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Stephen W. Bond c. 1820 - 
Grayson-Wayne County KyArchives Biography

Author: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, 3rd edition, 1886

STEPHEN W. BOND is a native of Wayne County, Ky., and was born about 1820. His father, Joel Bond, was a native of either Maryland or one of the Carolinas, had come to Kentucky when quite young, and grew to manhood in Wayne County, where he resided for twenty-eight or thirty years; afterward moved to Breckinridge County, which was his home for a short time. He immigrated to Missouri as early as 1835, and died in Millard County, that State, some time prior to the breaking out of the war. His wife, Jane (Hines) Bond, was born in Maryland and died in Missouri, a few years after the death of her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Boon reared a family of seven children, three of whom are living, namely: Lewis G., Margaret and S. W. (subject). The deceased members of the family are Benjamin, William, Joel and Elizabeth Bond. Stephen W. Bond was early thrown upon his own resources, having been apprenticed to the tailor's trade at the age of sixteen in the town of Danville, where he remained a short time. He next worked at his trade in Monticello, Wayne County, and from the latter place went to Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, where he carried on his business for a limited period. Later he located at the falls of Rough Creek, and from there moved to Louisville, where he worked at his trade several months, and afterward located at Leitchfield, where he carried on a successful business for about five years. At the end of that time he went to Miller County, Mo., and worked at his trade; thence to Versailles, Miningport, Morgan County, Mo., and worked at his trade; thence to Versailles, Miningport, Morgan County, and several other places; thence to his father's. From his father's he went to Leitchfield, Ky., where he married, and then located in the village of Caneyville, and engaged in merchandising, which he carried on for about twenty years. In connection with the goods business he engaged in the tobacco trade, and for a number of years conducted a thriving business in flat-boating produce, lumber, etc., to New Orleans, and intermediate points on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. In all his business ventures Mr. Bond was very successful, and but few men in the county could count their gains as rapidly as he. He retired from active business in 1863, having acquired a handsome competency, and is now one of the wealthiest men in the county. He resides in a beautiful home on a high elevation overlooking Caneyville, and is passing his declining years in quiet and content. Mr. Bond married, about the year 1837 or 1838, Nancy Ross, daughter of James and Margaret Ross, of Leitchfield, Ky. The following children have been born to this union; John, Thomas, James R., Melissa, Lewis J., Ulysses S. G. and Mahala J., all of whom are living. In politics Mr. Bond was formerly a Democrat, but later affiliated with the Republican party, and at present claims to be independent, giving but little attention to party affairs.



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