52 Ancestors 2020 – 17 – Land – Charles Bond

Charles Bond did own land. His obituary in 1912 noted that he was living on the “old home place owned by his father a mile northeast of Halsey.” It was the same farm where he had been born in 1860. This photo taken about 1909, shared with me by my cousin Robert Bond, shows Charles' home.

Charles was the executor for his mother's will when she died in 1903. The inventory of her estate noted that she had 160 acres as her half of their Donation Land Claim, but they excluded 2 acres on the east side previously sold and also “18 acres where the buildings stand on said premises heretofore sold to C. S. Bond.”

Charles Seth Bond, my great-granduncle, was born on 23 April 1860 in Linn County, Oregon, the son of Solomon and Huldah (Hayes) Bond, my 2^nd great-grandparents. I wrote about his older sister Susan 3 weeks ago and explained that where the family lived was called Pine Precinct on the 1860 census and Peoria Precinct on the 1870 census. Charles just made it onto the 1860 census being marked as age 2/12, but was age 10 for the next census. The town of Halsey was formed after the Oregon and California Railroad was built on the western edge of the Bond property in 1871. I can think that Charles, at age 11, would have enjoyed watching the building of the railroad. When the 1880 census was taken Charles was 20 years old, single, and his occupation was farmer.

It was four years later, 21 Sep 1884, when Charles changed his marital status as he married Minnie Gourley. I find it interesting that about 10 years later, Minnie's sister Ada married Charles' nephew, Edwin Cummings. Can you imagine their children trying to figure out their relationship? For Minnie and Charles did have 2 children. Bessie was born in 1886 and Lela in 1894. So their family was enumerated on the 1900 census, living with Charles' mother Huldah. His father had died in 1899. Also in the household in 1900 was Minnie's younger brother George.

This family photo, also shared by Robert Bond, was probably taken about 1904.

The family was enumerated on the 1910 census, Bessie and Lela were now 23 and 16. The household again contained other relatives, this time Clarice Gourley, a niece, and Charles' widowed oldest sister, Lydia (Bond) Clark. This is the last time I find them all together as Charles died in 1912 and Minnie in 1913.

It was 23 Sep 1912 when Charles died. His cause of death is rather confusing. A family history stated that he was killed by a normally friendly bull in the pasture on his farm. His death certificate showed the cause of death as apoplexy. An obituary in an Albany newspaper stated that “his death was due to the rupture of a blood vessel produced from over-exertion while working on his farm.” A Eugene newspaper gave the following account: “Chas. Bond....died yesterday as the result of an injury sustained while working in his hog pen. While holding one of the porkers his left arm and hand were severely wrenched and a physician was called. Mr. Bond's injuries were not thought serious at first.….but a few minutes later he expired. It is supposed that a blood vessel was ruptured or else the shock may have caused heart failure.” For whatever reason, Charles died and was buried in the Halsey Pioneer Cemetery.

Although he died in 1912, he was listed in a 1913 Linn County, Oregon, directory on the tax list. It showed he owned property at Halsey valued at $5505. So again I say Charles did own land.

52 Ancestors 2020 – 14 – Water – Susan Augusta (Bond) Bridgefarmer

Why did I choose Susan for the theme water? Well, she did marry a man whose name included a bridge.

Susan, my great-grandaunt, was the daughter of Solomon and Huldah (Hayes) Bond and was probably born in Marion County, Iowa, since her parents and older siblings were enumerated there in the 1850 census. She was born 2 Apr 1852, so would have celebrated her first birthday before the family left on 12 Apr 1853 to travel to the Oregon Territory “out west.” I can wonder if she took her first steps before or after they left on the wagon train. Her mother must have watched Susan carefully as the wagons had to cross many rivers on their 5 month journey.

A little after a year after they arrived in the Oregon Territory her parents settled a land claim in Linn County. Presently (April 2020) this land has a subdivision at the edge of Halsey, Oregon. Since Halsey was not established until the Oregon and California Railroad was built through that area in 1871, the 1860 census lists the location as Pine Precinct and the 1870 census calls it Peoria Precinct. However it was the same place. Susan was 8 years old on the 1860 census and was marked as having attended school within the past year. By 1870 she was 18 and still had been attending school. Since Susan was the oldest child still living at home in 1870 I suspect that she was a good help to her mother with the six younger children, the youngest only a year old.

It would have been a big change on 6 Oct 1872 when 20 year old Susan married 40 year old Alanson Bridgefarmer. They were married by C. C. Sperry, a Baptist minister. Susan's grandfather Bond and her Uncle George were also Baptist ministers. However her new husband was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church so in her new role as a wife, I expect she then became a Methodist. She also moved about 6 miles north to the farm of her husband which was about a mile southeast of Tangent.

Ten months after her marriage, Susan's first child was born, Imogene Huldah Bridgefarmer. Two more children were born before the 1880 census: David Solomon and Anna May. Also in their household was 23 year old Melissa Garland, a daughter of Alanson's deceased sister. Hopefully Melissa could help Susan with the household duties and care of the children.

Susan and Alanson had two more children before her death on 2 Dec 1886: Ella Florence and William Austin. Susan was buried at the Halsey Pioneer Cemetery, Linn County, Oregon, where her parents were also buried when they died near the turn of the century. It seems sad when a child dies before their parents.

