Charles Aylmer Bond’s cremated remains were never taken after his death and are still available at Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related. However, it should be noted that he shares a headstone with his mother at Canyonville Cemetery in Canyonville in southern Oregon. It is believed this stone was to honor him rather than to mark the location of his remains.
He was born on 10/7/1890 in Brister, Columbia County in southwestern Arkansas, despite his death certificate saying he was born in Louisiana in 1889. His mother, Nancy Willie “Nannie” Walker, was born in 1870 in Arkansas. His father, Charles Thomas Bond, a millwright/blacksmith/farmer, was born in Georgia in 1867. They were married about 1888. Charles was the oldest of their 8 children. His siblings, all born in Arkansas, included: William A (born in 1892), Lillian (1894), Millie (1900), James Robert (1903), Thomas Eugene (1906), Harry (about 1910) as well as an unidentified sibling who died before 1900. It appears Charles’ sister Millie and the unidentified baby died in childhood.
At the time of the 1900 census, Charles was living with his family in Union, Ouachita County, in southern Arkansas. By the time of the 1910 census, the family was living in nearby Caddo, Montgomery County, Arkansas.
On 7/9/1910 Charles (age 20) married 19 year old Dora Ethel Prowse in Black Springs Montgomery County, Arkansas. She was born in 1891 in Arkansas. They had three children, all of whom were born in Arkansas: Alice “Lucile” (in 1911), Charles “Leon” (in 1913), William “Bernard" (in 1916).
At the time of the 1920 Charles, Dora and their children were living in Hots Springs, Arkansas where Charles was a laborer in a sawmill, as were most men in the neighborhood. They were renting their home. The two older children were attending school. Charles’ younger brother James, to whom Charles seemed most attach, was still living with his parents elsewhere in Arkansas.
Sometime in the 1920s, Charles and Dora divorced. In the 1930 census, she and the three children were listed in Haynesville, Claiborne County, Louisiana where she was working from home as a seamstress. Dora identified herself as “widowed,” a euphemism for divorced. She continued to refer to herself as widowed in the city directories throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
About 1938 Charles and Dora’s son Leon married a 19 year old woman named Dolly. Leon died on 8/30/1942 in Claiborne County, Louisiana. He was 29. He was survived by his wife and his son who was about 3 years old. It is not known what became of Dolly and her son. Leon was buried at the Old Town Cemetery in Haynesville, Louisiana. Shortly after that his mother Dora moved from Haynesville to Shreveport, Louisiana.
Charles has not been found in the censuses of 1930 and 1940, but it is believed he was working in the timber industry in Texas during much of that time. His sister Lillian (Bond) VanScoy was living in Texas in the 20s, but moved with her family to Arizona. Charles’ parents moved to Oregon in 1927, then to Arizona before moving back to Oregon. Charles’ father died sometime in the 1930s.
When Charles was issued his social security card (#449-16-6551), probably in the mid-1930s, he was living in Texas. When he completed the World War II draft registration in 1942 he was working for a lumber company in Clarksville, Texas. At that time he was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed 195 pound and had gray eyes and brown hair. He named Mary Fredericks of Huntsville, Texas as his emergency contact person. She was unrelated.
In Clarksville on 8/16/1944 Charles married Willie “Lorene” Kinslow. She was born in Texas in 1905. They had no children. They moved to Oregon perhaps because the primary industry was logging and because most of Charles’ birth family had migrated years earlier to rural southern Oregon. Lorene divorced him in Roseburg, Oregon in September 1948 alleging cruel and inhumane treatment which was common phrasing when filing for a divorce at that time. She returned to Texas.
In September 1950 Charles’ mother died in Riddle, in Douglas County in southern Oregon. At that time Charles and his brother James were living in nearby Myrtle Creek, Oregon while their brother Thomas was in Riddle. Their brother William was in Hot Springs, Arkansas and their sister Lillian Vanscoy was in Yuma, Arizona.
Before being institutionalized Charles was living in Myrtle Creek, Douglas County in southern rural Oregon. Charles was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for 4 months, he contracted pneumonia from which he suffered for 5 days before his death on 5/12/1962. An autopsy was performed. It was reported he had cerebral arteriosclerosis which may have contributed to confusion and unusual behavior. Three days after his death he was cremated and his ashes were stored at OSH.
He was survived by two of his children, but it is likely they had lost contact with their father and was unaware of his circumstances. His brother James R. Bond and sister Lillian (Bond) VanScoy Drift also survived him. James was appoint to be the administrator of Charles’ estate.
Sister Lillian died in March 1974 in Yuma, Arizona. Brother James died later that same year in October in Oregon.
Charles’ ex-wife Lorene did not remarry. She died in Clarksville, Texas on 1/8/1972. Charles’ ex-wife, Dora Bond, died a year later on 1/15/1973 in Louisiana. She was buried in the Old Town Cemetery in Haynesville, Louisiana near her son Leon Bond. Her obituary said she was survived by 7 grandsons.
Charles and Dora’s daughter Lucile married Benjamin “Turner” Kendrick and they had two children: William Turner Kendrick and Robert Kendrick. Robert died in 1983 survived by one son. Lucile died in 1986. She was buried at Centuries Memorial Park in Shreveport with her son Robert and her husband who died in 1959. Their son William married Marva Nelle Brown in 1951 and later divorced.
