Beckham County, OK - Obits: Arnold and Claud Bonds, 1918
15 Sep 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) 

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BONDS, ARNOLD
BONDS, CLAUD
(28 Nov 1918, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
DEATH OF ARNOLD AND CLAUD BONDS.
The bodies of Arnold and Claud Bonds, sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bonds
arrived in Elk City Sunday.  Both died at Elkhart, Kansas, last Thursday,
Claud dying at 8:30 a.m., and Arnold at 11:00 p.m., of influenza.
When word was received of their serious illness the mother and Mrs. Arnold
Bonds left immediately but both men had passed away before their arrival. 
Mrs. Arnold Bonds had been here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Lauderdale, who had been quite sick.  She and the mother returned with the
bodies.  Several other members of the Bonds family are seriously ill at
Elkhart.
The bodies were held at the Grubitz Undertaking Parlors until Tuesday. 
Funeral services of the two brothers were held at Berlin, Okla., on
Tuesday afternoon and interment made at the cemetery where last February
another son was buried.  A few years ago another grown son was interred in
this cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Bonds have lost six children and have six
living.
Arnold and Claud were working for the Government at the depot at Elkhart. 
Both were born in Montague County, Texas.  Arnold on August 11th, 1896 and
was twenty-two years of age, Claud on August 9th 1898, being twenty years
of age.
Arnold married Reta Lauderdale on December 23rd, 1916, and they have one
child, Imogene, who was born September 25th, 1917.
During the trouble on the border, Arnold enlisted June 30th 1916 at
Horton, Kansas, being 1st class private of Co. B, First Regiment of Kansas
Infantry.  He was given an honorable discharge October 13th 1916, and his
discharge reads: "Excellent character, service, honest and faithful."
(Research: Census, 1910, Oklahoma, Beckham Co, Elk Twp, ED 5, pg 6B,
#69/69 (T624-1243):
Robert L. Bonds, age 53, b Ga; fb Va; mb Ga; farmer; owns with mortgage;
married 30 years;
Emily I. Bonds, age 48, b Al; f/m b Ga; married 30 years; 14 children
born, 12 living;
James M. Bonds, age 23, b Al; railroad laborer;
Loyd (sic) B. Bonds, age 19, b Al; farm laborer;
Alice R. Bonds, age 16, b Al; farm laborer;
Arnold G. Bonds, age 13, b Tx; farm laborer;
Claude W. Bonds, age 11, b Tx; farm laborer;
Charles D. Bonds, age 7, b Ok.)