Lassen County CA Archives Biographies.....Bond, Jerry 1842 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 18, 2006, 4:27 am Author: Fariss & Smith (1882) JERRY BOND.—He was born May 27, 1842, in Monroe (now Noble) county, Ohio. He worked on his father's farm and attended school until he was seventeen years of age, and then went to Brown county, Indiana, and farmed until 1861. He then returned to his old home, and during 1862 was with a government supply train in Tennessee and Mississippi. In the spring of 1863 he went to Boise City, Idaho, and engaged in mining and teaming until the fall of 1866, having spent the winter of 1864 at the Dalles, and of 1865 at Salem. He then came to Susanville and lived until the fall of 1869, when he located 160 acres of land four miles east of Janesville, where he has since resided. Mr. Bond is a member of Janesville Lodge, F. & A. M., and Honey Lake Lodge, I. O. O. F. He is a democrat in politics. October 24, 1869, he married Miss Mary I. Painter, born in Andrew county, Missouri, August 14, 1852. They have five children: Samuel H., born September 21, 1870; James W., May 1, 1872; Charles S., August 28, 1874; Amy J., February 8, 1878; Wirt D., June 20, 1881. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties San Francisco: Fariss & Smith (1882) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/lassen/bios/bond412nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb