H. W. POND
State Agent for the Howe Sewing Machine, Homer Pond came to Kansas in June, 1862, with the army and was in the service until 1865. After the war, he put up the first sawmill in Drywood Township. Bourbon County, built in the winter of 1865-66, and after operating it until the spring of 1867 sold it to Pearsall & Peck. He then engaged in the implement business for two years, as manager for Charles F. Drake, and has since been engaged in his present business. He has the general agency for the Howe Sewing Machine in Kansas and Southwestern Missouri, and has forty-five agencies, averaging a sale of ten machines each month. He is also engaged in farming four miles south of the city, in Scott Township. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., K. of P., A.O.U.W., and Grand Army of the Republic, being Junior Vice Deputy Commander of the latter organization. Mr. Pond is a native of Hector, Tompkins Co., N.Y., born November 12, 1839. From there he removed with his parents to Wisconsin, and located in Alton Township, Fond du Lac County, which was his home until the outbreak of the war. In November, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, mostly in Kansas and Missouri. He entered the service as Sergeant, and was discharged as First Lieutenant. He was married at Fort Scott, in January, 1865, to Barbara E. Ury. She was born in Martinsville, Ind., and reared at Greenbush, Warren Co., Ill. Her father, Lewis L. Ury, came to Drywood, Bourbon Co., Kan., in 1858, and was killed by the Taylor Bushwhackers in the spring of 1864. [William G. Cutler, History of the State of Nebraska, The Western Historical Company, A. T. Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL, 1882 http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/hok/bourbon/bourbon-co-p13.html]
State Agent for the Howe Sewing Machine, Homer Pond came to Kansas in June, 1862, with the army and was in the service until 1865. After the war, he put up the first sawmill in Drywood Township. Bourbon County, built in the winter of 1865-66, and after operating it until the spring of 1867 sold it to Pearsall & Peck. He then engaged in the implement business for two years, as manager for Charles F. Drake, and has since been engaged in his present business. He has the general agency for the Howe Sewing Machine in Kansas and Southwestern Missouri, and has forty-five agencies, averaging a sale of ten machines each month. He is also engaged in farming four miles south of the city, in Scott Township. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., K. of P., A.O.U.W., and Grand Army of the Republic, being Junior Vice Deputy Commander of the latter organization. Mr. Pond is a native of Hector, Tompkins Co., N.Y., born November 12, 1839. From there he removed with his parents to Wisconsin, and located in Alton Township, Fond du Lac County, which was his home until the outbreak of the war. In November, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, mostly in Kansas and Missouri. He entered the service as Sergeant, and was discharged as First Lieutenant. He was married at Fort Scott, in January, 1865, to Barbara E. Ury. She was born in Martinsville, Ind., and reared at Greenbush, Warren Co., Ill. Her father, Lewis L. Ury, came to Drywood, Bourbon Co., Kan., in 1858, and was killed by the Taylor Bushwhackers in the spring of 1864. [William G. Cutler, History of the State of Nebraska, The Western Historical Company, A. T. Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL, 1882 http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/hok/bourbon/bourbon-co-p13.html]
H. W. POND
State Agent for the Howe Sewing Machine, Homer Pond came to Kansas in June, 1862, with the army and was in the service until 1865. After the war, he put up the first sawmill in Drywood Township. Bourbon County, built in the winter of 1865-66, and after operating it until the spring of 1867 sold it to Pearsall & Peck. He then engaged in the implement business for two years, as manager for Charles F. Drake, and has since been engaged in his present business. He has the general agency for the Howe Sewing Machine in Kansas and Southwestern Missouri, and has forty-five agencies, averaging a sale of ten machines each month. He is also engaged in farming four miles south of the city, in Scott Township. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., K. of P., A.O.U.W., and Grand Army of the Republic, being Junior Vice Deputy Commander of the latter organization. Mr. Pond is a native of Hector, Tompkins Co., N.Y., born November 12, 1839. From there he removed with his parents to Wisconsin, and located in Alton Township, Fond du Lac County, which was his home until the outbreak of the war. In November, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, mostly in Kansas and Missouri. He entered the service as Sergeant, and was discharged as First Lieutenant. He was married at Fort Scott, in January, 1865, to Barbara E. Ury. She was born in Martinsville, Ind., and reared at Greenbush, Warren Co., Ill. Her father, Lewis L. Ury, came to Drywood, Bourbon Co., Kan., in 1858, and was killed by the Taylor Bushwhackers in the spring of 1864. [William G. Cutler, History of the State of Nebraska, The Western Historical Company, A. T. Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL, 1882 http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/hok/bourbon/bourbon-co-p13.html]
State Agent for the Howe Sewing Machine, Homer Pond came to Kansas in June, 1862, with the army and was in the service until 1865. After the war, he put up the first sawmill in Drywood Township. Bourbon County, built in the winter of 1865-66, and after operating it until the spring of 1867 sold it to Pearsall & Peck. He then engaged in the implement business for two years, as manager for Charles F. Drake, and has since been engaged in his present business. He has the general agency for the Howe Sewing Machine in Kansas and Southwestern Missouri, and has forty-five agencies, averaging a sale of ten machines each month. He is also engaged in farming four miles south of the city, in Scott Township. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., K. of P., A.O.U.W., and Grand Army of the Republic, being Junior Vice Deputy Commander of the latter organization. Mr. Pond is a native of Hector, Tompkins Co., N.Y., born November 12, 1839. From there he removed with his parents to Wisconsin, and located in Alton Township, Fond du Lac County, which was his home until the outbreak of the war. In November, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, mostly in Kansas and Missouri. He entered the service as Sergeant, and was discharged as First Lieutenant. He was married at Fort Scott, in January, 1865, to Barbara E. Ury. She was born in Martinsville, Ind., and reared at Greenbush, Warren Co., Ill. Her father, Lewis L. Ury, came to Drywood, Bourbon Co., Kan., in 1858, and was killed by the Taylor Bushwhackers in the spring of 1864. [William G. Cutler, History of the State of Nebraska, The Western Historical Company, A. T. Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL, 1882 http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/hok/bourbon/bourbon-co-p13.html]
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