Melvin Clarence Bond was the grandson of 1850's Oregon Territory pioneers John Bond and Sarah (Chastain) Bond, who settled in Lane County. His parents were also 1850's Oregon pioneers, Solomon Bond and Huldah (Hayes) Bond, who settled in the Halsey area of Linn County.
Melvin Bond married Miss Fanny Burton of Lane county, whose father was state representative Adolphus "Dollie" Burton. Her mother was Martha Ann Goodpasture, the daughter from a prominent Lane County family, Alexander Goodpasture and Elizabeth (Moss) Goodpasture Gillespie. Melvin Bond's step-grandfather was Rev. Jacob Gillespie. Rev. Gillespie was also a state representative, the founder of the Cumberland (now Central) Presbyterian Church in Eugene and the founder of Columbia College (the precursor of the University of Oregon). Melvin and Fannie Bond farmed near Coburg but later moved to Douglas County.
The Bonds had three sons. Their oldest child, 14-year-old Lawrence Melvin Bond was accidently shot and killed by another teenage hunter on November 28, 1908. He had two younger brothers, 11-year-old Guy Burton Bond and twenty-day-old Merle Clarence Bond.
In 1929, five years after Fannie (Burton) Bond's death from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS - a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease), Melvin Bond was remarried to Edith Ida Stephens in Douglas County. Melvin Bond died from chronic kidney and heart disease two years later. He was buried in this cemetery with his first wife and eldest son.
Melvin Bond married Miss Fanny Burton of Lane county, whose father was state representative Adolphus "Dollie" Burton. Her mother was Martha Ann Goodpasture, the daughter from a prominent Lane County family, Alexander Goodpasture and Elizabeth (Moss) Goodpasture Gillespie. Melvin Bond's step-grandfather was Rev. Jacob Gillespie. Rev. Gillespie was also a state representative, the founder of the Cumberland (now Central) Presbyterian Church in Eugene and the founder of Columbia College (the precursor of the University of Oregon). Melvin and Fannie Bond farmed near Coburg but later moved to Douglas County.
The Bonds had three sons. Their oldest child, 14-year-old Lawrence Melvin Bond was accidently shot and killed by another teenage hunter on November 28, 1908. He had two younger brothers, 11-year-old Guy Burton Bond and twenty-day-old Merle Clarence Bond.
In 1929, five years after Fannie (Burton) Bond's death from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS - a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease), Melvin Bond was remarried to Edith Ida Stephens in Douglas County. Melvin Bond died from chronic kidney and heart disease two years later. He was buried in this cemetery with his first wife and eldest son.
Melvin Clarence Bond was the grandson of 1850's Oregon Territory pioneers John Bond and Sarah (Chastain) Bond, who settled in Lane County. His parents were also 1850's Oregon pioneers, Solomon Bond and Huldah (Hayes) Bond, who settled in the Halsey area of Linn County.
Melvin Bond married Miss Fanny Burton of Lane county, whose father was state representative Adolphus "Dollie" Burton. Her mother was Martha Ann Goodpasture, the daughter from a prominent Lane County family, Alexander Goodpasture and Elizabeth (Moss) Goodpasture Gillespie. Melvin Bond's step-grandfather was Rev. Jacob Gillespie. Rev. Gillespie was also a state representative, the founder of the Cumberland (now Central) Presbyterian Church in Eugene and the founder of Columbia College (the precursor of the University of Oregon). Melvin and Fannie Bond farmed near Coburg but later moved to Douglas County.
The Bonds had three sons. Their oldest child, 14-year-old Lawrence Melvin Bond was accidently shot and killed by another teenage hunter on November 28, 1908. He had two younger brothers, 11-year-old Guy Burton Bond and twenty-day-old Merle Clarence Bond.
In 1929, five years after Fannie (Burton) Bond's death from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS - a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease), Melvin Bond was remarried to Edith Ida Stephens in Douglas County. Melvin Bond died from chronic kidney and heart disease two years later. He was buried in this cemetery with his first wife and eldest son.
Melvin Bond married Miss Fanny Burton of Lane county, whose father was state representative Adolphus "Dollie" Burton. Her mother was Martha Ann Goodpasture, the daughter from a prominent Lane County family, Alexander Goodpasture and Elizabeth (Moss) Goodpasture Gillespie. Melvin Bond's step-grandfather was Rev. Jacob Gillespie. Rev. Gillespie was also a state representative, the founder of the Cumberland (now Central) Presbyterian Church in Eugene and the founder of Columbia College (the precursor of the University of Oregon). Melvin and Fannie Bond farmed near Coburg but later moved to Douglas County.
The Bonds had three sons. Their oldest child, 14-year-old Lawrence Melvin Bond was accidently shot and killed by another teenage hunter on November 28, 1908. He had two younger brothers, 11-year-old Guy Burton Bond and twenty-day-old Merle Clarence Bond.
In 1929, five years after Fannie (Burton) Bond's death from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS - a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease), Melvin Bond was remarried to Edith Ida Stephens in Douglas County. Melvin Bond died from chronic kidney and heart disease two years later. He was buried in this cemetery with his first wife and eldest son.
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