Kenosha-Racine County WI Archives Biographies.....Bond, Josiah 1819 - 
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Author: Western Historical Society ((1879))

    JOSIAH BOND, was born in Walpole, Cheshire Co., N. H., March 9, 1819. He
graduated from Trinity College in 1840, and went to Mobile, Ala., where he read
law, remaining two years. He came to Kenosha in 1842, and began the practice of
his profession, which he continued until 1853, when he engaged in the railroad
business. He was Secretary of the Kenosha & Beloit R. R. from 1853 to 1856. He
was then President and attorney for the road for four years. Then went to New
York and practiced law for two years. He was elected County Judge of Racine Co.,
in 1849, having previously filled the place by appointment for three years. He
was re-elected in September, 1875. Married Emily E. Strong Aug. 6, 1844. She was
born in Windsor, Conn. They have six children—Francis S., now a broker of
Philadelphia; Sarah E., now Mrs. F. H. Lyman, of Kenosha; Emily E., Charlotte
W., Josiah, Jr. and Isabella T. Mr. and Mrs. Bond arc members of the Episcopal
Church.

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THE HISTORY OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES, WISCONSIN,

CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY, ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT,
RESOURCES, ETC., AN EXTENSIVE AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, THEIR
IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, SOCIETIES, ETC.,
ETC., WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL 8KBTCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY
SETTLERS, VIEWS OF BUILDINGS, ETC., ETC.; ALSO HISTORY OF WISCONSIN, COSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF WI8CON8IN, CONDEN8ED AB8TRACT OF LAWS OF WI8CONSIN,
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY.
MDCCCLXXIX.
((1879))

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