Tag: Harrison

This is Chapter Six of eight: Finally we cross over into the Ohio frontier and meet several more generations of Bonds as they make their way toward the 20th century. (Thanks for sticking with us through this long history!) But first, we still have to cover some interesting history in Maryland.

We are descended from Edward Fell Bond, who relocated from Maryland to Ohio when he was an adult. Having been born in 1777, the last of four children of William and Sarah (Wrongs) Bond, his childhood was during the American Revolutionary War. He is the first grandfather in our lineage who was born and raised without the oversight of a monarch. For about 800 years, the Bond family had both prospered, and suffered, due to the British class system, but now — all of that was changing.

Who Was Sarah Franklin Smith?

We have discovered that Edward had two marriages. His first marriage was to Sarah Franklin Smith on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1807, at St. James Parish, Baltimore County.

Sarah was born on October 12, 1784 in St. Johns Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland, to James and Sarah Smith. Her parents had two more children, Franklin James Smith, who had a long life, and a boy named James Smith, Jr. who died young in 1791. Prior to the time of her christening, the St. Johns Parish and the St. James Parish had been combined. (In some records, both parishes are cited together, even though they separated in 1777). It appears that both this christening and her marriage took place at the same parish.

Observation: There are scant records on Sarah’s life. We can deduce that she was 23 years old when she married William. At 30, he was seven years older. Their son, William H. Bond was born August 12, 1808 in Baltimore County, Maryland. We have calculated his birth date based upon Jefferson County, Ohio court records.

The next record we can find about Edward is the August 1810 census that was conducted in the Pipe Creek and North Hundred area of Baltimore County. It was the third census of the United States.

From this census, we can discern a few things. Edward was 32 or 33, there is a male child in the home who is under 10 years of age, (likely William H.), and there is a female in the home who is between the ages of 26 and 45. From our research, we are not able to document specifically who is the female person. It is at this point in our narrative that Sarah Franklin (Smith) Bond just disappears from the records, and we have not discovered what happened to her despite long, fruitless efforts. The female cited in the census, could be her before she “disappears”. We assume Sarah (Smith) Bond had died.

Following this census the records show that on January 24, 1811, Edward Fell Bond, aged 33 married Frances Harrison Hawkins, aged 19 (born November 29, 1791) in Baltimore County, Maryland. She took over the motherly responsibilities of raising young William, who was about 3-1/2 at this time. (1)

Who Were These Hawkins People?

Frances’s father was the Reverend Archibald D. Hawkins, who was born in England, and her mother was Amey Hawkins Harrison. Frances had four younger brothers one of whom was Ezekiel Cooper Hawkins, a celebrated pioneering daguerreotype photographer.

Francis Harrison Hawkins family line was noteworthy for some of her illustrious relatives. The first two relatives were within her lifetime… Benjamin Harrison V, considered to be one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a governor of Virginia, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His son William Henry Harrison was the 9th US President in 1841. After her lifetime, the great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, the same-named 23rd President Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893), was also a relation.

From http://www.whitehouse.gov — “William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the first to die in office, serving the shortest tenure in U.S. Presidential history…” and also, “Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893, elected after conducting one of the first ‘front-porch’ campaigns by delivering short speeches to delegations that visited him in Indianapolis.”

Comment: The election of William Henry Harrison as the 9th President of the United States, resulted in a bit of irony for our family history. He displaced Martin Van Buren, the 8th President, to whom we are directly related through his Dutch grandparents. Additionally, those same grandparents lead us to the eminent Roosevelt family, who also gave the United States two more Presidents. We cover these connections in another family line, please see The Doty Line, A Narrative — Seven. (2)

Their Life in Baltimore County

There are a few direct records that inform us of their lives in Baltimore. Edward F. Bond is listed in The New Baltimore Directory, and Annual Register; for 1800 and 1801, as being a grocer. In those days, a grocer would have had an emporium that we would likely call a general store. Except for bakeries, food stores were not specialized in those days to sell only food. They also had to provide for the larger needs of the community. Interestingly, the location of his business was at McElderry Wharf which had become an area for import/export businesses to situate themselves. Records indicate that some of the businesses located there were dealing with fine antiques, such as Chippendale and Hepplewhite furniture.

“McElderry Park takes its name from the McElderry family, who were wealthy merchants in Baltimore in the early 19th century. Irish immigrant Thomas McElderry (1758 – 1810) arrived in Baltimore in 1793 and quickly established himself—building a wharf that bore his name, improving Market Square, and helping found the Baltimore Water Company.”

Observation: It is likely that Edward took notice of the fine home furnishings around him and perhaps pondered how to increase his fortunes. We found a record for an E. F. Bond arriving at the port of Philadelphia in 1804, which could be construed that he had traveled as part of creating his own import/export business.

By 1815, he had relocated and now presided over The Queen’s Ware Store, located at 44 North Howard Street, Baltimore.Queen’s Ware, or cream ware as it was also called, was a style of fine dishware pioneered by Josiah Wedgwood in England in the 1760s. Over time it became so popular, that the Americans tried to manufacture their own versions.

“Creamware was popular for a wide range of household pottery appearing in the Georgian dining-room and on the tea-table. It brought a finer kind of tableware to middle-class families, and wasn’t only for the rich. It was also used for commemorative items, like the pitcher, or jug…” Edward wasn’t a pottery maker, but a merchant, who seemed to appreciate finely crafted items.

The 1838 map above shows specific items of historical interest for the Bond family. Each city section, or ward, has a specific number, and the arrows help with locating the details.