In her obituary published in an Albany, Oregon, newspaper on 10 Dec 1886 it concluded with these words: “A most estimable woman, a loving wife and mother, her loss is a great one to her family and as well to the community generally.”

52 Ancestors 2019 – 7 – Love – William Henry Bond

Why am I writing about William Henry Bond for week 7's theme? It's because I “love” the fact that his land is shown on a land ownership map.

I suspect this theme is due to Valentine's Day. So that would be romantic love. But the word love can have different meanings. I asked Google to define love and received three answers: first 2 nouns and then a verb.

1. An intense feeling of deep affection.
2. A great interest and pleasure in something.
3. Feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to (someone).

So I have decided to use definition 2, because I have a great interest and pleasure in learning about all my relatives. Therefore I have chosen William from this week's “Aunts & Uncles Birthday Calendar” (https://www.joanneskelton.com/ui32.htm) to share about today.

William Henry Bond was my great-granduncle, an older brother of my great-grandfather, John Howard Bond. William was born 15 Feb 1847, in Iowa, to Solomon and Huldah (Hayes) Bond. I found him on the 1850 census as a 3 year old living with his parents in Marion County, Iowa. He would have been 6 years old in 1853 when he participated in the great adventure of traveling in a wagon train to the Oregon Country over the Oregon Trail. It was the next year when his parents settled a 320 acre Donation Land Claim at the edge of the current city of Halsey, Oregon. Since Halsey had not been established yet, the 1860 census listed William, now 13, in Pine Precinct, Linn County, Oregon.

Before the next census was taken, William married Sarah C. Kirk, 17 Oct 1867. The marriage record shows that the wedding took place at the home of William's uncle, Seth Whipple Hayes, who lived nearby. Sarah was the oldest daughter of Madison and Elmira Kirk who probably came to Oregon on the ”lost” wagon train in 1853. In 1860 their family was living in nearby Brownsville. At the 1870 census William and Sarah were located in the Peoria Precinct in Linn County (this was the same area which was called Pine in 1860) with their oldest child, Jasper.

The 1880 census for William and Sarah has been a mystery to me, since I have been unable to find them there. In 1880, Sarah's widowed father, Madison, was living in Centerville, in Umatilla County, Oregon, in the northeastern part of the state. The United States government issued a patent on 15 Aug 1882 to the heirs of Madison Kirk for a 160 acre homestead in Section 22, Range 34 East, Township 4 North, which was the approximate location of Centerville, about 12 miles northeast of Pendleton.

William Bond received a patent 10 years later, 10 Jun 1892, for a 160 acre homestead in Section 13, Range 33 East, Township 4 North, which was about 1 mile southeast of the small town of Helix. This would have been less than 5 miles from the Kirk homestead. This is what was shown on the land ownership map of Umatilla County, from 1914.

William and Sarah were enumerated on the 1900 census in Helix Precinct, Umatilla County, Oregon, with their 23 year old son Elmer and 2 younger children, Hattie and Royal. Their oldest son Jasper was then in Monticello in Cowlitz County, Washington, and their daughter Susan was married to Lewis Shipp and living in Alta Precinct in Umatilla County.

I did find them in them in the 1910 census, still living in the Helix Precinct, with their youngest son Royal, now 14. Their daughter Hattie and her husband James Cushman were also living with them. Susan was now a widow with 2 young children as her husband had died 26 Jun 1909 of tuberculosis and she had moved to Dalles City in Wasco County. Then Hattie died of tuberculosis on 5 Nov 1910, leaving a baby son Ronald.

It was about 3 years later when William died, 10 Aug 1913, at Long Beach, California. Because he still owned the property in Oregon there was a large probate file in Umatilla County. As no will was found, it was an intestate file and the papers list his surviving heirs: widow Sarah Bond, Helix; daughter Susan Shipp, Long Beach; son Royal Bond, age 19, Helix; and grandson Ronald Cushman, son of now deceased daughter Hattie Cushman. Susan, Royal and Ronald each were granted an undivided 1/3 interest in the homestead, subject to the dower interest of the widow, Sarah Bond. I also “love” it when there is a large probate file to read.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – 19 – Mother's Day

I skipped week 18, but here is week 19 – Mother's Day.

All the females in my family tree have this one thing in common. They were all mothers. Also they were all grandmothers. I like this photo shared with me by my cousin, Robert Bond, of my 2^nd gt-grandmother, Huldah (Hayes) Bond, showing her with 5 of her grandchildren. It was taken about 1901 and I believe the grandchildren were, beginning at the left corner and going clockwise around her: Lela Bond, daughter of Charles; Lawrence Bond, son of Melvin; Leland Bond, son of Harvey; Guy Bond, son of Melvin and Bessie Bond, daughter of Charles.

Another thing that all the women on my family tree have in common is that they are all daughters. But for some of them I have been unable to establish who they are the daughter of. On my website, www.joanneskelton.com, I have a menu item named “special people.” In that category is a section called “earliest ancestors.” In that long list are a number of women without any identified parents.

