Mayor Pond, Son of Pioneer Family - Coosa Co., AL

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Mayor Pond, Son of Pioneer Family - Coosa Co., AL

"Mayor Pond, Son of Pioneer Family

    Mayor H. W. Pond, who is serving his second two-year term as head of
the city’s government, was born, reared, and spent most of his life in
Rockford.  He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Pond, Sr., and both his
maternal and paternal forebears were among the pioneers of this county.
His grandfather, Ebenezer Pond, was one of Coosa County’s first judges
of probate, and his maternal grandfather, James A. Wilson, served the
county as sheriff prior to the Civil War.
    Mayor Pond today lives on the same spot where he was born.  This is
known as the old "James R. Powell Home."  Mr. Powell left Rockford many
years ago to become one of Birmingham’s business men and real estate
dealers.  Since early manhood Mayor Pond has been closely related to the
real estate in Coosa County.  For is was at the age to twenty-one he was
appointed county surveyor and learned all the land lines in Coosa
County.  He deals in real estate and operates several farms in the
vicinity of Rockford.  He is a member of the Methodist Church and a
Mason." (1)

(1) " Mayor Pond, Son of Pioneer Family," in The Central Alabamian,
published in 1937, p. 6.  I, Ron Bridges, found the article in a box of
files (SG) located in the Alabama Archives.