• Ward 1: The location of Fell Street, near Fells Point.
• Ward 2: Alice Ann street, named after Aliceanna (Webster) Bond.
• Ward 3: Bond Street, named after Gentleman John Bond, and the location of McElderry Wharf (curious — it’s not on the water?). McElderry Wharf is where Edward Fell Bond’s first business was located.
• Ward 10: The location of Howard Street, where Edward Fell Bond’s Queens Ware store was located.

Edward Fell Bond and Francis Hawkins had four children, three of their own, and William H., from Edward’s first marriage. Many of our ancestors, like others in their time, lived in a blended family. Their children are:

• William H. Bond, born August 12, 1808 – died, unknown
  (We are descended from William H.)
• Mary Emeley Bond, born November 8, 1811 – died, January 24, 1815
• Amy Jane Bond, born May 2, 1816 – died, August 13, 1891
• Edward Fell Bond, Jr., born January 5, 1818 – died, January 10, 1884
  
  Observation: We have never discovered what the ‘H’ stood for in William H. Bond’s name. Maybe the letter was added in later after Edward Sr., met Frances? If that is the case, it may have been Harrison, or Hawkins… (3)

On To New Frontiers — Send Us a Postcard!

The western frontier of the new United States expanded greatly with Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase of 1803. In addition, the Northwest Territory was just starting to settle out, and many people wanted to relocate there. Edward Fell Bond was the last in his line of Bond ancestors that still benefitted from the earlier wealth of his colonial ancestors. As the country changed, and generations came and went, landed estates had been broken down into smaller and smaller parcels, until there wasn’t much left to be shared or inherited.

“Following the Revolutionary War, for the next 25 years,
Ohio became the primary destination of westward bound pioneers because of the fertile farmland in the Ohio River Valley.

Some families stayed for the remainder of their lives. Others simply passed through on their way west.”

United States Migration Patterns
Beverly Whitaker, CG

Additionally, this period in Baltimore was a troubled time. There was a crippling trade embargo in 1807, then the War of 1812. Their daughter Mary Emeley died very young in 1815, and it appears that by 1811, Frances’s parents, Rev. Archibald and Amy (Harrison) Hawkins, had moved west to the frontier community of Steubenville, Ohio, which was part of the Northwest Territory.

“Between 1812 and 1820 several families moved to Steubenville who afterwards contributed not only to the artistic and literary side of this western society, but whose immediate and subsequent descendants gained a national reputation. The first of these was Rev. Archibald Hawkins, who came to Steubenville from Baltimore in 1811 and built a house on South Third Street, lately occupied by his granddaughter, Miss Rebecca Hawkins. He was a local Methodist preacher and is said to have been specially intimate friend of Rev. Father Morse, of St. Paul’s, who came a few years later. At that time he had a son Ezekiel, three years old, who early gave indications of precocity as an artist.” 

We imagine that Edward Sr.’s business on Howard Street in Baltimore was also suffering. During the early nineteenth century, conflict between England and France led to an [1807] American trade embargo that restricted the importation of goods from these countries. Soon after, English hostilities on the high seas that led to the War of 1812, also stopped the flow of foreign goods to America, including fine British ceramics. Merchants like Edward couldn’t obtain the imported goods they had been selling, so for a while, perhaps he turned to domestically made American products?

By May 1816, we know that they were living In Steubenville, Ohio because their daughter, Amy Jane Bond, was born there in that year. (4)

Greetings From Steubenville, Ohio

Edward Sr. and Frances (Hawkins) Bond followed her parent’s path to Steubenville, Ohio. The trip certainly lacked many of the comforts that they were accustomed to in Baltimore. Ohio was still considered to be frontier territory, even though it acquired statehood in 1803. Prior to 1803 Steubenville had been surveyed in 1796 and was well established by the time the Bonds arrived.

There were very few improved roads, no railroads had been built through, and the canals (a new technology then) were located far away. Horse drawn wagons weren’t much of an option until the muddy, rutted roads were much improved. The only way that people traveled initially was by horseback, on flat river boats, or sometimes by stagecoach. Frequently, it was a combination of all three. (It makes us tired just thinking about it!)

From the book, 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, Volume 1, we learned the tremendous population growth in seven years time:

Edward Sr., returned to his appreciation of finer things when he set up a home in Steubenville. We know this because a couple of newspaper notices have survived the last 200 years. Additionally, he offered his services to the community as a silversmith and jeweler. The Navigator, a publication highly valued by those who traveled on the waterways within the Ohio frontier, published in their 1821 edition, the following list of industries and professions in Steubenville at that time. We excerpted the section below to show that the listed profession of ‘1 silversmith’, is our Edward Fell Bond.

While they were living in Steubenville Frances had her last two children, Amy Jane Bond, born May 2, 1816 – died August 13, 1891, and Edward Fell Jr., born, January 5, 1818 – died November 10, 1884.

This illustration is actually from later decades in the 19th century. There just isn’t that much art which documents Steubenville in the 1820s, but it demonstrates the scale of the small city.

This map image is excerpted from the 1856 James Keyly map of Steubenville and it shows what we have discerned is the likely location of E. F. Bond’s Silversmith business.

From the newspaper clipping, we have made a couple of observations: First, this For Rent notice from the Steubenville Herald of May 23, 1817, is for a two story framed house. Having a framed house at that early time indicates that there was a local mill which was supplying improved wood. Prior to this, many buildings were somewhat reminiscent of timbered log cabins. They must have either rented, or purchased this house soon after their arrival in Steubenville.

Just a few years later, this second newspaper clipping, also from the Steubenville Herald, of January 19, 1822 indicates that Mr. George Harris had been hired to carry on, which means that E. F. Bond Sr., was not well.