Last year I discovered that even if I had recorded parents for an ancestor, maybe I did not have good documentation for that connection. One of my Bond cousins was attempting to join the DAR through an ancestor of Huldah's mother and the documentation was not enough to connect Huldah to her parents.

Why did I believe that Huldah was the daughter of Seth Hayes and Lydia Jewett?

• I had a published family history, Little Otter to Lost River, about Huldah's mother-in-law's family and on page 69 it stated “Solomon Bond...was married to Huldah Hayes,...daughter of Seth and Lydia Jewett Hayes...”
• I had a booklet compiled for the Bond family reunion in 1963 which stated they were her parents.
• The Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Supplement to Volume I, Volume V, stated on page 45, “BOND, Solomon, ….m Huldah Hayes, dau of Seth and Lydia Jewell Hayes.”
• I had a photocopy of a family history of the Hayes family which stated Huldah was the daughter of Seth and Lydia.
• I had a copy of the Geauga County Ohio marriage record for Seth and Lydia.

But the DAR wanted better documentation showing Huldah was their daughter.

What were the obstacles for finding this?

• Her parents were Methodist so it was unlikely that church records documenting her birth could be found.
• Huldah was married in 1842, so she never appeared by name in the household of her parents on a census.
• The marriage record from 1842 in Iowa did not name parents.
• Huldah was born in Ohio in 1827, which was about 30 years before Ohio even enacted a law for birth registration.
• Although an abstract for early wills in Linn County Oregon where Seth died showed an heir as Huldah Boyd, a probable misreading for the name Bond, the original will record seems to have been lost.

What did I do? I made a trip to the Linn County Courthouse and requested a search for any probate records for Seth Hayes. I was so thankful when they telephoned me and said that a file had been found and I could have it emailed to me for just $3.00. Of course I paid it gratefully. When it arrived I was so glad to find that Huldah was among the heirs and did receive money from her father's estate. I shared this for the DAR application and now my cousin is a member.

I am confident that Huldah was the daughter of Seth and Lydia.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – 14 – Priscilla (Hayes) Windom Hill

The theme for this week is “Maiden Aunt” I did not find a maiden aunt within my closer generations, so decided to write about an “aunt” who escaped marriage, was married, was divorced and then remarried during her 35 years of life in the mid -1800s.

My 2^nd gt-grandaunt Priscilla was the daughter of Seth and Lydia (Jewett) Hayes. She was the youngest of 8 children and was the only one born in Indiana as her older siblings were born in Ohio. She was born 5 Feb 1837. Apparently the family was not in Indiana for long as by 1840 the family was listed on the census in Jefferson County Iowa.

By 1850 her 5 oldest siblings were all married. But when her parents decided to go to Oregon in 1853 all the family went together on a wagon train where Nelson Davis was Captain. Nelson's wife was a sister to 2 of Priscilla's brothers-in-law. So it really was a family affair.

In the Year Book of 1968 for the Jewett Family of America, a granddaughter of Priscilla's sister Louisa related a story she had heard about 16 year old Priscilla on that journey. When some friendly Indians visited where the wagon train was camped, they had spread out blankets and it seems that Priscilla picked one up and put it around her shoulders and danced around. It was then they discovered their Indian custom was that it meant she would be married to that Indian. Apparently it took a fair amount of persuading to get the Indians to leave and they continued to follow the train for several days. But Priscilla did not have to marry the Indian and she arrived safely in Oregon. But there was sadness on that trip, for one of Priscilla's sisters delivered a baby girl while they were traveling in the Blue Mountains and then died when they were going over Mt. Hood.

I wonder if Priscilla was excited when her 22 year old sister Sybil was married to Benjamin Windom in the fall of 1853. It was in the spring of 1854 when Priscilla, at age 17, married Benjamin's brother, Drury Douglas Windom. By the time of the 1860 census Priscilla and Douglas and their 3 children (Alanson, James Henry and Polly Anna) were living with her unmarried brother, Ebenezer, in the Peoria Precinct of Linn County, Oregon. In about 5 more years, 3 more children were born to this family: Emily, Jesse and Carrie.

But things must have gone wrong somehow, because Priscilla filed for divorce and 31 Oct 1868 the Circuit Court in Linn County granted her a divorce with custody of the children. The next door neighbor in 1860, George M. Hill, was now a widower and he and Priscilla were married on the 14^th of Nov 1868. So when the 1870 census was taken it included George and Priscilla; George's 3 daughters ages 12 – 17; Priscilla's 6 children ages 5 – 15; and their 1 year old daughter Sarah.

It was about a year and a half later. 2 Mar 1872, when Priscilla died at age 35. Her infant daughter Lydia died almost a month later on 29 Mar 1872.

Death Certificates From the Past – Edward Jewett

Edward Jewett was my 1^st cousin 3 times removed, the son of Lydia Louisa Hayes and Reuben Jewett. I wrote about his sister, Lucelia (Jewett) Howell 25 May 2017. As you can read on his death certificate Edward was a cobbler. He was said to be the last person buried in the Halsey Pioneer Cemetery, also known as Smith Cemetery.

Although I never knew him, I really have appreciated that he wrote down some history of early Halsey and it was published in the Halsey newspaper in 1932 in several issues. I transcribed these articles and posted them on my website: http://www.joanneskelton.com/e266.htm

Finding An Uncle in Cottage Grove

Here is another copy of an article I wrote a number of years ago, 2006, to be exact. This time I am adding a photo of Melvin, which was graciously shared with me by cousin Robert Bond.

