U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bond, Levi (1817-1919) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Page 347 Levi Bond, born in Harrison county, Va., April 3, 1817. He was the son of Abel Bond, and grandson of Major Richard Bond. This noted family came from Maryland to Virginia, in the seventeenth century, and settled on Lost Creek, Harrison county. Levi Bond celebrated his hundredth birthday, April 3, 1918, at which there was a large gathering of representative citizens present. For almost 60 years he has been a Deacon in the Seventh Day Baptist Church, of Lost Creek, and has been a member of that church for eighty-five years, joining the church while in his teens. There are but two of his nine children now living, Mrs. Mary A. Courtright, of Lost creek, with whom he makes his home, and Abel Bond, of Tennessee. He has seven grand children, a number of great grand children, and one great-great grand child, Maxine Zollinger, the little daughter of Eva Zollinger, of Philippi. Mr. Bond was a boot and shoe maker, and worked on the bench for over sixty years. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Harrison County, WV #67 FULL-NAME: Levi Bond DEATH-DATE: March 10, 1919 at age 101y-11m-24d DEATH-PLACE: Lost Creek, Grant District, Harrison County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widower OCCUPATION: Shoe Maker CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Old Age INFORMANT: Mary E. Courtright of Lost Creek, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Harrison County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/harrison/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------