Indeed, he certainly was not well — Edward Fell Bond, Sr., passed away on February 20, 1822, just two weeks before his 45th birthday. This notice from the same newspaper cited above, was published on March 2, 1822. This left his wife Frances to carry on with four young children. As shown below, his brother-in-law William Hawkins was appointed to administer his estate. (5)

The Curious Story of William H. Bond

1822
When his father Edward died, William H. Bond would have been about 13 years old. (Remember, he lost his birth mother when he was very young). He was technically now an orphan because both of his birth parents were dead and he was under the age of 21.

His father’s wife, Frances Hawkins, was technically his stepmother. At that time in our cultural history women had very few rights and most often were dependent on the support of a husband, or male relative. As his stepmother, she was not considered appropriate as a guardian for an underage boy.

William Hawkins, the brother of widowed Frances, was the administrator of Edward Fell Bond’s estate (as shown above). The elder William’s occupation was as a painter, which may have some influence on the rest of this history…

1824
Two years after Edward Fell Bond, Sr. died, Frances married John Odbert on June 17, 1824, in Jefferson County, Ohio. (Recording date: July 13, 1824). The Minister who married them was her father, the Reverend Archibald Hawkins. By that time William H. was almost 16 years old.

1825
By March 1825, nine months after his stepmother remarried, William H. Bond was in court “choosing William Hawkins for his guardian — the court approved the choice”. Perhaps they had grown closer in the last couple of years, and this had been one of the reasons considered for his being chosen as the guardian for young William H. Additionally, William Hawkins had perhaps been mentoring him as an apprentice in the painting trade?

The document above is important for establishing William H.’s exact birthdate in a court of law. This is the only reliable source we have found for William H.’s birthdate, which we determined is August 12, 1808. This places him in Baltimore County, Maryland for his birth, and also confirms that Sarah Franklin Smith is his birth mother.

1826 to 1830
After the guardianship, the documentation on William H. is sporadic. It’s not clear if he was in the home of his stepfather John Odbert for the Federal Census of 1830. This census was conducted on June 1, and the categories only captured the ages of who was reported to be living in the home. We are able to discern that the following people lived there:

• Archibald Odbert , age 5
• Edward Fell Bond Jr., age 12
• William H. Bond, age 21 ? (Note: He is marked in the wrong age category.)
• John Odbert, age 31
• Two girls, ages between 0-5 (We have no idea who they are.)
• Amy Jane Bond, age 14
• Frances (Hawkins) Bond Odbert, age 39

We find it odd that he is not listed in the correct age category, but we don’t know who was providing the information at the front door. Observation: Why would William be (potentially) living in the Odbert home at the age of 21? That is the age of maturity for a free, white male in 1830, and his guardian is William Hawkins, not John Odbert. However, we also don’t find him in the home of his legal guardian William Hawkins for the same 1830 census.

After 1830
In surviving records after this time, there is much inconsistency about the exact year and place of William H. Bond’s birth. He came to Ohio when he was a young boy of probably seven or eight years. His birth mother was deceased by the time he was 2-1/2. It is written (above) that he was 3-1/2 when Edward married his stepmother Francis …so he probably didn’t remember his actual birth mother. He lost his father when he was 13, so in this state of loss, he probably just accepted what other people told him when it came to his age. Hence, we are sticking to the Jefferson County guardianship court record for his correct age.

• Elizabeth Jane Bond born July 11, 1841 – died, August 18, 1911
• Alexander Norton Bond, born February 1, 1848 – died, October 21, 1897.
  (We are descended from Alexander).

1850
The next time we come across a record of William H. Bond, it is 1850, twenty years have passed, and many things have changed in his life. He is married to Lavina (maiden name unknown), and they have two children: William’s occupation is identified as a painter, which meant he was both a sign painter and a house painter. As we wrote earlier he most likely learned this skill from his former guardian, William Hawkins, a well known painter in the Steubenville area. The Bonds lived in Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, just a few miles north of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Where had he been from 1830 to 1850? Who was his wife Lavinia? We know she was born in Pennsylvania, but truly nothing else. We will continue to research him and Lavina and update this information if we come across credible sources.

There are at least three errors in this census record: 1) We observed that William and Lavina’s birthdates are likely transposed, or again, William didn’t really know his birth year. 2) William lists his birthplace as Ohio, when it is actually Maryland. 3) Alexander’s middle name is written as ‘S’, but his middle name is actually Norton. Since we do not know who was giving the census information, it is most likely he or she was unaware of the correct dates and places. This is an ongoing problem with early census information. (6)

A Time of Cholera

From our extensive research on this Great-Great-Grandfather and his family we have not been able to determine much about his adult life, and sadly, he seems to fade into obscurity.

We have wondered if William and Lavina may have died in one of the many massive cholera outbreaks that was affecting their area of Ohio for several years. Most people who came down with Cholera died very quickly — sometimes within one day. Local newspapers published daily lists of those who had passed away… From The Specter of Cholera in Nineteenth Century Cincinnati by Matthew D. Smith:

“Before the Civil War, Cincinnati was one of the most flourishing cities in the United States, but epidemic outbreaks of cholera in 1832, 1849, and 1866 threatened a social and economic meltdown. Previously unknown beyond Asia, cholera was a disease of modernity, reflecting new pathways in immigration, transportation, and human settlement. Cincinnati’s per-capita death toll was worse than that of almost any other major city in the United States, and containment proved practically impossible. The city’s central location on the Ohio River left it continuously exposed to infection and reinfection. To make matters worse, cholera’s impact radiated beyond the urban center, as waves of refugees spilled out across the Ohio Valley, spreading panic and disease wherever they went.”