When considering writing about family who died before we were born, often there are no family traditions about that individual. So, it requires research to find information. Beginners are taught to use basic sources, which include vital records, cemeteries, obituaries and census. But sometimes extra information is found that makes that individual more interesting. When, by accident, I found in the newspaper that “Uncle Melvin” once lived in Cottage Grove, he became the subject of this report.

My great-granduncle, Melvin Clarence Bond, was the youngest brother of my great-grandfather, John Howard Bond. Melvin was the son of Solomon Bond and Huldah Hayes. I believe he was born in Linn County, Oregon on August 15, 1869 (although his death certificate says 1868.)

By the time of the 1870 agricultural census Melvin’s father had a farm of 407 acres. The main crops were wheat and oats and they did have farm animals: horses, cows, sheep and swine. Melvin was listed as a one year old on the population schedule of that 1870 census in the Peoria Precinct. Four older brothers and two older sisters were enumerated with him and his parents. Two older sisters and an older brother had already married and left home.

While Melvin was still a toddler, a rather drastic change came to their neighborhood, as the Oregon and California Railroad laid their track in the summer of 1871, along the edge of the Bond farm. I can imagine that Melvin could have heard the train go by every day as that became a major transportation route from Portland to Eugene.

Aunts and uncles lived nearby and Uncles Ebenezer Hayes and Seth Whipple Hayes platted a new town, which was named Halsey. Still as a young boy, Melvin experienced death in the family, when in 1876, two of his older sisters died and his uncle Seth Whipple Hayes was murdered. His deceased married sister’s baby daughter came to live with their family, so now Melvin wasn’t the youngest in the household anymore. On the 1880 census the family consisted of Melvin, shown as age 10, with his parents, the next three older brothers and his 5 year old niece. Since the 1885 census only gives the number, not the names of those in Solomon’s household, we believe that Melvin was one of the two males between age 10 and 21. Others were two brothers, his mother and his niece.

I don’t yet have information about how Melvin met his wife, but it is likely he was working for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Springfield where her family lived. Lane County Marriage Records show that M. C. Bond and Fanny Burton were married June 14, 1893 at the house of Adolphus Burton by Rev. C. C. Sperry. It is probable that C. C. Sperry was Carpus Clark Sperry, a Baptist minister, who was in the North Brownsville Precinct in Linn County by the 1900 census. Melvin’s father, Solomon Bond, was one of the witnesses. Was this in Springfield? Melvin’s obituary states they were married in Coburg, but Fanny’s gives the location as Springfield. Since Adolphus Burton was in Springfield on the 1880 census, that seems to be the correct location.

It was in August of 1894 that we find the next record about Melvin. The Eugene City Guard reported the following for the Cottage Grove area: “Frank Wooley, agent of the Southern Pacific railroad here for the past five and one-half years, was replaced Friday by a Mr. Bond from the Springfield branch.” Melvin had some hard work in that first month as a fire broke out at the Bohemia Hotel, near the depot. The newspaper reported: that some of railroad cars had to be moved and “Agent Bond also moved almost everything from the depot.” Fortunately there was a lack of wind, and a number of willing workers so the fire was prevented from spreading.

Now Melvin and Fanny were a part of Cottage Grove society. Their first child, Lawrence, was born in October. The newspaper reported that in December Fanny’s sister came to visit and then Fanny went back to Springfield with her. By the next summer, Melvin and Fanny and the baby are reported to be taking a vacation at Yaquina Bay. The newspaper described Melvin as “the genial and popular agent of the S.P. Railroad office.” A timetable from January of 1895 shows that Cottage Grove had two passenger trains each way, so Melvin was probably kept busy.

Sometime before the next census was taken in June of 1900, Melvin and family moved south along the railroad line to Merlin in Josephine County. Merlin was located about ten miles north of Grants Pass. Melvin’s occupation was shown as telegraph operator. His family had grown by one as there were now two sons, Lawrence age 4 and Guy age 2. Melvin’s next older brother, Harvey, was also working as a telegraph operator that year at Leland, the next station north of Merlin, about ten miles away. Their father Solomon had died in February of that year and his obituary listed these two sons as living in southern Oregon. The estate record listed them as living in Josephine County, Oregon. So all these records agree.

But Melvin did not stay at Merlin. His mother’s obituary in July, 1903, listed Melvin as living in Coburg. The 1905 Lane County Census showed him in Coburg as a railroad agent. By 1908 Melvin had changed occupations, as he now was a dry goods merchant.

Two major events happened in their family in 1908 while they were living in Coburg. On October 27^th, there was a blessed event when Melvin and Fanny’s third son, Merle, was born. But a tragic incident happened about a month later, on November 28^th, when their oldest son, fourteen year old Lawrence, was killed in a hunting accident.

In April, 1909, Melvin purchased 164.92 acres from the Federal Government, located in Douglas County, a few miles west of Riddle. However, he and his family were enumerated on the 1910 census in Coburg, on Skinner Street, and he was listed as a retail merchant.

