1925 obit-Henry Bond- Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT Date: 5/9/98 8:50:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: tess@sover.net (Terry Perham) from the Brattleboro Reformer Brattleboro, Windham County, VT 1925 HENRY BOND DIES, RESULT OF SHOCK PROMINENT DENOMINATIONAL LAY LEADER WAS IN MELROSE, MASS. CHURCH FUNERAL HERE TOMORROW Had Been Resident of Brattleboro Since 1911--Director of American Radiator Co. Served at Head of Important Organizations. Henry Bond, 69, a prominent Baptist denominational lay leader and director of the American Radiator Co., who has lived in Brattleboro since April 1, 1911, died shortly after noon yesterday in the New England Sanitarium in Melrose, Mass. He underwent an operation for hernia a week ago Saturday and was making a good recovery until stricken Thursday night with cerebral hemorrhage from which he did not regain consciousness. Mr. Bond was born in Ware, Mass., July 7 1856, a son of Benjamin and Louisa (Eaton) Bond. He graduated from the Massachusetts Agricultural college in 1876. On Oct. 5. 1881, he married Emma A Hardy of Waltham, Mass., and after her death he married Alison E. Cant of Galt, Ont., Feb. 22, 1900. Mr. Bond was purchasing agent of the American Waltham Watchh Co. at Waltham, Mass., from 1881 to 1891, was assistant manager of the Pierce plant of the American Radiator Co. at Buffalo, N.Y. from 1891 to 1900, and chairman of the operating board of the American Radiator Co. at Chicago from 1901 to 1905, when he retired from active business, although retaining his position on the company's directorate. He served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1910, while living in Greenfield. He contributed various substantial sums for religious activities. While in Chigaco Mr. Bond became president of the Chicago Baptist Social Union. He had served twice as president of the Northern Baptist Convention and twice as president of the Vermont Baptist State Convention. He also had been president of the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary society and a member of the board of management of the American Baptist Foreign Mission society. He was president of the board of trustees of Leland and Gray seminary in Townshend to which position he was elected in 1917, a trustee of Vermont academy at Saxtons River, president of the board of trustees of the First Baptist church of Brattleboro and a deacon in that church, where he formerly taught in the Bible school. He also was a member of the board of trustees of the Brattleboro Home for the Aged and formerly was president of the board of trustees of the Austine Institution. In his earlier life he was active in Y.M.C.A. work, and he had given addresses throughout the northern states, being a speaker of marked abilitity. His addresses were marked by an earnestness and forcefulness that held the close attention of his audience. Three years ago Mr. Bond went to Europe with a committee of directors of the American Radiator Co. to visit the European plants of that corporation. He had crossed th Atlantic seveal times, and two weeks ago he returned from a trip of 7,000 miles in this country, which included a visit to Seattle, where he served on various committees at the annual meetinf of the Northern Baptist Convention. He and Mrs. Bond spent several winters at St. Petersburg, Fla. Besides his wife he leaves a brother, Rufus Bond, and a sister, Mr. S. C. Rugg, both of Belchertown, Mass. The body will be brought here today. A private sevice will be held in the Bond home on Tyler street tomorrow at 2 o'clock, followed by funeral services in the First Baptist church at 3 o'clock. The burial will take place in the family lot in Waltham, Mass., Wednesday, following a service in the Baptist church there at 2 o'clock, daylight saving time. ************************************************************************ (c)1998, Terry Perham Courtesy of Terry Perham Hinsdale, NH tess@sover.net ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.