Cholera returned several times after 1849, including to Springfield Township where the Bond family lived. As noted in Cincinnatians and Cholera, “When the disease returned in 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1866, and 1873 Cincinnatians, at least partially, had to blame themselves…”

We do not know if, nor when, William and Lavina died, however, after the 1850 census we no longer find any record of either of them. (7)

After Springfield Township, the Return Back to Steubenville

Through our searches as to whatever became of William H. and Lavina, we soon discovered that their children Elizabeth Jane and Alexander were living on the opposite side of the state of Ohio in Steubenville, with their Aunts. One of these Aunts, Amy Jane (Bond) Halsted, is who we are writing about next.

On October 26, 1836, Amy Jane Bond married Robert H. Halsted in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio where they lived and raised their family. Robert was born on April 28, 1809 in New York to Jacob and Mary (Anderson) Halsted.

Amy Jane and Robert had three children — a son John, and two daughters Mary Frances, and Margaret Jane. (For a fuller description of their descendants, See Descendant Appendix A in the footnotes for this section).

Observation 1: Was it chic to give your daughter the middle name of ‘Jane’ in this period? We have Amy Jane, Elizabeth Jane, Margaret Jane… (Please see the end of the footnotes).

On the 1860 Census, Alexander is living in the home of his paternal Aunt Amy Jane (Bond) Halsted, under the guardianship of her husband Robert.

Observation 2: Alexander has been living with them since at least 1858 when his sister Elizabeth Jane married Jeremiah Northrup. Perhaps earlier? (For a fuller description of her descendants, See Descendant Appendix B in the footnotes for this section).

One thing is clear — he was raised as part of the Halsted family. Therefore, he would have identified with this family because he was very young when his parents disappeared. He followed Robert Halsted into the shoe business as a clerk according to the 1870 census. Also on the same census, Robert Halsted’s prosperity is considerable at $10,000 dollars — (shoes and boots were a good business!) Alexander was 22 years old and still living with them in 1870. By 1872, he and Ruth Linton were married.

Robert H. Halsted died on July 30, 1882 aged 73, in Jefferson County, Ohio. Amy Jane (Bond) Halsted died on August 13, 1891 aged 75, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she lived with her daughter Mary (Halsted) Boyle and husband John Boyle. Both Robert H. and Amy Jane Halsted are buried at the Union Cemetery in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio.

It is important to note that although Alexander was raised in the Halsted home with his cousins he had other family members in Steubenville. His father’s younger brother, Edward Fell Bond, Jr. born January 5, 1818 was married to Drucilla McClelland on April 30, 1846. Drucilla was born in Washington, Pennsylvania on October 9, 1826. (For a fuller description of their descendants, See Descendant Appendix C in the footnotes for this section). (8)

From Merchants and Craftsmen — A Traveling Salesman

Ringing in the New Year for 1872, Alexander Bond married Ruth Linton at the Minister of Disciples Church, Jefferson County, Ohio on January 1, 1872. He was 23 and she was 25.

Ruth was born as the ninth of ten children in nearby Welles township on October 24, 1846; her parents being Benjamin and Anna (Dean) Linton. They settled in the Ohio river-located town of Brilliant, where all of their children were born. Their son Dean Linton Bond was born on September 29, 1873, followed four years later by their daughter Edna Jane Bond, born on January 31, 1878.

Alexander Norton Bond was descended from several generations of merchants and craftsmen. Since he spent most of his childhood in the Halsted home, his path was similar, but also a bit different. As a younger man, when he had clerked for his uncle Robert Halsted in the boot and shoe shop, he had learned a trade. This carried this forth to his traveling salesman career selling boots and shoes. He covered a large territory which reached as far as Columbus, Ohio.

We find the 1880 census under his wife Ruth’s name. On May 9, 1882, their daughter Lily Victoria Bond was born. We conjecture that because he traveled to support his family, perhaps this explains why the births of his children are 4-6 years apart. On May 6, 1888, our Great Grandfather Earl Alexander Bond was born. (9)

The Tragedies of the Columbus Train Accident

In July 1890, our great-grandparents Alexander and Ruth Bond, along with their son Earl, were either traveling to (or returning from) Columbus, Ohio to the Steubenville, Ohio area. Several railroad lines criss-crossed the distance that connected the two regions. We have not been able to discover what the exact nature of the trip was, but we do know that Alexander kept a business address in Columbus at 110 North High Street. Perhaps they were traveling there for his boot and shoe business? Another possibility is that they were attending a conference for the Disciples of Christ church in which Ruth was very involved. We will continue our research on this accident.

The Disciples of Christ church was a Protestant denominated fellowship which was popular in the state at that time.

With fewer local churches than other Christian denominations, the Disciples of Christ made less of an impact on moral and social reform and missions than Congregationalists or Presbyterians… Still, their activity was substantial.
With the success of the Baptists’ union in mind, churches formed the Disciples’ Union in 1885 to coordinate mission, social work, and communication. 

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

There is a story in our family, the gist of which goes something like this: They were on a train near Columbus, which stopped on an incline to take on water. The last two cars, where the family was located, broke off (decoupled?) and started to slide down the incline gaining speed. The cars crashed violently. Ruth and Alexander were severely injured. Earl was thrown from the car and rolled down the hill where he was later rescued lying by a tree, near a small river, or stream.

The trauma from this experience caused our Grandfather Earl Bond, to develop a stuttering problem which plagued him for the rest of his life.

