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- Rev. Richard Clayton BOND was
born April 11, 1813, at Lost Creek, Virginia, now
- West Virginia, and died at Milton Junction,
Wis., January 21, 1910, lacking less than three months of being
97 years of age. He was the son of Abel BOND, Jr., and
Sarah POWERS BOND. His grandfather was Major Richard
BOND, a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
- Richard's father was born in Cecil
county, Md., whence he went into the wilds of
- western Virginia, where Richard was
born. The latter was baptized in his eighteenth year by Rev.
Lewis A. DAVIS, and became a member of the Lost Creek
Seventh Day Baptist church.
- April 10, 1835 he was licensed by the
Lost Creek church to preach, in case he should
- feel it to be his duty to do so. In
1840 he was granted a license to preach wherever he might be
called.
- He was ordained to the Gospel ministry
on October 16, 1842 at Port Jefferson, O., at
- a session of the Southwestern Association.
Previous to his ordination he preached once a month for the Lost
Creek church.
- He preached the introductory sermon
at the fifth session of the Association, at Lost
- Creek in 1843, and was moderator the
following year, when the Association met at Jackson Center, O.
At this session he was appointed delegate to the General Conference.
At the seventh annual session held at New Salem in 1845 he preached
the introductory sermon and was appointed agent for preaching
on the Sabbath question for the ensuing year.
- During the year 1844 he represented
the S.D.B. Missionary society upon the western
- Virginia field, visiting the Woodbridgetown,
Penn., church, also. He had four regular preaching stations,
which he visited once a month.
- The last entry in the book of records
of the Woodbridgetown church is dated August
- 1844, and records a visit from Richard
C. BOND, at which time he baptized Richard C. BOND,
Jr., who soon afterward removed to Rock county, Wis. In December
of the same year he baptized fifteen persons who joined the New
Salem church. This seems to have been the year of his greatest
activity in the ministry, rich in results and a year to which
he was pleased to refer often when reviewing his past life.
- He was married to Eliza GRANT,
of Lost Creek, and in the spring of 1846 they came
- to Milton, Wis.
- He immediately took up a government
claim in the new county, and in 1856 bought
- three eighties of Aunt Polly GOODRICH.
- He possessed many qualities necessary
for success in pioneer life, and his energy was
- soon rewarded with a farm clear of
debt and an ample competence for his old age.
- A few years after the close of the
Civil War he bought a home in Milton Junction
- where he has since resided, being loved
by many and respected by all who knew him.
- His wife died in 1896. To them were
born four children, two boys and two girls,
- Arthur G., Luther L., Mary M., and
Louise, the last named dying in infancy.
- There is but one surviving member of
the family, Dr. Luther L. BOND of
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conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. J. C. BOND, assisted
by Rev. O. S. Mills and Rev. F. O. Burdick. Interment was made
at Milton. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
- Hannah [Elizabeth] HULL BURDICK
was born in Farmington, Ill., August 7, 1842,
- and died at Milton, Wis., January 20,
1910, aged 67 years, 5 months and 13 days.
- She was the daughter of Rev. O. P.
and Emma DAVIS HULL, being the second in
- a family of seven children, and the
only daughter. When but a girl she was baptized at Walworth,
Wis., by her father and became a member of the S.D.B. church
at that place.
- She was educated at Milton and Albion
going to Albion Academy because she could
- pay her way there by teaching in the
school. On finishing school work at Albion she taught for a short
time in the public schools. There are those still living, now
past middle life, who testify of her sympathy and kindness shown
to them when they were timid pupils of hers so many years ago.
- On October 13, 1866, she was married
to Silas G. BURDICK at Alden, Minn. Mr.
- and Mrs. BURDICK began housekeeping
on the old BURDICK homestead north-east of Milton where
most of their married life was spent. From here in later years
they removed to Milton Junction where Mr. BURDICK engaged
in the lumber business with the late Wm. B. WEST, and
where he died Oct. 29, 1893.
- To this happy couple were born three
children, all of whom are still living, and were
- permitted to minister to her in her
last sickness, she who had given so much of her life for them.
- The children are Nellie, wife of Rev.
Geo. B. SHAW of North Loup, Neb., Harold
- M., who lives on the old homestead,
and Lura, wife of Dr. Paul JOHNSON of Clarkston, Wash.
There are also nine grandchildren. Two brothers are still living,
O. P. HULL of Corona, Calif.; and Charles B. HULL
of Chicago.
- Since she left the Milton Junction
home a few years ago she has spent her time with
- her children and with Miss Lucy HALL
of Milton. Aside from the members of the immediate family no
one will miss her more than Miss HALL, who has been a
life long friend, and who in these later years was like a sister
to her.
- Mrs. BURDICK was always a consistent
member of the Seventh-Day Baptist
- church. From Walworth she removed her
membership to Milton and when the Milton Junction church was
organized in 1875 became a constituent member, and has ever since
been a loyal member of that church.
- She was an unselfish mother, possessing
that love which is "never calculating, always
- hoping." The esteem in which she
was held by all who knew her was attested by the large number
of neighbors and friends who attended her funeral.
- Services were held in the home where
she died and at the S.D.B. church in Milton
- Junction, conducted by her pastor,
Rev. A. J. C. Bond, assisted in the home by President W. C. Daland.
- The body was laid to rest beside that
of her husband in the Milton Junction cemetery.
- [Thursday edition, p. 1]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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