It was probably about 1912 when the family moved again. Melvin returned to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad at the depot in Sutherlin. Their son, Guy, married Maydream Mclean in 1919 in Coos County, Oregon. So, Melvin, Fanny and their youngest son, Merle, were left in Sutherlin and they were enumerated there on the 1920 census.

Melvin became a widower in 1924 when Fanny died after an illness of several years. Fanny’s obituary noted that she had attended the University of Oregon and the state Normal School at Monmouth and had taught school for several years before her marriage. She was a member of the Baptist Church and the Sutherlin Lodge of Rebekahs. Seemingly Fanny had a good reputation as the local newspaper, the Sutherlin Sun, published that “she was a woman with a kind and sympathetic nature, friendly with all and a good neighbor and true friend.” After the funeral at Sutherlin, she was buried at the Coburg IOOF Cemetery, next to her son Lawrence.

On the 4^th of July in 1927, Melvin remarried to Edith Stephens. Edith was born in 1890 and had moved to Douglas County as a small child. Merle was still living at home with Melvin and Edith when the 1930 census was taken.

It was Christmas Eve in 1931 when Melvin died. The death certificate stated that he had last worked on the 23^rd, although his obituary implied he had been seriously ill for awhile. Again the Sutherlin Sun newspaper was complimentary, as it stated about Melvin: “Always courteous and obliging and ready to give assistance to any community enterprise, his passing is sincerely regretted by every resident of this community.” They noted the facts that he had served on the city council for ten years and was a member of the Baptist Church, Woodmen of the World and the Odd Fellows. Melvin was also buried at the Coburg IOOF Cemetery. His widow Edith remained in the Roseburg area for over forty years until her death at age 85 on the 15^th of July, 1975.

Writing about a family member helped me to get to “know” them better. It helped me see the “holes” in my research so I could focus my efforts to complete this report. Still, most of this report was based on those basic genealogical materials, so all researchers could do it. Why not find someone who interests you and start writing.

Early Oregon Cousins – James Monroe Bond

Again I am posting a copy from the article previously published in 2011 in Trees From the Grove, the Cottage Grove Genealogical Society periodical. James Monroe Bond was a 1^st cousin of James Howard Bond, my gt-grandfather, so was my 1^st cousin 3 times removed.

Cousin James Monroe Bond was the third son of William and Hannah (Hayes) Bond, born 17 November 1847 in Marion County, Iowa. His oldest brother, Daniel born in 1842, had died sometime before the 1850 census was taken, so Seth age 5 and James age 3 were the two children in the household with their parents in Marion County, Iowa on 10 September 1850. It was the next month when another son, Ebenezer, joined the family.

William’s family, including their three young boys, left Iowa in 1853 with a number of other relatives and traveled the long route over the Oregon Trail heading to the Oregon Territory. James was almost 5 ½ when they left in April. I wonder if James was old enough to realize that his mother was expecting another child. But he certainly would have been aware when on August 24^th the train traveled to Lees encampment in the Blue Mountains and a baby sister, named Emma Augusta, was born. The train “layed by” the next day and continued their travel on the 26^th. By September 14^th they had arrived at Summit Prairie on the slopes of Mt. Hood and it was there that James’ mother Hannah died. A number of years later his cousin Harvey related that Emma was cared for by her Hayes grandparents and the three boys were cared for by William’s brother Solomon and his wife Huldah, who was Hannah’s younger sister.

James’ father William did settle on a Donation Land Claim of 110 acres in Linn County in September 1855. On the 1860 census taken in June, William Bond was listed as a farmer in Linn County, post office Harrisburgh, with three sons: Seth 15, James 13 and Ebenezer 10. Emma was listed on the census with her grandmother Hayes.

Just two years later, 1862, brought a big change to the family when in September William married Talitha (Belknap) Starr, a widow with eight children. It appears that William’s family moved to the Alpine area in Benton County where Talitha and her first husband had their Donation Land Claim. It’s probable that Emma also moved there. But sadly, sometime within the next year, at age 9, Emma died from scarlet fever and was buried in the Simpson Chapel Cemetery, also known as the Alpine Cemetery. William and Talitha had one child together, a daughter, Irene Grace, born in August 1864. But then less than a year later, Talitha again became a widow when William died in May 1865 and he was also buried in Simpson Chapel Cemetery.

Now James was not quite 18 and had lost both parents. After his brother Seth had his 21^st birthday in October of 1866, Seth was appointed by the Benton County Court as guardian of his two younger brother, James and Ebenezer, who were still minors. They each had a one-fourth interest in the land in Linn County left by their father.

But the next month, just before his 19^th birthday, on 11 November 1866, at Simpson Chapel, James married Sarah Starr, the 15 year old daughter of Talitha. Nine months later, 27 August 1867, James and Sarah’s first child, Emma Augusta (named after James’ deceased sister) was born.

It was probably the next year, in 1868 that James and Sarah moved to California. By the 1870 census James and Sarah, with two children, were living in San Joaquin Township, Stanislaus County, California, Crows Landing post office. James was a farmer and his brother Seth, a school teacher, was living next door. Bureau of Land Management records show that James M. Bond purchased 160 acres of government land in Stanislaus County in 1873. A biography published in 1905 stated that they moved farther south, near Lemoore, California, in 1877.