We will likely never learn why they were on that particular trip. (In those days, accidents were routinely covered up. Unluckily, several years of research has never turned up any actual records of the accident). What we do know is this: Great-Grandmother Ruth’s injuries were so severe that she was taken to a hospital in Columbus, admitted on July 16, and died on July 23, 1890. Her death record looks rather “thin” on details…

If Alexander was hospitalized, we don’t have a record for that, but we know by way of a story passed down through the family, that he had injuries to his spinal vertebrae which caused him to be seriously disabled for years. From Ruth’s obituary we know that her brother, Benjamin Linton, returned her body to Brilliant, Ohio for burial.

At some point Alexander returned to Brilliant where he and the children lived. We think that he most likely no longer worked as a traveling salesman. From a recording made by his daughter Lily (Bond) Connelly, when she was a very old woman, we have the following quote:

“My brother Dean, joined and carried a Bible to church.  He was the first convert to church that Mother and Brother Wilcox built.  After her death he felt being a minister would please her most, to carry on her religious ideas.  He was 16 and went south to Knoxville, Tennessee, and stayed in the South.” Dean Linton Bond was a preacher for the rest of his life.

Alexander lived for seven more years until October 21, 1897. From records, we know that he suffered a debilitating stroke about eight weeks before his death. Edna, who would have been 19, may have still been living at home, or she may have already moved to Cleveland, Ohio where she stayed for the rest of her life. Lily was 15, and Earl was 9 years old. Both being minors meant they had to have a guardian, which is covered in the following post The Bond Line, A Narrative — Seven.

Alexander and Ruth Bond were buried in the Barrett Family Cemetery in Brilliant, Ohio. Today, the old cemetery is nearly lost to the encroaching forest. In June 2020, we found their grave marker, which has a curious epitaph:
They have done what they could...

Several members of the Linton family are also buried there. (10)

Following are the footnotes for the Primary Source Materials,
Notes, and Observations

Preface — one record

Maryland Center for History and Culture
Baltimore in 1752
by William Strickland
https://www.mdhistory.org/resources/baltimore-in-1752/#gallery
Note: For the postcard image.

Who Was Sarah Franklin Smith?

(1) — five records

Sarah Francklin Smith
Marriage – Maryland, Church Records, 1660-1996
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6L-K28D
Book page: 370, Digital page: 188/193, Left page near the top, Dec. 24 entry.

Wilson Cary notes on the Bond family
http://usgenwebsites.org/MDAnnArundel/firstfam/bondfam.htm
Note: These files migrated to ancestry.com when the company was acquired. We have not been able to relocate them there — however, *we did locate this data (copied below), in 2024.

*Baltimore County MDGenWeb, BOND Family Research Notes
Bond Family Notes of Wilson Cary, Found in Maryland Historical Society
Transcribed by Lawrence E. Alley
https://usgenwebsites.org/MDBaltimore/family/bondresearchnotes.html

Sarah Smith
in the Maryland, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/55795:2565?tid=&pid=&queryId=c14b6b3d4bfd5e814489c0fb5538f2c5&_phsrc=Eto2&_phstart=successSource

Edward Bond
in the 1810 United States Federal Census
Maryland > Baltimore > Pipe Creek and North Hundred
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/67869:7613
Book page: A, Digital page: 13/27

Frances Hawkins
in the Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/101316:7846?tid=&pid=&queryId=5ef35e083ff807cfca1eea08cf6cf9d5&_phsrc=qAf9&_phstart=successSource

Who Were These Hawkins People?

(2) — seven records

Frances Hawkins
in the Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/101316:7846?tid=&pid=&queryId=5ef35e083ff807cfca1eea08cf6cf9d5&_phsrc=qAf9&_phstart=successSource

The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume 5, 1933
by Frederick Adams Virkus, under direction of Albert Nelson Marquis
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015050178220&view=1up&seq=136
Book page: 134, Digital Page: 136/970

Maryland State Archives — Guide to Special Collections
Early State Records Online
The Baltimore Whig
https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/008495/html/m8495-0577.html
Note: The Baltimore Whig began publication July 2, 1810 [v. 6, no. 817] and ceased May 6, 1814. It was published daily, except Sunday.

The White House, President Barack Obama
William Henry Harrison
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/1600/presidents/williamhenryharrison
Note: For the text.

Benjamin Harrison V
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V
Note: For the data.

William Henry Harrison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison
Note: For the data.

Benjamin Harrison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison
Note: For the data.

Their Life in Baltimore County

(3) — seven records

Edward F. Bond
in the U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830
The New Baltimore Directory, and Annual Register; for 1800 and 1801
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1556077:3877?tid=&pid=&queryId=d5727a025a2b068a41d88a6223bd6e20&_phsrc=APU1&_phstart=successSource

About McElderry Park
History of Our Neighborhood
https://mcelderrypark.com/about-mcelderry-park/

View of Baltimore (before 1840)
by William Henry Bartlett (1809–1854)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Baltimore_-_William_H._Bartlett.png
Note: For the painting.

Maryland Center for History and Culture
Lost City: Baltimore Town
https://www.mdhistory.org/lost-city-baltimore-town/

Edward F. Bond
in the U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830
The Baltimore Directory and Register, for the year 1816
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1604098:3877?tid=&pid=&queryId=d5727a025a2b068a41d88a6223bd6e20&_phsrc=APU2&_phstart=successSource

Baltimore Street Map, 1838
by T. G. Bradford, G. W. Boyton
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baltimore_Street_Map,_1838.jpg
Note: For the map.

Home Things Past
Creamware & Queensware
https://homethingspast.com/2012/04/23/creamware-queensware/#pics

On To New Frontiers — Send Us a Postcard!

