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Submitted by Robin Sterling:
William Riley Bonds was born 3 Nov 1829 in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia. He married Sarah. Bonds enlisted as a Private in Company F of the 35th Georgia Infantry, CSA at Lawrenceville, Georgia on 5 May 1862; honorably discharged 9 Apr 1865. Bonds died 8 Feb 1918, but his monument recorded 1916. Sarah S. Bonds was born 8 Mar 1835 and died 14 Jun 1919. They are both buried in the Fairview Church Cemetery.
The Haleyville Journal, 13 Feb 1918:
Mr. W.R. Bonds is Dead. W.R. Bonds, Sr., one of Winston County's oldest and most highly respected citizens, died Friday at the old home place, two miles east of Double Springs. Mr. Bonds had reached the ripe old age of 90 years and up until a short time before his death he was a picture of health. His widow, three sons, A.W. of Adamsville; T.M., of Double Springs, and W.R. Bonds, and two daughters survive him. The daughters are Mrs. Overton and Mrs. Dora Snoddy, of Double Springs. The interment took place at Fairview Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
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Husband of Sarah Sanford Bradberry Bonds.
Father of Alvin Webster, Albert Jackson, Thomas Merida, Martha O, William Riley "Doc", and Frances Medora Ann Bonds. Note..William Riley is much used name in both Bonds and Overton families.
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Additional information Contributor: Tracy Germaine Crouch Keshtkar (49179995) • [email protected]:
William Bonds (43192944)
Suggested edit: William Riley Bonds Sr was born November 3, 1829(1)(2) in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County(1), Georgia(3-8) to Catherine Gray and George Washington Bonds. He was one of at least six children(3). He married Sarah Sanford Bradberry March 18, 1852, Benjamin F McHugh performing the ceremony, in Gwinnett County(9). Together they had seven children, only six of whom the author has names for at this time, five living at the time of the 1900 census(7).
He joined the Confederate side of the Civil War as a private on May 16 1862, serving in the 35th Georgia Infantry, Company F, until April of 1865 "when the army surrendered at Appomattox [Virginia], where I was paroled."(1)
During the war he received a pass to go to Richmond, Confederate headquarters to apply for furlough, where he applied for and received a 20 day furlough in March of 1863 to visit home(10), where he would have been able to meet his newborn son William Riley Jr.
Between 1870 and 1880 the Bonds family members moved from Gwinnett County Georgia to Winston County Alabama.
At the age of 81 he applied for a Confederate soldier's pension, suffering from paralyses in old age (10)
He died Feb 8 1918, survived by his wife and five of his children.
"W.R. Bonds, Sr., one of Winston County's oldest and most highly respected citizen, died Friday at the old home place, two miles east of Double Springs. Mr. Bonds has reached the ripe old age of 90 years and up until a short time before his death was the picture of health. His widow, three sons, A.W. of Adamsville; T.M., of Double Springs, and W.R. Bonds, and two daughters survive him. The daughters are Mrs. Overton and Mrs. Dora Snoddy, of Double Springs. The interment took place at Fairview Cemetery Saturday afternoon." - "Mr. W.R. Bonds is Dead", obituary, The Haleyville Journal (Haleyville, Alabama), February 14 1918, p. 3, col. 3
Their known children are:
Alvin Webster Bonds
Albert Jackson Bonds
Thomas Merida Bonds
Martha O Bonds married Overton
William Riley Bonds Jr
Medoria "Dora" Ann Bonds married Snoddy
From 'mrsjennybailey' on Ancestry.com "Riley Bonds had red hair and twinkling blue eyes and was the best looking man Sarah had ever seen. In later years, his hair turned gray and he wore a full gray beard. Riley fought for the Confederacy as a private in Company F 35th Georgia Regiment. He enlisted on April 1, 1862 in Lawrenceville, Georgia and was discharged April 9, 1865. When Robert E. Lee surrendered, at Appromatox Courthouse, Virginia, Riley was there...Riley walked the entire way home on foot. Riley attended two Confederate Reunions. One in Gwinnett County in July 1898 and the other in Little Rock, Arkansas in May of 1911. In 1871 the Bonds began their trek from Georgia to Winston County, Alabama. With them was Riley's wife, children and his mother Catherine [Catherine was in the household of her daughter, William's sister, Julia Ann Bonds Millican in 1880. Julia's FAG #43464966]. They traveled by wagons pulled by two yolks of oxen. It took them 24 days. On the last day, saw few signs of civilization. There were many wild animals and timber wolves roamed the country side. They settled along the present Snoddy Road and built a two room homestead." [- source unknown]