By the 1880 census, James and Sarah and their six children, Emma, William, Ernest, Elmer, Frank and Walter, were living in Lemoore Township, Tulare County, California, along with his brother Ebenezer and his wife, Ebenezer’s brother-in-law and a servant. This area became Kings County in 1893. Both James and Ebenezer were farmers. Seth was also in Tulare County at Visalia, teaching school. The Great Register for Tulare County in 1890 showed James Monroe Bond, age 43, born in Iowa, had registered to vote in Lemoore Precinct on 12 September. Ebenezer registered 17 October.

According to his obituary, James “felt that he was called to minister to the sick.” He studied nursing and then about 1890 he entered the California Eclectic Medical College in San Francisco and graduated in 1893. He practiced a year there and then moved to Hanford, Kings County, California, where he was listed on the 1900 census as a physician and surgeon. Seven of his ten children were living at home: Elmer 26 (also a physician and surgeon) Frank 23, Walter 21, Edith 17, Jessie 15, Charles 11, and Harry 8. Enumerated next to them was James’s oldest son, William 30, a farmer, with his wife and three children.

James ran a sanitarium in Hanford until 1906 (the year of the San Francisco earthquake) when the family moved to Arizona and he opened a sanitarium in the Phoenix area. They were listed there on the 1910 census with James as physician at the Arizona Sanitarium, which was a Seventh Day Adventist institution. Sarah and their married daughter Edith Dillon 28 were nurses and Edith’s husband was listed as a minister for the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Three of the younger of the now eleven children were also in the household: Jessie 25, Harry 19 and Mildred Grace 11. The biography stated about James, “both the doctor and his wife are enthusiastic Seventh Day Adventists and have reared their family in the same belief.”

About 1911 James moved back to California and worked as chaplain and associate physician at the Healdsburg Medical Home in Sonoma County. His youngest son, Harry Cecil, died in 1912 and was buried at Oak Mound Cemetery in Healdsburg. His daughter, Edith (Bond) Dillon died in Arizona in 1913 and was also buried at Oak Mound. When James died 22 March 1914 in Healdsburg, he was buried at Oak Mound Cemetery and all three did not have markers.

Sarah was listed as a widow, occupation practical nurse, living with her daughter Emma Wheeler and doctor son-in-law in Fresno, California, on the 1920 census. Sarah’s obituary stated that she had married her brother-in-law Ebenezer after he became a widower, then she again became a widow when he died. She died 23 May 1936.

1853 Relatives on the Oregon Trail

Yesterday I wrote about my 3rd gt-grandfather, Seth Hayes, who traveled the Oregon Trail in 1853. In March I wrote about his daughter, Huldah (Hayes) Bond, my 2nd gt-grandmother who was in that same wagon train. It was in February when I wrote about Seth's wife, Lydia (Jewett) Hayes, who naturally was also on that wagon train.

I feel very fortunate to have had access to a printed transcription of a diary kept by my 2nd gt-granduncle, George W. Bond from that trip from Iowa to Oregon in 1853. I made a digital transcription of the diary and posted it on my genealogy website: http://www.joanneskelton.com/e198.htm He used an account book and wrote one line per day. It mentioned only a few people, but many geographical features. I took his diary and maps of the known Oregon Trail and created my own 1853 Trail Map on a modern day map. I added quotes from the diary on the map also. I was also fortunate in that an agent along the trail at the Umatilla Agency made a listing of the people on the wagon trains who passed that way in 1853. Then it was printed in the Oregonian newspaper from Portland Oregon in October of 1853. The list has not been found, but the newspaper article is still available and an Oregon Trail researcher has published that list in a more easily read format. It gives the name of the head of household, if there was a wife and how many sons and how many daughters. The date showing my family's train, August 28, matched the entry in the diary. I was glad to find that the names also matched the family research I had done.

Here is a listing of the family members who traveled in that wagon train showing their name, year and state of birth and relationship.