(4) — four records

The National Institute for Genealogical Studies
United States Migration to Ohio, Northwest Territory, Southwest 1785 to 1840 Growth in Ohio
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/United_States_Migration_to_Ohio,_Northwest_Territory,_Southwest_1785_to_1840_(National_Institute)

20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
by Joseph Beatty Doyle, 1910
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5doyAQAAMAAJ/page/n311/mode/2up?q=Archibald+Hawkins
Book pages: 331, Digital Pages: 312/584, Right column, near the bottom.

This Week In Pennsylvania Archeology
Made in America: Philadelphia Queensware Pottery in the Early 19th Century
http://twipa.blogspot.com/2016/12/made-in-america-philadelphia-queensware.html

Embargo Act of 1807
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embargo_Act_of_1807
Note: For the data.

Greetings From Steubenville, Ohio

(5) — twelve records

Seven Ranges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Ranges

The Official Ohio Lands Book
https://ohioauditor.gov/publications/docs/OhioLandsBook.pdf

JSTOR
The Origins of Land Buyers, Steubenville Land Office, 1800 – 1820
by David T. Stephens and Alexander T. Bobersky
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2976385

Commodore Perry Leaving the “Lawrence” for the
“Niagara: at the Battle of Lake Erie”
by Thomas Birch, 1815
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Birtch_Commodore_Perry_Leaving_the_Lawrence_for_the_Niagara_at_the_Battle_of_Lake_Erie.jpg
Note: For the painting.

Library of Congress
Image 1 of Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4084sm.g4084sm_g069021892/?sp=1&st=image

20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens, Volume 1
by Joseph Beatty Doyle, 1910
https://www.google.com/books/edition/20th_Century_History_of_Steubenville_and/mdQyAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bibliogroup:%2220th+Century+History+of+Steubenville+and+Jefferson+County,+Ohio+and+Representative+Citizens%22&printsec=frontcover
Book page: 368, Digital Page: 368

The Navigator: Containing Directions for Navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi rivers…
published by Zadok Cramer
https://archive.org/details/navigatorcontai1821cram/page/68/mode/2up?ref=ol
Note: Book page: 68, Digital Page: 68/298

Historical Collections Of Ohio In Two Volumes,
An Encyclopedia Of The State, Volume 1
by Henry Howe, and Davison Fillson Photos
https://archive.org/details/historicalcollec01inhowe/page/n7/mode/2up
Note: For the image, Market Street, Steubenville.

Library of Congress
Map of Jefferson County, Ohio: from actual surveys, Copy 2
by James Kelly, 1856
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4083j.la000643c/?st=image&r=0.199,1.07,0.055,0.105,90

Newspaper clipping [of a house]
For Rent
Steubenville Herald, May 23, 1817
https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/12766227/person/12804018321/media/9ca3772c-3454-4c79-9cc0-29097429fc78?_phsrc=APU7&_phstart=successSource
Note: Positioned in the center of the newspaper column image.

Newspaper clipping advertising E. F. Bond, Silversmith and Jeweler
Silversmith
Steubenville Herald, January 19, 1822
https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/12766227/person/12804018321/media/fb32ec5e-2b49-43d1-9d6f-63bbf3c2a05d?_phsrc=vOJ2&_phstart=successSource
Note: Positioned in the left column at the top.

Newspaper clipping for Edward Fell Bond Sr., Death Notice
Steubenville Herald, March 2, 1822
Obit
https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/12766227/person/12804018321/media/53df14db-1a64-4bcb-a1ad-8f805a84806f?_phsrc=APU5&_phstart=successSource

Edward F. Bond estate administration record
Jefferson County Common Pleas Journal D, 1819-1822
March 1822 term, Entry 409
Obtained from an on-site visit to the Jefferson County Historical Society, Steubenville, Ohio, on June 16, 2020

The Curious Story of William H. Bond

(6) — four records

John Oddbert
Marriage – Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD5Z-T5H
Digital Page: 41/178, Left page, top entry.

William H. Bond guardianship record
Jefferson County Common Pleas Journal E, 1822-1827
March 1822 term, Entry 409
Obtained from an on-site visit to the Jefferson County Historical Society, Steubenville, Ohio, on June 16, 2020.

John Odbert
in the 1830 United States Federal Census
Ohio > Jefferson > Steubenville
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/328350:8058?tid=&pid=&queryId=31859d6e777fa5a8558fef3a7e131e88&_phsrc=opq6&_phstart=successSource
Book page: 8, Digital page: 14/94, 3rd entry.

Wm H Bond
in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Ohio > Hamilton > Springfield
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/13714796:8054?tid=&pid=&queryId=e9a27f017361e0cb9fc1648a6674943f&_phsrc=DYj9&_phstart=successSource
Book page: 8, Digital page: 61/88, Entries 8 through 11.

A Time of Cholera

(7) — five records

A View of Cincinnati in 1841
by Artist unknown
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cincinnati-in-1841.jpg
Note: For the image.

Origins, Current Events in Historical Perspective
Pandemic Redux: Revisiting Cincinnati’s 1849 Cholera in the Age of COVID-19
https://origins.osu.edu/connecting-history/cincinnati-cholera-covid-19-revisited?language_content_entity=en
Note: For the image: A View of Cincinnati in 1841.

Project Muse
The Specter of Cholera in Nineteenth Century Cincinnati
by Matthew D. Smith
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/624904/pdf

Northern Kentucky Tribune
Our Rich History: Epidemics in 19th Century Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky;
we have persevered
https://nkytribune.com/2020/03/our-rich-history-epidemics-in-19th-century-cincinnati-northern-kentucky-we-have-persevered/
Note: For the newspaper clipping list of cholera deaths of October 25, 1832, the cemetery photo of cholera deaths, and other data.