1 - 1907 Alabama Census, Winston County, Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, p.6 (stamped), No. 17 (stamped) William Riley Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Alabama Department of Archives & History; Montgomery, Alabama; Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907 and 1921; Roll: Multiple Regiments (Winston County #67); Roll Number: 232
2 - Ancestry.com, "William Riley Bonds in the U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006", citing : National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
3 - 1850 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, Free Inhabitants, Hogmountain, p.444 (written), dwelling 1342, family 1342,William R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing Roll: M432_71; Page: 221B; Image: 446
4 - 1860 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, Free Inhabitants, 444th District, p.72 (written), dwelling 432, family 432, William R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Roll: M653_125; Page: 634; Family History Library Film: 803125
5 - 1870 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, schedule 1, SubDivision No 160, p.15 (written), dwelling 113, family 102,Wm R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing: Roll: M593_154; Page: 126B; Family History Library Film: 545653
6 - 1880 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, schedule 1, Township 1DR8, p.4 (written), dwelling 32, family 33, Wm R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing: Roll: 35; Page: 551A; Enumeration District: 289
7 - 1900 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, population schedule, Beat 1 Double Springs, p. 207B (stamped), dwelling 178, family 178, Wm R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing FHL microfilm: 1240044
8 - 1910 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, population schedule, Precint No.1 Double Springs, p. 1B, dwelling 16, family 17, William R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing FHL microfilm: 1374050
9 - Gwinnett County, Georgia, "Marriages," Book 4, 1843-1846, p.186(written), William R Bonds - Sarah S Bradberry, 18 March 1852; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019)
10 - Ancestry.com, "Alabama, Texas, and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958", W R Bonds - Sarah S Bonds ; images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Bonds, J. A. - Boswell, M. V.
Contributor: Tracy Germaine Crouch Keshtkar (49179995) • [email protected]
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Submitted by Robin Sterling:
William Riley Bonds was born 3 Nov 1829 in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia. He married Sarah. Bonds enlisted as a Private in Company F of the 35th Georgia Infantry, CSA at Lawrenceville, Georgia on 5 May 1862; honorably discharged 9 Apr 1865. Bonds died 8 Feb 1918, but his monument recorded 1916. Sarah S. Bonds was born 8 Mar 1835 and died 14 Jun 1919. They are both buried in the Fairview Church Cemetery.
The Haleyville Journal, 13 Feb 1918:
Mr. W.R. Bonds is Dead. W.R. Bonds, Sr., one of Winston County's oldest and most highly respected citizens, died Friday at the old home place, two miles east of Double Springs. Mr. Bonds had reached the ripe old age of 90 years and up until a short time before his death he was a picture of health. His widow, three sons, A.W. of Adamsville; T.M., of Double Springs, and W.R. Bonds, and two daughters survive him. The daughters are Mrs. Overton and Mrs. Dora Snoddy, of Double Springs. The interment took place at Fairview Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Husband of Sarah Sanford Bradberry Bonds.
Father of Alvin Webster, Albert Jackson, Thomas Merida, Martha O, William Riley "Doc", and Frances Medora Ann Bonds. Note..William Riley is much used name in both Bonds and Overton families.
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Additional information Contributor: Tracy Germaine Crouch Keshtkar (49179995) • [email protected]:
William Bonds (43192944)
Suggested edit: William Riley Bonds Sr was born November 3, 1829(1)(2) in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County(1), Georgia(3-8) to Catherine Gray and George Washington Bonds. He was one of at least six children(3). He married Sarah Sanford Bradberry March 18, 1852, Benjamin F McHugh performing the ceremony, in Gwinnett County(9). Together they had seven children, only six of whom the author has names for at this time, five living at the time of the 1900 census(7).
He joined the Confederate side of the Civil War as a private on May 16 1862, serving in the 35th Georgia Infantry, Company F, until April of 1865 "when the army surrendered at Appomattox [Virginia], where I was paroled."(1)
During the war he received a pass to go to Richmond, Confederate headquarters to apply for furlough, where he applied for and received a 20 day furlough in March of 1863 to visit home(10), where he would have been able to meet his newborn son William Riley Jr.
