880. In 1876 he married Mary Ann O'Neal, who lived about 4 miles west of Creswell, in Lane County. I wrote about her father, Commodore Perry O'Neal, and his land a few days ago, 14 & 15 Apr 2017. So in the 1880 census John and Mary Ann were living in Lane County with their 2 oldest daughters, Margaret and Ivy. It was 2 years later, in 1882, when John made his application for a homestead about 2 miles northwest of Mary's parents. He proved up on it by 1889 and then sold it in 1893 and moved to north central Oregon to Lone Rock in Gilliam County. By now John and Mary Ann had 5 children. The oldest girls married in Gilliam County.

By 1905, both of John's parents had died. He sold his property in Gilliam County and moved back to the Halsey area with the 3 unmarried children: Perry, Roy and Florence. It was about 1915, after Florence was married, that John and Mary and their 2 sons made their last big move. They purchased a prune ranch near Glide, in Douglas County Oregon. It was there that Mary died in 1918 and about 9 months later John died 20 Mar 1919. They were both buried at the Oak Creek Cemetery, between Glide and Roseburg.

So John was born and died in Oregon, although he lived in 4 different counties there in his lifetime. So I am the 4th generation to be born in Oregon, and I enjoy that distinction.

You can read a few more details on my website: http://www.joanneskelton.com/p11.htm#i260

Posted 18 Apr 2017

Friday's Faces From the Past -- Mary Ann O'Neal Bond

  

 Mary Ann O'Neal Bond 

1858 - 1918

 

     Yesterday I posted a picture of the home of John Howard Bond and his wife Mary Ann O'Neal Bond. John lived in Oregon all his life, but Mary Ann moved around a little more. She was born in 1858 in Davis County, Iowa and was enumerated their with her parents, Commodore Perry O'Neal and Margaret Jane England O'Neal in the 1860 census. About 1865 they moved to California and she is on the census with her family at Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, in 1870. In the latter part of that year they moved to Lane County, Oregon, about four miles west of the present town of Creswell. She married John in 1876 so what I wrote about him yesterday (October 2) would apply to her as well.

      So if you follow Mary Ann in the census you will find her in five census years and in five different county locations:

• 1860 -- Davis County, Iowa 
• 1870 -- Sonoma County, California 
• 1880 -- Lane County, Oregon  
• 1900 -- Gilliam County, Oregon 
• 1910 -- Douglas County, Oregon 

To read more about Mary, look at my website:
http://www.joanneskelton.com/p261.htm