Cincinnatians and Cholera: Attitudes Toward the Epidemics of 1832 and 1849
by Ruth C. Carter, page 44
http://bicetech.com/dbice/Schell/German%20Prodistent%20Orphanage/Cholera%20Cincinnati.pdf

Variety
How Daniel Craig Became the Longest-Reigning James Bond After a Brutal Start
by Tim Gray
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/daniel-craig-james-bond-casino-royale-no-time-to-die-1235074334/
Note: For the photograph of Daniel Craig as James Bond 007.

After Springfield Township, the Return Back to Steubenville

(8) — ten records, three Descendant Appendices: A, B, C, and one cartoon

Robert H Halsted
in the Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
Jefferson > 1830 – 1937
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4616192:61378
Book page: 183, Digital page: 325/421, Entry second from the bottom.

Robert H Halsted
in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Ohio > Jefferson > Steubenville
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/43433349:7667
Book page: 6, Digital page: 71/190, Entries 31 through 38.

Robert H Halsted
in the 1870 United States Federal Census
Ohio > Jefferson > Steubenville Ward 2
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/38690932:7163?tid=&pid=&queryId=163c932fae2aba90f8babde980296480&_phsrc=ijJ3&_phstart=successSource
Book page 4, Digital page 4/67, Entries 28 through 31.

R H Halstead
in the U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
Ohio > Steubenville > 1870 > Wiggins and Weavers Directory of Steubenville, Wellsville, East Liverpool and Wellsburgh, 1870-71
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1393649876:2469?_phsrc=ijJ8&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=Robert+H&gsln=Halsted&ml_rpos=2&queryId=537f2c7a9599c2c093caadfdcb5fe13a
Book page: 44, Digital Pages: 54/174, Left page, at bottom.

Robert Harvey Halsted
in the U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/60205198:60525?tid=&pid=&queryId=163c932fae2aba90f8babde980296480&_phsrc=ijJ5&_phstart=successSource
and
Robert Harvey Halsted
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93415765/robert-harvey-halsted
Note: As found in the Steubenville Weekly Herald, August 4, 1882, Steubenville, Ohio

Amy Halstead
in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., Deaths, 1870-1905
0505847 (004672720)
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/111649002/person/162202420614/facts
Book page: 598, Digital page: 161/639, Left page, first entry.

Amy J Halsted
in the U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/60205268:60525
and
Amy J Bond Halsted
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93415843/amy-j-halsted

The Northrup-Northrop genealogy: record of the known descendants
of Joseph Northrup, who came from England in 1637
by A. Judd Northrup, 908
Sixth Generation
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/13983/images/dvm_GenMono000320-00083-0?treeid=&personid=&queryId=852097e7-2ef6-4461-98a7-6bbc0977eff6&usePUB=true&_phsrc=BJh3&_phstart=successSource&pId=159
Book pages: 153-154, Digital Pages: 164/474

Descendant Appendix A
Amy Jane and Robert Halsted had three children:

• Son John Halsted was born November 1, 1837 in Steubenville and died there on April, 26,1886. He was unmarried.
• Mary Frances Halsted, their second child, was born February 1841 in Steubenville and died on December 8, 1911 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. She married John Dawson Boyle on October 6, 1859 in Steubenville. John was born April 9, 1832 in Union, Fayette, Pennsylvania and died March 25, 1915 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Mary Francis and John Boyle had five children:

• Robert H. Boyle born March 27,1861 in Union, Fayette, Pennsylvania and died November 11, 1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Margaret Boyle born November 7, 1862 in Washington, Pennsylvania and died September 3, 1938 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Laura A. Boyle born July 9, 1866 in Washington, Pennsylvania and died February 10, 1948 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Hetty Boyle born February 17, 1868 in Washington, Pennsylvania – her death date and location is unknown.
• John E. Boyle born in 1871 in Washington, Pennsylvania and died in 1938 in California.

• Margaret Jane Halsted, Amy Jane and Robert’s third child, was born on July 23, 1843 in Steubenville and died on April 23, 1922 in Steubenville, Ohio. She married Jonathan Hagan, Jr. on December 1, 1863 in Jefferson County, Ohio. Jonathan was born in 1839 in Steubenville, Ohio and died there on September 16, 1891. They are buried near her parents in Union Cemetery in Steubenville, Ohio. Margaret and Jonathan had seven children:

• Emma J. Hagan born January 1, 1865 in Steubenville and died there October 12, 1871, at age 6.
• Twin Sons: Calvin H. Hagan born 1867 in Steubenville and died April 28, 1935 in Seattle, King County, Washington and William E. Hagan also born in 1867 in Steubenville and died in 1911 in Kirkland, King, Washington.
• Mary H. Hagan born in 1869 in Steubenville and died there on February 4, 1923.
• Frances M. Hagan born February 7, 1872 in Steubenville and died there on July 7, 1945.
• Margaret C. Hagan born June 3, 1875 in Steubenville and died there in 1965.
  Hetty or Beatty Hagan born August 21, 1878 in Steubenville and died there on December 23, 1956.

Descendant Appendix B
The Elizabeth Jane (Bond) Northup and Jeremiah Northup family.

In 1858, William H. and Lavina’s daughter Elizabeth Jane married Jeremiah Northrup in Steubenville, Ohio. She was only 17 and the marriage record indicates that Elizabeth was “given permission” to marry by her guardian, (uncle) Robert Halsted. Robert was married to Amy Jane (Bond) Halsted, William H.’s sister and Elizabeth Jane’s aunt.