Between 1870 and 1880 the Bonds family members moved from Gwinnett County Georgia to Winston County Alabama.
At the age of 81 he applied for a Confederate soldier's pension, suffering from paralyses in old age (10)
He died Feb 8 1918, survived by his wife and five of his children.
"W.R. Bonds, Sr., one of Winston County's oldest and most highly respected citizen, died Friday at the old home place, two miles east of Double Springs. Mr. Bonds has reached the ripe old age of 90 years and up until a short time before his death was the picture of health. His widow, three sons, A.W. of Adamsville; T.M., of Double Springs, and W.R. Bonds, and two daughters survive him. The daughters are Mrs. Overton and Mrs. Dora Snoddy, of Double Springs. The interment took place at Fairview Cemetery Saturday afternoon." - "Mr. W.R. Bonds is Dead", obituary, The Haleyville Journal (Haleyville, Alabama), February 14 1918, p. 3, col. 3
Their known children are:
Alvin Webster Bonds
Albert Jackson Bonds
Thomas Merida Bonds
Martha O Bonds married Overton
William Riley Bonds Jr
Medoria "Dora" Ann Bonds married Snoddy
From 'mrsjennybailey' on Ancestry.com "Riley Bonds had red hair and twinkling blue eyes and was the best looking man Sarah had ever seen. In later years, his hair turned gray and he wore a full gray beard. Riley fought for the Confederacy as a private in Company F 35th Georgia Regiment. He enlisted on April 1, 1862 in Lawrenceville, Georgia and was discharged April 9, 1865. When Robert E. Lee surrendered, at Appromatox Courthouse, Virginia, Riley was there...Riley walked the entire way home on foot. Riley attended two Confederate Reunions. One in Gwinnett County in July 1898 and the other in Little Rock, Arkansas in May of 1911. In 1871 the Bonds began their trek from Georgia to Winston County, Alabama. With them was Riley's wife, children and his mother Catherine [Catherine was in the household of her daughter, William's sister, Julia Ann Bonds Millican in 1880. Julia's FAG #43464966]. They traveled by wagons pulled by two yolks of oxen. It took them 24 days. On the last day, saw few signs of civilization. There were many wild animals and timber wolves roamed the country side. They settled along the present Snoddy Road and built a two room homestead." [- source unknown]
1 - 1907 Alabama Census, Winston County, Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, p.6 (stamped), No. 17 (stamped) William Riley Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Alabama Department of Archives & History; Montgomery, Alabama; Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907 and 1921; Roll: Multiple Regiments (Winston County #67); Roll Number: 232
2 - Ancestry.com, "William Riley Bonds in the U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006", citing : National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
3 - 1850 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, Free Inhabitants, Hogmountain, p.444 (written), dwelling 1342, family 1342,William R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing Roll: M432_71; Page: 221B; Image: 446
4 - 1860 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, Free Inhabitants, 444th District, p.72 (written), dwelling 432, family 432, William R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Roll: M653_125; Page: 634; Family History Library Film: 803125
5 - 1870 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, schedule 1, SubDivision No 160, p.15 (written), dwelling 113, family 102,Wm R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing: Roll: M593_154; Page: 126B; Family History Library Film: 545653
6 - 1880 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, schedule 1, Township 1DR8, p.4 (written), dwelling 32, family 33, Wm R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing: Roll: 35; Page: 551A; Enumeration District: 289
7 - 1900 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, population schedule, Beat 1 Double Springs, p. 207B (stamped), dwelling 178, family 178, Wm R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing FHL microfilm: 1240044
8 - 1910 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, population schedule, Precint No.1 Double Springs, p. 1B, dwelling 16, family 17, William R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing FHL microfilm: 1374050
9 - Gwinnett County, Georgia, "Marriages," Book 4, 1843-1846, p.186(written), William R Bonds - Sarah S Bradberry, 18 March 1852; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019)
10 - Ancestry.com, "Alabama, Texas, and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958", W R Bonds - Sarah S Bonds ; images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Bonds, J. A. - Boswell, M. V.
