Bond, Reece

BOND, ANDERSON, CRUM, MILLER, CUSTER, ROMAN, SIPE, SOLOMON, WHEELER

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Date: 8/27/2009 at 09:18:13

Bond, Reece

A modern businessman, prominent in all circles, of Reasnor, Jasper County, is Reece Bond, who seems to have inherited something of the Bond characteristics of energy, integrity and praiseworthy traits in general, and he is a genial, kind-hearted young fellow who can claim hosts of friends, especially in his home town of Reasnor.

Mr. Bond was born in Monroe, Iowa, December 6, 1878, and he is the son of S. A. and Lydia J. (Anderson) Bond, natives of Ohio. His parents were married in Iowa, whither they had immigrated in their youth, and at the time of their marriage the father was a farmer. Later he engaged in the grocery business at Monroe, of which city he was a pioneer merchant, and was successfully engaged in business there over ten years. Within one year of his death he sold out on account of ill health, his death having occurred on May 3, 1886, at the early age of forty years. He was a well-known man and public-spirited citizen of fine attributes. In politics he was a Republican. His wife died at Monroe, Iowa, on December 6, 1909, at the age of sixty-one years.

Reece Bond is a member of a family of six children, one of whom, Carl, died when sixteen years of age; those living, besides the subject, are, Mrs. Minnie Crum, wife of W. S. Crum, a farmer living near Altoona, Iowa; Madge Miller, wife of W. F. Miller, a general manager for the Southern Pacific railroad, at Marshfield, Oregon; Mrs. Milly Custer is the wife of Charles Custer, a merchant at Monroe, Iowa; Grace married W. H. Roman, a farmer who resides near Monroe, Iowa.

Reece Bond, the youngest child in his family, obtained a good education in the home schools, and he began working for himself when seventeen years of age as clerk in a clothing house, where he remained for five years, giving his employers the utmost satisfaction by his aptitude to learn the business and his courtesy to the trade. Then he moved to Jasper County and began farming, which he followed successfully for a period of eight years, then, in 1908, he accepted a position in the general store of Fred Roberts, in Reasnor, Mr. Bond being general manager, which position he held with much credit to himself and to the satisfaction of Mr. Roberts until 1909, when the store was purchased by F. J. Coffee, with whom Mr. Bond still remains, although he lives upon his farm near Reasnor. He has an excellent place, which he has kept well improved and on which stand a comfortable and attractive residence and good outbuildings.

On November 17, 1899, Mr. Bond was married to Nellie D. Sipe, the daughter of James and Clara (Solomon) Sipe, both natives of Ohio. She has no natural brothers or sisters, but one half brother, Charles Sipe, of Pella, Iowa. Her father was killed in a runaway accident near Reasnor, Iowa, in September 1888. Her mother, Mrs. J. B. Wheeler, resides in Newton.

To Mr. and Mrs. Bond have been born three children, all of whom are living, namely: Carl, born October 15, 1902; Helen, born October 5, 1904; Winnifred, born November 13, 1910, are all at home, the two eldest being in school.

Mr. Bond is well known in the vicinity of Reasnor and over the County and his reputation is without a stain. Fraternally, he is a member of Fairview Lodge No. 197, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Monroe, also of the Woodmen of the World at Reasnor. He has held a number of Township offices and he was recently a candidate for the office of trustee of Palo Alto Township, losing by but a small margin. He was formerly a director of the local telephone company and he is a man who is active and influential in all public affairs.

Mrs. Bond is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Reasnor, and she takes an active part in both Church and Sunday school work. She was born on the farm upon which they now reside. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1036