Elijah J. Bond 1846-1930 Civil War Veteran

BOND, LEVERTON, HARRIS, SWARTS, SKINNER

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 5/11/2011 at 21:02:44

E. J. Bond, one of the last Civil
War veterans in Oelwein, died this
morning at his home 222 Third
Avenue SE, from infirmities due
to age hastened by an attack of
the flu. He was about 84 .years of
age and has always been active
until the past year or two, since
which time he has been confined
to his home. He' was one of the
highly esteemed men in Oelwein
in where he was so well known
and beloved for his kindly charitable
manners. He leaves a wife
and four sons and three daughters
to mourn his death. The children
are, H C. Bond, Waterloo;' Mrs. G. P.
Leverton, Oelwein. C. A. Bond.
Henning, Minn.; E. H.. Bond, Oel-
wein, Mrs. D. H. Harris, Waterloo;
Guy Bond of Oelwein; Mrs J. F.
Swarts Oelwein. The funeral will
be held at the home at two o'clock
Monday afternoon and at 2:30 at
the Grace- Methodist church. Burial
will be at Woodlawn cemetery.

Oelwein Daily Register - 20 Sept 1930

- Elijah Bond was born in Devonshire,
England April 22, 1846. He was the
son of Thomas and Jane Bond and moved
with them to America when ten years of
age, settling near Bloomingdale, Illinois.
He lived with his parents until he enlisted
in the Civil War, from which, after two
years of service, he was honorably discharged
on December 15, 1865. He then returned
to Bloomingdale after his discharge and
there learned the blacksmithing business.
On January 12, 1871 he was united in marriage
to Arabelle Skinner, and had he been permitted
only four months of live they would have had
60 years of married life together. They settled
in Bloomingdale, where they remained 11 years
and in 1882 came to Iowa, settling in Fremont
township, Fayette county. There they remained
until moving to Oelwein eleven years ago.

From obituary published 23 Sept 1930