Contributor: Tracy Germaine Crouch Keshtkar (49179995) • [email protected]
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Submitted by Robin Sterling:
William Riley Bonds was born 3 Nov 1829 in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia. He married Sarah. Bonds enlisted as a Private in Company F of the 35th Georgia Infantry, CSA at Lawrenceville, Georgia on 5 May 1862; honorably discharged 9 Apr 1865. Bonds died 8 Feb 1918, but his monument recorded 1916. Sarah S. Bonds was born 8 Mar 1835 and died 14 Jun 1919. They are both buried in the Fairview Church Cemetery.
The Haleyville Journal, 13 Feb 1918:
Mr. W.R. Bonds is Dead. W.R. Bonds, Sr., one of Winston County's oldest and most highly respected citizens, died Friday at the old home place, two miles east of Double Springs. Mr. Bonds had reached the ripe old age of 90 years and up until a short time before his death he was a picture of health. His widow, three sons, A.W. of Adamsville; T.M., of Double Springs, and W.R. Bonds, and two daughters survive him. The daughters are Mrs. Overton and Mrs. Dora Snoddy, of Double Springs. The interment took place at Fairview Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Husband of Sarah Sanford Bradberry Bonds.
Father of Alvin Webster, Albert Jackson, Thomas Merida, Martha O, William Riley "Doc", and Frances Medora Ann Bonds. Note..William Riley is much used name in both Bonds and Overton families.
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Additional information Contributor: Tracy Germaine Crouch Keshtkar (49179995) • [email protected]:
William Bonds (43192944)
Suggested edit: William Riley Bonds Sr was born November 3, 1829(1)(2) in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County(1), Georgia(3-8) to Catherine Gray and George Washington Bonds. He was one of at least six children(3). He married Sarah Sanford Bradberry March 18, 1852, Benjamin F McHugh performing the ceremony, in Gwinnett County(9). Together they had seven children, only six of whom the author has names for at this time, five living at the time of the 1900 census(7).
He joined the Confederate side of the Civil War as a private on May 16 1862, serving in the 35th Georgia Infantry, Company F, until April of 1865 "when the army surrendered at Appomattox [Virginia], where I was paroled."(1)
During the war he received a pass to go to Richmond, Confederate headquarters to apply for furlough, where he applied for and received a 20 day furlough in March of 1863 to visit home(10), where he would have been able to meet his newborn son William Riley Jr.
Between 1870 and 1880 the Bonds family members moved from Gwinnett County Georgia to Winston County Alabama.
At the age of 81 he applied for a Confederate soldier's pension, suffering from paralyses in old age (10)
He died Feb 8 1918, survived by his wife and five of his children.
"W.R. Bonds, Sr., one of Winston County's oldest and most highly respected citizen, died Friday at the old home place, two miles east of Double Springs. Mr. Bonds has reached the ripe old age of 90 years and up until a short time before his death was the picture of health. His widow, three sons, A.W. of Adamsville; T.M., of Double Springs, and W.R. Bonds, and two daughters survive him. The daughters are Mrs. Overton and Mrs. Dora Snoddy, of Double Springs. The interment took place at Fairview Cemetery Saturday afternoon." - "Mr. W.R. Bonds is Dead", obituary, The Haleyville Journal (Haleyville, Alabama), February 14 1918, p. 3, col. 3
Their known children are:
Alvin Webster Bonds
Albert Jackson Bonds
Thomas Merida Bonds
Martha O Bonds married Overton
William Riley Bonds Jr
Medoria "Dora" Ann Bonds married Snoddy
From 'mrsjennybailey' on Ancestry.com "Riley Bonds had red hair and twinkling blue eyes and was the best looking man Sarah had ever seen. In later years, his hair turned gray and he wore a full gray beard. Riley fought for the Confederacy as a private in Company F 35th Georgia Regiment. He enlisted on April 1, 1862 in Lawrenceville, Georgia and was discharged April 9, 1865. When Robert E. Lee surrendered, at Appromatox Courthouse, Virginia, Riley was there...Riley walked the entire way home on foot. Riley attended two Confederate Reunions. One in Gwinnett County in July 1898 and the other in Little Rock, Arkansas in May of 1911. In 1871 the Bonds began their trek from Georgia to Winston County, Alabama. With them was Riley's wife, children and his mother Catherine [Catherine was in the household of her daughter, William's sister, Julia Ann Bonds Millican in 1880. Julia's FAG #43464966]. They traveled by wagons pulled by two yolks of oxen. It took them 24 days. On the last day, saw few signs of civilization. There were many wild animals and timber wolves roamed the country side. They settled along the present Snoddy Road and built a two room homestead." [- source unknown]
