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Surnames: Bond, Freeman, Thackery, Ward, Moore, Norris, Haag,
Classification: Biography
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This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the
insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just
thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE:
I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no
index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it.
Typed by Lora Radiches:
Surnames in this biography are: Bond, Freeman, Thackery, Ward, Moore, Norris, Haag,
LELAND L. BOND. One of the attorneys practicing at the bar of Union County,
Leland L. Bond is a man whose scholarship has won him recognition, while his strict
adherence to professional ethics and his logical presentation of his cases have
established him professionally. He was born in Harmony Township, Union County, Indiana,
December 12, 1880, a son of Levi Lafayette and Mary Melissa (Freeman) Bond, both natives
of Liberty Township, he born in 1832 and she in 1844. The paternal grandparents, Thomas F.
and Phoebe Ann (Thackery) Bond, were married in Union County, Indiana, in 1832, but he was
born in New Jersey and she in Ripley County, Indiana. By occupation he was a miller. The
maternal grandparents were Israel and Mary Jane (Ward) Freeman, he born near Madisonville,
Ohio, and she born in Union County, Indiana, and she was a daughter of Silas Ward, one of
the distinguished men of his times. Present at the signing of the treaty at Greenville,
Ohio, in 1795, to whic!
h he had come by flat boat from his native State of New Jersey, he remained there for a
time, but later went to Union County, Indiana, where he, his son-in-law and the Bonds were
all pioneers. Levi Lafayette Bond was a farmer and miller, and when his services were
needed by the Government he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-seventh Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, and continued in the service until the close of the war. Returning from the
army, he entered the saw-milling business, in which he was very successful. When the
office of county assessor was created he was appointed by the commissioners to fill it,
and he also served for two terms as county commissioner. His death occurred August 1,
1908, and the wife and mother died May 30, 1917, both of them having lived honorably and
left behind them memories of deeds of kindness and thoughtfulness not easily
forgotten. Leland L. Bond attended the common schools of his native county, after which he
had two years of high school w!
ork. Securing a license, he taught school for three years and was also engaged in farming,
and when he left the schoolroom it was to devote all of his time to farming. During the
subsequent five years he was engaged in farming and studying law, and passed the bar
examinations in 1916. In 1918 he was elected clerk of the County Court for a four-year
term and was reelected for another term in 1922. After he had completed his second term he
opened an office, and since then has devoted all of his time to his law practice. On July
1, 1903, Mr. Bond was married to Miss Ethel Josephine Moore, born in Franklin County,
Indiana, July 2, 1882, a daughter of Theodore A. and Wilhemina (Norris) Moore, he born in
Franklin County, Indiana, and she in Maryland. For many years he was engaged in
farming in Franklin County. Mr. and Mrs. Bond had the following children born to them:
Charles Harry, who is radio officer in the naval air service; Leland Clayton, who lives at
home and has ta!
ught his ninth term in the public schools; and Gerald Moore, Theodore Levi, James Thomas,
John Dale and William Douglas, all of whom are at home. The death of Mrs. Bond occurred
March 27, 1921. On December 11, 1930, Mr. Bond married to Mrs. Goldie M. Haag.
While Mr. Bond is a Presbyterian, he, with his family, attends the Methodist Episcopal
Church. In political faith he is a Republican, and he is active in party affairs. He
belongs to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Order of the Eastern Star, the
Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor commander, the Commercial Club, the
Union County Historical Society, of which he is an ex-president, and the Sixth District
Bar Association. As a man Mr. Bond is delightful personally, and his friends enjoy
his society. He is intensely public-spirited and generous with his time and money
in all worthy movements, although he is modest and not ostentatious in such matters. In
fact it would be diffi!
cult to find a man who stands better with his fellow citizens than he.