Henry E. Bond obit- 1924 from my grandmother's             sc
Date:	98-04-09 22:11:01 EDT
From:	tess@sover.net (Terry Perham)

From the Brattleboro Reformer
                DIES FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS
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        Henry E. Bond Well-Known Local Undertaker Many Years
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                FIRST PRESIDENT STATE ASSOCIATION
At One Time Vice President of New England Undertakers'
Assocation--Former Long Time Deacon of Centre Congregational Church


        Henry Edmund Bond, 82, well-known local undertaker from about 1884
until his son, William H. Bond, took over the management of the business
in 1911, died at 9:30 o'clock last night of kedney trouble after being
confined to bed 15 weeks at his home at 10 Linden street.  He has been
failing for some time previous to that.

        He was one of the six children of Luke Taylor Bond and Elsie (Stoddard)
Bond and was born in Dummerston Oct. 7, 1841.  He attended schools of
his native town and assisted his father in his gristmill work.  At the
age of 24, on Oct 3, 1865, he married Miss Maria Louise Knight, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wilder Knight of Dummerston.

        They lived with Mr. and Mrs. Knight for a time after their marriage and
then came to Brattleboro, Mr. Bond working for the Estey Organ Co.  He
was foreman of the bellows department when he gave up his work there to
engage in the undertaking business about 40 years ago, buying out J.G.
Smith, who was located in the Cox Building on Main street over what is
now W. J. Pentland's plumbing shop.  Later he bought the undertaking
department of Emerson & Son, who had taken over the furniture and
undertaking business of the late C. L. Brown and Mr. Bond changed his
location and also moving the business from the Emerson store which was
then in what is now the Wilder building to the quarters now occupied by
the Scovell restaurant.  About 28 years ago the son, William H. Bond
sold his store to the late Charles W. Cleveland and joined his father in
the undertaking business, which was moved to the Van Doorn building, the
concern being known as H. E. Bond & Son.  This continued until 1911,
when William H. Bond took over the management of the business and it
became Bond & Son.  The business was moved last fall to the so-called
Charles R. Crosby house on High street.

        After coming to Brattleboro, Mr. and Mrs. Bond lived consecutively in
the so-called Burnham Gordon and Goddard houses near the junction of
Prospect and South Main streets, moving then to the Carpenter property
on Linden street now occupied by Dr. and Mrs. Fremont Hamilton, where
they remained 10 years before going to their present home.

        Mr. Bond was the oldest member of Wantastiquet lodge of Odd Fellows in
term of membership and had served in all of the chairs, including that
of noble grand.  He also at one time was a member of Oasis Encampment
and Canton Palestine.  He also was a member of the Columbian lodge of
Masons and other branches of that fraternity, including Beauseant
commandery, Knights Templar. He was the first president of the Vermont
Funeral Directors' and Embalmers' association, which was organized in
1901, and served four consecutive years; was at one time vice president
of the New England Undertakers' association and a member of the National
Funeral Directors' association,a attending sessions of the latter
several times as delegate from the Vermont association.  He joined the
Centre Congregational church in 1870.  In 1879 he was elected a deacon
and continued to serve the church in that capacity for a long term of
years.

        Besides his wife and son, Mr. Bond leaves two grandsons and a
granddaughter.   H. Morse Bond who has lived with his grandparents,
Marjorie E. Bond and William Knight Bond; also one brother, Col. George
H. Bond of Washington, D.C. and Brattleboro, a retired doorkeeper of the
senate.

        The body wil lie in state at his residence from 3 to 5 o'clock Monday
afternoon, and private funeral services will be held at the home that
evenigh at 7:30 o'clock.  Rev. Herbert P Woodin, D.D., pastor of the
Centre Congregational church will officiate and Edwin H. Miller of
Dummerston will sing.  The burial will take place Tuesday morning in the
family lot in Prospect Hill cemetery.
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Terry Perham
Hinsdale, NH
tess@sover.net