1 - 1907 Alabama Census, Winston County, Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, p.6 (stamped), No. 17 (stamped) William Riley Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Alabama Department of Archives & History; Montgomery, Alabama; Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907 and 1921; Roll: Multiple Regiments (Winston County #67); Roll Number: 232
2 - Ancestry.com, "William Riley Bonds in the U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006", citing : National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
3 - 1850 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, Free Inhabitants, Hogmountain, p.444 (written), dwelling 1342, family 1342,William R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing Roll: M432_71; Page: 221B; Image: 446
4 - 1860 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, Free Inhabitants, 444th District, p.72 (written), dwelling 432, family 432, William R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Roll: M653_125; Page: 634; Family History Library Film: 803125
5 - 1870 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, schedule 1, SubDivision No 160, p.15 (written), dwelling 113, family 102,Wm R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing: Roll: M593_154; Page: 126B; Family History Library Film: 545653
6 - 1880 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, schedule 1, Township 1DR8, p.4 (written), dwelling 32, family 33, Wm R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing: Roll: 35; Page: 551A; Enumeration District: 289
7 - 1900 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, population schedule, Beat 1 Double Springs, p. 207B (stamped), dwelling 178, family 178, Wm R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing FHL microfilm: 1240044
8 - 1910 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, population schedule, Precint No.1 Double Springs, p. 1B, dwelling 16, family 17, William R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing FHL microfilm: 1374050
9 - Gwinnett County, Georgia, "Marriages," Book 4, 1843-1846, p.186(written), William R Bonds - Sarah S Bradberry, 18 March 1852; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019)
10 - Ancestry.com, "Alabama, Texas, and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958", W R Bonds - Sarah S Bonds ; images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Bonds, J. A. - Boswell, M. V.
Contributor: Tracy Germaine Crouch Keshtkar (49179995) • [email protected]
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Submitted by Robin Sterling:
William Riley Bonds was born 3 Nov 1829 in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia. He married Sarah. Bonds enlisted as a Private in Company F of the 35th Georgia Infantry, CSA at Lawrenceville, Georgia on 5 May 1862; honorably discharged 9 Apr 1865. Bonds died 8 Feb 1918, but his monument recorded 1916. Sarah S. Bonds was born 8 Mar 1835 and died 14 Jun 1919. They are both buried in the Fairview Church Cemetery.
The Haleyville Journal, 13 Feb 1918:
Mr. W.R. Bonds is Dead. W.R. Bonds, Sr., one of Winston County's oldest and most highly respected citizens, died Friday at the old home place, two miles east of Double Springs. Mr. Bonds had reached the ripe old age of 90 years and up until a short time before his death he was a picture of health. His widow, three sons, A.W. of Adamsville; T.M., of Double Springs, and W.R. Bonds, and two daughters survive him. The daughters are Mrs. Overton and Mrs. Dora Snoddy, of Double Springs. The interment took place at Fairview Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Husband of Sarah Sanford Bradberry Bonds.
Father of Alvin Webster, Albert Jackson, Thomas Merida, Martha O, William Riley "Doc", and Frances Medora Ann Bonds. Note..William Riley is much used name in both Bonds and Overton families.
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Additional information Contributor: Tracy Germaine Crouch Keshtkar (49179995) • [email protected]:
William Bonds (43192944)
Suggested edit: William Riley Bonds Sr was born November 3, 1829(1)(2) in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County(1), Georgia(3-8) to Catherine Gray and George Washington Bonds. He was one of at least six children(3). He married Sarah Sanford Bradberry March 18, 1852, Benjamin F McHugh performing the ceremony, in Gwinnett County(9). Together they had seven children, only six of whom the author has names for at this time, five living at the time of the 1900 census(7).
He joined the Confederate side of the Civil War as a private on May 16 1862, serving in the 35th Georgia Infantry, Company F, until April of 1865 "when the army surrendered at Appomattox [Virginia], where I was paroled."(1)
During the war he received a pass to go to Richmond, Confederate headquarters to apply for furlough, where he applied for and received a 20 day furlough in March of 1863 to visit home(10), where he would have been able to meet his newborn son William Riley Jr.
