Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #403 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary April 29 - May 3, 1942
Deceased Person Mary Eliza Bond
Birth 5/21/1860 in Harford County, Md near Conowingo Dam
Death 8/20/1941 at son's residence in Delair, N. J. 81 yo.
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information As child went to Hosanna A. M. E. Church at Darlington, Harford Cty, Md. Went to Philadelphia when 18 yo & identified with Old Bainbridge Street Methodist Church (now Tindley Temple). Met her childhood friend & later spouse, Rev. John Wesley Bond. Rev. Bond joined Delaware Conference & pastored churches throughout Maryland, Delaware & Pennsylvania. She accompanied him in his service. He passed while pastor at Siloam Meth. Church in Chester, Pa. She moved to Delair, NJ to be with son Oliver.
Family and Other Information Parents: Edward & Rachael Webster Spouse: Rev. John Wesley Bond (deceased 5/12/1934) md 1881 at Old Bainbridge Street Methodist Church. Children: 10 - 2 girls & 8 boys. 2 sons remaining: Oliver (Delair, N.J.) & Otis (Morton, Pa). Other survivors: brother Moses Webster of Darlington, Md, 4 grandchildren, 2 daughters-in-law (Elizabeth of Oliver & Ruth of Otis).
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