Name	Born	Relationship
John Bond	1797 - Kentucky	3rd gt-grandfather
Sarah (Chastain) Bond	1797 - Virginia	3rd gt-grandmother
William Bond	1816 - Kentucky	2nd gt-granduncle
Hannah (Hayes) Bond	1821 - Ohio	2nd gt-grandaunt
Seth Hayes Bond	1845 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
James Monroe Bond	1847 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Ebenezer Bond	1850 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Emma Augusta Bond	1853 - Oregon Trail	1st cousin 3 times removed
George W. Bond	1818 - Kentucky	2nd gt-granduncle
Elizabeth (Stillwell) Bond	1821 - Kentucky	1st cousin 4 times removed
William Harrison Bond	1841 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Benjamin Franklin Bond	1842 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Sarah A. Bond	1845 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Amanda J. Bond	1847 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
James Madison Bond	1849 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Solomon Bond	1819 - Kentucky	2nd gt-grandfather
Huldah (Hayes) Bond	1827 - Ohio	2nd gt-grandmother
Lydia Ann Bond	1843 - Iowa	gt-grandaunt
William Henry Bond	1847 - Iowa	gt-granduncle
Mary Louisa Bond	1849 - Iowa	gt-grandaunt
Susan Augusta Bond	1852 - Iowa	gt-grandaunt
Isaac Silas Davis	1827 - Tennessee
Rebecca (Bond) Davis	1823 - Indiana	2nd gt-grandaunt
James Nelson Davis	1849 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Laura Ann Davis	1850 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Martha Luella Davis	1852 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Nelson Davis	1826 - Tennessee
Elizabeth (Bond) Davis	1830 - Illinois	2nd gt-grandaunt
Rebecca Ann Davis	1847 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
William A Davis	1849 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Albert Daniel Davis	1851 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Susan Olive Davis	1853 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Seth Hayes	c1785 - New York	3rd gt-grandfather
Lydia (Jewett) Hayes	1793 - New Hampshire	3rd gt-grandmother
Ebenezer Hayes	1829 - Ohio	2nd gt-granduncle
Sybil Ann Hayes	1831 - Ohio	2nd gt-grandaunt
Priscilla Hayes	1837 - Indiana	2nd gt-grandaunt
Reuben Jewett	1824 - Ohio
Lydia L (Hayes) Jewett	1824 - Ohio	2nd gt-grandaunt
Fernando Jewett	1852 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Seth Whipple Hayes	1825 - Ohio	2nd gt-granduncle
Polly (Stillwell) Hayes	1832 - Indiana	1st cousin 4 times removed
Daniel James Hayes	1850 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Seth Stephen Hayes	1852 - Iowa	1st cousin 3 times removed
Peter Wycoff	1831 - Ohio
Jane (Stillwell) Wycoff	c1830 - Indiana	1st cousin 4 times removed

Ancestor Unbirthday - abt 1785 - Seth Hayes

Seth Hayes was my 3rd gt-grandfather. I am uncertain about his date of birth, but when he filed for his Oregon donation land claim, he used 1785 and on the 1850 census for Locust Grove Township in Jefferson County Iowa his age was listed as 64 which would be an about 1785 birthdate. The 1830 census in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio showed Seth as between 40 and 50 so this fits a 1785 birthdate.

Where was Seth born? In his Oregon donation land claim papers Seth listed New York. On the 1850 census it showed his birthplace as New Hampshire. This was the same place that his wife was born, so maybe this caused an incorrect entry. A Hayes family history manuscript listed his birthplace as New York State, probably Stephantown, Albany County.

The same family history stated that his parents were Pliny and Priscilla (Whipple) Hayes. A county history for Geauga County Ohio said that Seth moved there in 1800 with his uncle, also named Seth Hayes, and his sister Hannah. Then Seth and his brother Ebenezer went back east in 1810 and brought their mother to Geauga County. The county history gives this notation about his father: "1st elopement in the Hayes family was her husband, Plynn Hayes, who prior to 1800, run off with a woman into the wilds of Pennsylvania."

While Seth was living in Geauga County, he enlisted in Captain Parkers Company of the Ohio Militia and served in the War of 1812. About 40 years later he received 40 acres of bounty land in Iowa.

He married Lydia Jewett, the daughter of Joseph and Huldah (Fenton) Jewett, 17 Dec 1818 in Geauga County. They lived in Burton township where 7 children were born: Huldah (died at age 3) Hannah, Lydia Louisa, Seth Whipple, Huldah (2nd child named Huldah and my 2nd gt-grandmother) Ebenezer and Sybil Ann. Before 1837 the family moved to Indiana where their youngest child, Priscilla, was born. The family moved to Jefferson County Iowa by 1840 and in 1853 the family left Iowa and traveled over the Oregon Trail to settle in Linn County Oregon in the area that later became the city of Halsey.

The 1860 US Census mortality schedule showed that Seth died in April of 1860 in Linn County Oregon. It listed his birthplace as Massachusetts (which was the probable birthplace of his father) and his age as 74, which again is a birthdate of about 1785.

One of the problems in researching Seth is that his gt-granddaughter. Ruby (Hayes) Standish, gave a WPA interview in 1940 and she gave incorrect information about the wives names, assigning Seth's mother as his wife and assigning Seth's wife to his son. Since these interviews have been published online it can be confusing to researchers. So we always need to verify information given in an oral history.

My Diamond Aged Ancestors

My Diamond Aged Ancestors

As I celebrated my 75th birthday a few years ago I was interested in which of my ancestors also had lived to at least 75 years old. The diamond is the gem associated with a 75th anniversary, so I have chosen it to remember these ancestors. Following is a listing of the ancestors through my 3rd gt-grandparents that I have identified as living at least 75 years. I am using the maiden names for the women.