Between 1870 and 1880 the Bonds family members moved from Gwinnett County Georgia to Winston County Alabama.
At the age of 81 he applied for a Confederate soldier's pension, suffering from paralyses in old age (10)
He died Feb 8 1918, survived by his wife and five of his children.
"W.R. Bonds, Sr., one of Winston County's oldest and most highly respected citizen, died Friday at the old home place, two miles east of Double Springs. Mr. Bonds has reached the ripe old age of 90 years and up until a short time before his death was the picture of health. His widow, three sons, A.W. of Adamsville; T.M., of Double Springs, and W.R. Bonds, and two daughters survive him. The daughters are Mrs. Overton and Mrs. Dora Snoddy, of Double Springs. The interment took place at Fairview Cemetery Saturday afternoon." - "Mr. W.R. Bonds is Dead", obituary, The Haleyville Journal (Haleyville, Alabama), February 14 1918, p. 3, col. 3
Their known children are:
Alvin Webster Bonds
Albert Jackson Bonds
Thomas Merida Bonds
Martha O Bonds married Overton
William Riley Bonds Jr
Medoria "Dora" Ann Bonds married Snoddy
From 'mrsjennybailey' on Ancestry.com "Riley Bonds had red hair and twinkling blue eyes and was the best looking man Sarah had ever seen. In later years, his hair turned gray and he wore a full gray beard. Riley fought for the Confederacy as a private in Company F 35th Georgia Regiment. He enlisted on April 1, 1862 in Lawrenceville, Georgia and was discharged April 9, 1865. When Robert E. Lee surrendered, at Appromatox Courthouse, Virginia, Riley was there...Riley walked the entire way home on foot. Riley attended two Confederate Reunions. One in Gwinnett County in July 1898 and the other in Little Rock, Arkansas in May of 1911. In 1871 the Bonds began their trek from Georgia to Winston County, Alabama. With them was Riley's wife, children and his mother Catherine [Catherine was in the household of her daughter, William's sister, Julia Ann Bonds Millican in 1880. Julia's FAG #43464966]. They traveled by wagons pulled by two yolks of oxen. It took them 24 days. On the last day, saw few signs of civilization. There were many wild animals and timber wolves roamed the country side. They settled along the present Snoddy Road and built a two room homestead." [- source unknown]
1 - 1907 Alabama Census, Winston County, Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, p.6 (stamped), No. 17 (stamped) William Riley Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Alabama Department of Archives & History; Montgomery, Alabama; Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907 and 1921; Roll: Multiple Regiments (Winston County #67); Roll Number: 232
2 - Ancestry.com, "William Riley Bonds in the U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006", citing : National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
3 - 1850 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, Free Inhabitants, Hogmountain, p.444 (written), dwelling 1342, family 1342,William R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing Roll: M432_71; Page: 221B; Image: 446
4 - 1860 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, Free Inhabitants, 444th District, p.72 (written), dwelling 432, family 432, William R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Roll: M653_125; Page: 634; Family History Library Film: 803125
5 - 1870 US Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, schedule 1, SubDivision No 160, p.15 (written), dwelling 113, family 102,Wm R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing: Roll: M593_154; Page: 126B; Family History Library Film: 545653
6 - 1880 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, schedule 1, Township 1DR8, p.4 (written), dwelling 32, family 33, Wm R Bonds ; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing: Roll: 35; Page: 551A; Enumeration District: 289
7 - 1900 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, population schedule, Beat 1 Double Springs, p. 207B (stamped), dwelling 178, family 178, Wm R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing FHL microfilm: 1240044
8 - 1910 US Census, Winston County, Alabama, population schedule, Precint No.1 Double Springs, p. 1B, dwelling 16, family 17, William R Bonds; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing FHL microfilm: 1374050
9 - Gwinnett County, Georgia, "Marriages," Book 4, 1843-1846, p.186(written), William R Bonds - Sarah S Bradberry, 18 March 1852; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019)
10 - Ancestry.com, "Alabama, Texas, and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958", W R Bonds - Sarah S Bonds ; images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed March 2019) ; citing : Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Bonds, J. A. - Boswell, M. V.
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