From the family lineage book about the Northrup family, we see the listing of the marriage and it identifies Elizabeth Jane’s parents, William and Lavina Bond. They are listed in entry #320. The above entry indicates that Elizabeth and Jeremiah had no children, however, this is not true. Our research shows that there are several decendants from William and Lavina Bond and perhaps we can learn more about these relatives.

Jeramiah and Elizabeth Jane (Bond) Northrup had a daughter:

• Matilda ‘Tilda’ Peterson Northrup was born on July 29, 1862 in Sweedon, Edmonson County, Kentucky. She died at the young age of 28 on February 3, 1891 in Kirkwood, St. Louis, Missouri.

‘Tilda’ Northrup married Albert David Spencer, Sr. on February 23, 1884 in Kimmswick, Jefferson Co., Missouri. David was born November 30, 1835 in Megisville, Ohio and died August 21, 1934 in Evansville, Indiana. Tilda and Albert Spencer had two children, a daughter and a son:

• Georgia Spencer, born March 31, 1885 in Kimmswick, Windsor Township, Jefferson, County, Missouri, and died in 1920. She married John Montague on June 11, 1902 in Kimmswick. They had two sons, Donald and John S. Montague.
• Stanley P. Spencer born December 1890 in St. Louis, Missouri, and died May 12, 1902, age eleven, in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio.

Descendants of William H. and Lavina Bond would have been carried forward via the lineages of: Elizabeth Jane (Bond) Northrup, Matilda ‘Tilda’ (Northrup) Spencer, and Georgia (Spencer) Montague.

Upon their deaths, Jeremiah Watson Northrup on September 3, 1882, and Elizabeth Jane (Bond) Northrup on August 18, 1917 their bodies were returned to Ohio and are buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio in the Northrup family burial plot.

Descendant Appendix C
Five sons were born to Edward and Drucilla Bond.

• Leonidas W. Bond born March 2, 1847 in Steubenville, Ohio and died April 11, 1908 in Rochester, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Martin in 1873 in Steubenville. He served as a Private in the Civil War from May – September 1864.
• Oldbert F. Bond born in 1849 in Steubenville and death date and location is unknown.
• Robert (L.D.) Bond born in 1858 in Steubenville and died July 7, 1911 in Dennison, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
• Edward J. Bond born in 1864 and died in April 1864 in Marion, Grant County, Indiana. He married Johanna Prendeville about 1890 in Indiana. She was born in Ireland and they had six children.
• Harry Bond born March 26, 1868 in Steubenville and died February 4, 1941 in Potter, Beaver, Pennsylvania. On an 1899 Tax Document for Beaver Falls, Harry is listed as an invalid.

Just a passing thought regarding the bestowing of the name Jane
on so many of our female relatives —

From Merchants and Craftsmen — A Traveling Salesman

(9) — five records

A. N. Bond
in the Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1184631:61378?tid=&pid=&queryId=9e86cab4aaeb31d958e122597dfd06d9&_phsrc=ijJ15&_phstart=successSource

Newspaper clipping for Alex. N. Bond 5th anniversary notice
Steubenville Herald-Star, 5 Jan 1877
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/139384606?p=42470306&returnLabel=Alexander%20Norton%20Bond%20(L2HR-H98)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FL2HR-H98
Note: Page 4.

Ruth Linton
in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Ohio > Jefferson > Wells
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/13966249:8054
Digital page: 21/35, Entries 30 through 41.

Alexander Bond
in the 1880 United States Federal Census
Ohio > Jefferson > Lagrange > 118
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/18011952:6742?tid=&pid=&queryId=9e86cab4aaeb31d958e122597dfd06d9&_phsrc=oKp1&_phstart=successSource
Book page: 2, Digital page: 2/8, Entries 37 through 40.

Alex N Bond
in the U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
Williams Columbus City Directory for 1883-84
Ohio > Columbus > 1883 > Columbus, Ohio, City Directory, 1883
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/285818721:2469?_phsrc=ijJ11&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=Alexander&gsln=Bond&ml_rpos=2&queryId=da24a9746580285158809e8014acb49a
Book page: 105, Digital Page: 55/500

The Tragedies of the Columbus Train Accident

(10) — seven records

Case Western Reserve University
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
Disciples of Christ
bu Michael J. McTighe
https://case.edu/ech/articles/d/disciples-christ

Library of Congress
Railroad Map of Ohio published by the State, 1892.
Prepared by J. A. Norton, commissioner of railroads & telegraphs.
Copyright by H. B. Stranahan.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4081p.rr002860/?st=image&r=-0.753,-0.352,2.506,1.11,0

Newspaper clipping, Ruth Linton Bond obituary
Steubenville Daily Herald
July 24, 1890
Jefferson County Historical research
Schiappa Library archive, Steubenville, Ohio, Film Roll B14

Ruth L. Bond
Death – Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6Z4-9HV
Book page: 36, Digital page: 165/781, Entry 34

Ohio, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 for Ruth L Bond 
Jefferson County, Letters of Administration, Vol 3, 1892-1900
Digital page: 376/651
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8801/images/007485923_00376?pId=2988540

Newspaper clipping, Alexander Norton Bond obituary
Steubenville Daily Herald
October 21, 1897
Jefferson County Historical research
Schiappa Library archive, Steubenville, Ohio, Film Roll B40

Alex N Bond
in the Ohio, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
Jefferson > Administrators Application and Bond, Vol 6, 1895-1901
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1826489:8801
Book page: 82, Digital page: 190/747