Name	Relationship	Birth	Death	Age at Death
Lester Oran Albertson	father	1907	2004	96
Florence Edna Bond	grandmother	1891	1979	87
Lafayette Pierce Smalley	gt-grandfather	1858	1946	87
Rosa Ella Shipman	gt-grandmother	1863	1954	90
Ludwig Falk	gt-grandfather	1815	1899	83
Benjamin Albertson	2nd gt-grandfather	1826	1908	82
Rebecca Hartley	2nd gt-grandmother	1818	1908	89
Joshua Rodney Shipman	2nd gt-grandfather	1840	1918	78
Solomon Bond	2nd gt-grandfather	1819	1900	80
Huldah Hayes	2nd gt-grandmother	1827	1903	76
Commodore Perry O'Neal	2nd gt-grandfather	1835	1919	84
Nathan Albertson	3rd gt-grandfather	1801	1883	82
Phariby Nicholson	3rd gt-grandmother	1803	1888	85
Elias Marsh	3rd gt-grandfather	1788	1871	82
Isaac Hockett	3rd gt-grandfather	1791	1872	81
Thomas Hartley	3rd gt-grandfather	1767	1843	75
Elizabeth Eakins	3rd gt-grandmother	1802	1881	79
Joseph Lester Shipman	3rd gt-grandfather	1807	1893	86
Sarah Chastain	3rd gt-grandmother	1797	1875	77
William Logsdon England	3rd gt-grandfather	1802	1893	91

If you check the chart you can see there are 20 diamond ages ancestors listed: 13 men and 7 women. You can count and see that 5 were in their 70's, 12 in their 80's, and 3 in their 90's.

Where Were My Ancestors? - 1850 Census

This will be the last post in this series, since before 1850 the census did not list everyone, but only the head of household, so many of my ancestors (wives and children) were not listed by name.

Yesterday there were 35 ancestors found on the 1860 census (plus 3 were not found) and today there are 42, plus 2 not found . Only 1 of my gt-grandparents was found on the 1850 census, the others were either not born yet or the 2 who were still in Europe.

This map shows where my ancestors were in 1850. It has gained from yesterday for the total number of locations, now up to 17. Of these, 6 are the same and there are 11 different ones. Now there are 6 states represented, Iowa has 6 different counties, Indiana has 5 different counties, and Ohio has 3 different counties. So Connecticut, Missouri and Illinois just have 1 county each. When the counties are close together it is hard to mark them so you can see the different place. If you have questions, get out your maps and atlases and look them up.

Here is chart with their names (women's maiden names), locations (County and State) and their relationship to me. Since our number of ancestors doubles for each generation, the chart gets longer.

1850 Census

Name	County	State	Relationship
Nathan E. Albertson	Hamilton	Indiana	gt-grandfather
Benjamin Albertson	Hamilton	Indiana	gt-gt-grandfather
Sabina Marsh	Hamilton	Indiana	gt-gt-grandmother
Francis Hockett	Lee	Iowa	gt-gt-grandfather
Rebecca Hartley	Lee	Iowa	gt-gt-grandmother
John W. Smalley	Adams	Ohio	gt-gt-grandfather
Rachel A. Hemphill	Adams	Ohio	gt-gt-grandmother
Joshua R. Shipman	Ashtabula	Ohio	gt-gt-grandfather
Lucy J. Chase	Litchfield	Connecticut	gt-gt-grandmother
Solomon Bond	Marion	Iowa	gt-gt-grandfather
Huldah Hayes	Marion	Iowa	gt-gt-grandmother
C. Perry O'Neal	Bartholomew	Indiana	gt-gt-grandfather
Margaret J England	Davis	Iowa	gt-gt-grandmother
Nathan Albertson	Not Found		3rd gt-grandfather
Phariby Nicholson	Not Found		3rd gt-grandmother
Elias Marsh	Hancock	Indiana	3rd gt-grandfather
Isaac Hockett	Henry	Iowa	3rd gt-grandfather
William Smalley	Adams	Ohio	3rd gt-grandfather
Elizabeth Eakins	Adams	Ohio	3rd gt-grandmother
Elizabeth Milligan	Adams	Ohio	3rd gt-grandmother
Joseph L. Shipman	Ashtabula	Ohio	3rd gt-grandfather
Mary Carey	Ashtabula	Ohio	3rd gt-grandmother
Timothy Chase	Litchfield	Connecticut	3rd gt-grandfather
Lucy I Howe	Litchfield	Connecticut	3rd gt-grandmother
John Bond	Mahaska	Iowa	3rd gt-grandfather
Sarah Chastain	Mahaska	Iowa	3rd gt-grandmother
Seth Hayes	Jefferson	Iowa	3rd gt-grandfather
Lydia Jewett	Jefferson	Iowa	3rd gt-grandmother
Sarah Lollar	Bartholomew	Indiana	3rd gt-grandmother
William L England	Davis	Iowa	3rd gt-grandfather
Mary Walker	Davis	Iowa	3rd gt-grandmother
Peninah Parker	Rush	Indiana	4th gt-grandmother
Elizabeth Smith	Adams	Ohio	4th gt-grandmother
John Eakins	Adams	Ohio	4th gt-grandfather
Nancy Patton	Adams	Ohio	4th gt-grandmother
Elisha Shipman	Lake	Ohio	4th gt-grandfather
Catherine	Lake	Ohio	4th gt-grandmother
Ichabod Howe	Litchfield	Connecticut	4th gt-grandfather
Solomon Bond	Mahaska	Iowa	4th gt-grandfather
George Chastain	Washington	Indiana	4th gt-grandfather
Rebecca Staton	Washington	Indiana	4th gt-grandmother
Joseph England	Callaway	Missouri	4th gt-grandfather
Mary Reed	Callaway	Missouri	4th gt-grandmother
Rachel	Greene	Illinois	4th gt-grandmother