Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Benjamin H. BOND
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri 1889, published by Goodspeed, page 626
Polk County Biography Section

    Benjamin H. Bond, an enterprising farmer and stockraiser of
Looney Township, Polk County, Mo., is the son of Benjamin and
Martha (McClure) Bond, both natives of Tennessee.  The father
and mother remained in their native State until the death of the
father, which occurred in December, 1836.  He was a farmer by
occupation, a Democrat in politics, and he and wife were members
of the Methodist Church.  In 1837 Mrs. Bond and two children,
the first child having died in Tennessee, came to Missouri and
settled in Polk County, and here passed the remainder of her days.
After the death of her first husband she married Stephen Mitchell,
and by him had seven children.  Benjamin H. Bond, the youngest 
child by the first marriage, was born in McMinn County, Tenn., 
April 23, 1837.  His father had died prior to his birth, and he
was taken and reared by his paternal grandparents, with whome [sic]
he came to this country in 1837.  They lived on a farm, and on the
same our subject spent his boyhood days assisting his grandparents
in tilling the soil, and received his education in the common 
schools.  December 7, 1854, he married Miss Sarah Mitchell, 
daughter of George Mitchell, one of the early settlers of this
county.  She was born in Roane County, Tenn., September 7, 1836,
and the following year came with her parents to this county.  
After farming until July, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, 
Twenty-sixth Enrolled Missouri Militia, and in the following year
reorganized and served in the Seventh Provisional.  In October,
1863, he joined the Fifteenth U.S.A., and was discharged at
Springfield in July, 1865.  When he first entered the service
he was chosen first lieutenant, and held that position until
the close of the war.  While skirmishing near Carthage, Mo., his
horse fell with him, dislocating his ankle, and from the effects
of which he has never fully recovered.  From 1860 to 1862 he was
deputy sheriff under William B. Mitchell; is a Democrat in politics,
and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
South.  He is the owner of 160 acres of land with about 135 under
cultivation, and is also engaged in raising stock.  He has been
a member of the Masonic fraternity for thirty years, and is also
a member of the A.O.U.W. 


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