Maj. John Crane Bond

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Maj. John Crane Bond

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Birthplace: Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 20, 1882 (82)
Warren, Illinois, United States
Place of Burial: Warren County, Illinois, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Jesse Walton Bond and Susannah H Bond
Husband of Mary Polly Bond; Mary Bond and Nancy Green Terry Bond
Father of Maj. William Grimsley Bond, (USA) and Cordelia C Staat
Brother of Ruby Crawford Looney

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About Maj. John Crane Bond

Maj. John Crane Bond

  • Birth: December 25, 1799 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States
  • Death: May 20, 1882 (82) - Warren County, Illinois, United States
  • Place of Burial: Bond Cemetery,, Warren County, Illinois, United States
  • Son of Jesse Walton Bond and Susannah H. Crane
  • m1. Mary "Polly" Grimsley
  • m2. Mary Singleton
  • m3. Nancy Stice

John Crane Bond, son of Jesse Walton Bond and Susanna Crane Bond, was born in Knoxville,Knox Co., Tennessee November 25, 1799.

John C. Bond moved to Jacksonville in Morgan County, Ill in 1826. He served in the Black Hawk War as a member of the Illinois militia, enlisting at Galena, Illinois 15 April 1832. He attained the rank of Sergeant and later Major in Col. John Butler's regiment. He was discharged 15 August 1832.

John C. Bond's first wife, Polly Grimsley Bond, died about 1828. He married the second time to Mary Singleton in 1829. After she died in 1842, he married a third time to Nancy G. (Stice) Terry

John C. Bond moved to Warren County, Illinois in 1832 and was a commissioner in that county at an early day. He was appointed, with Samuel Hallam and Robert Gilmore, to divide the county into townships, which they did in 1853. In 1854, when township organization was adopted, he was elected supervisor in Greenbush Township and served in that capacity for fourteen successive years. He was elected Justice of Peace in 1835 and held his first court in a smoke-house. He married the first couple in the township, Moses T. Hand to Mrs Elizabeth Crawford, December 23, 1835. Mr. Bond was also assesor in Greenbush Township for several years.

Mr. Bond purchased, from the other heirs, the old homestead entered by his father on section 18 where he spent his last years. His hearing was very defective for several years before his death which occurred May 20, 1882. His funeral services were held in the Methodist Church in Greenbush, on Sunday afternoon, May 21, 1882 and were conducted by Eld. Isaac N. Van Meter, a minister of the Old-School Baptist Church.

John C. Bond belonged to the masonic fraternity and was a member of the Christian Church. In politics he was a Democrat.

Sources:

  • "Early Days in Greenbush", William L. Snapp (1905).
  • Pension application of Nancy (Stice) Bond

Tombstone states his age at death to be 82 years, 5 months and 23 days.


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Maj. John Crane Bond's Timeline

1799
December 25, 1799
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States
1823
April 2, 1823
Overton, Tennessee, United States
1850
June 2, 1850
1882
May 20, 1882
Age 82
Warren, Illinois, United States
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Bond Cemetery, Warren County, Illinois, United States