Charles and Dora’s son Bernard served overseas in the marines during WWII. He married 24 year old Mary Frances Youngman in 1950. They had three sons. William died on 7/16/1992. He was buried in Corpus Christi, Texas at Seaside Memorial Park where his wife and son John were later buried.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Bio by Phyllis Zegers and Donna Stephani
He was born on 10/7/1890 in Brister, Columbia County in southwestern Arkansas, despite his death certificate saying he was born in Louisiana in 1889. His mother, Nancy Willie “Nannie” Walker, was born in 1870 in Arkansas. His father, Charles Thomas Bond, a millwright/blacksmith/farmer, was born in Georgia in 1867. They were married about 1888. Charles was the oldest of their 8 children. His siblings, all born in Arkansas, included: William A (born in 1892), Lillian (1894), Millie (1900), James Robert (1903), Thomas Eugene (1906), Harry (about 1910) as well as an unidentified sibling who died before 1900. It appears Charles’ sister Millie and the unidentified baby died in childhood.
At the time of the 1900 census, Charles was living with his family in Union, Ouachita County, in southern Arkansas. By the time of the 1910 census, the family was living in nearby Caddo, Montgomery County, Arkansas.
On 7/9/1910 Charles (age 20) married 19 year old Dora Ethel Prowse in Black Springs Montgomery County, Arkansas. She was born in 1891 in Arkansas. They had three children, all of whom were born in Arkansas: Alice “Lucile” (in 1911), Charles “Leon” (in 1913), William “Bernard" (in 1916).
At the time of the 1920 Charles, Dora and their children were living in Hots Springs, Arkansas where Charles was a laborer in a sawmill, as were most men in the neighborhood. They were renting their home. The two older children were attending school. Charles’ younger brother James, to whom Charles seemed most attach, was still living with his parents elsewhere in Arkansas.
Sometime in the 1920s, Charles and Dora divorced. In the 1930 census, she and the three children were listed in Haynesville, Claiborne County, Louisiana where she was working from home as a seamstress. Dora identified herself as “widowed,” a euphemism for divorced. She continued to refer to herself as widowed in the city directories throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
About 1938 Charles and Dora’s son Leon married a 19 year old woman named Dolly. Leon died on 8/30/1942 in Claiborne County, Louisiana. He was 29. He was survived by his wife and his son who was about 3 years old. It is not known what became of Dolly and her son. Leon was buried at the Old Town Cemetery in Haynesville, Louisiana. Shortly after that his mother Dora moved from Haynesville to Shreveport, Louisiana.
Charles has not been found in the censuses of 1930 and 1940, but it is believed he was working in the timber industry in Texas during much of that time. His sister Lillian (Bond) VanScoy was living in Texas in the 20s, but moved with her family to Arizona. Charles’ parents moved to Oregon in 1927, then to Arizona before moving back to Oregon. Charles’ father died sometime in the 1930s.
When Charles was issued his social security card (#449-16-6551), probably in the mid-1930s, he was living in Texas. When he completed the World War II draft registration in 1942 he was working for a lumber company in Clarksville, Texas. At that time he was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed 195 pound and had gray eyes and brown hair. He named Mary Fredericks of Huntsville, Texas as his emergency contact person. She was unrelated.
In Clarksville on 8/16/1944 Charles married Willie “Lorene” Kinslow. She was born in Texas in 1905. They had no children. They moved to Oregon perhaps because the primary industry was logging and because most of Charles’ birth family had migrated years earlier to rural southern Oregon. Lorene divorced him in Roseburg, Oregon in September 1948 alleging cruel and inhumane treatment which was common phrasing when filing for a divorce at that time. She returned to Texas.
In September 1950 Charles’ mother died in Riddle, in Douglas County in southern Oregon. At that time Charles and his brother James were living in nearby Myrtle Creek, Oregon while their brother Thomas was in Riddle. Their brother William was in Hot Springs, Arkansas and their sister Lillian Vanscoy was in Yuma, Arizona.
Before being institutionalized Charles was living in Myrtle Creek, Douglas County in southern rural Oregon. Charles was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for 4 months, he contracted pneumonia from which he suffered for 5 days before his death on 5/12/1962. An autopsy was performed. It was reported he had cerebral arteriosclerosis which may have contributed to confusion and unusual behavior. Three days after his death he was cremated and his ashes were stored at OSH.
He was survived by two of his children, but it is likely they had lost contact with their father and was unaware of his circumstances. His brother James R. Bond and sister Lillian (Bond) VanScoy Drift also survived him. James was appoint to be the administrator of Charles’ estate.
Sister Lillian died in March 1974 in Yuma, Arizona. Brother James died later that same year in October in Oregon.
Charles’ ex-wife Lorene did not remarry. She died in Clarksville, Texas on 1/8/1972. Charles’ ex-wife, Dora Bond, died a year later on 1/15/1973 in Louisiana. She was buried in the Old Town Cemetery in Haynesville, Louisiana near her son Leon Bond. Her obituary said she was survived by 7 grandsons.
Charles and Dora’s daughter Lucile married Benjamin “Turner” Kendrick and they had two children: William Turner Kendrick and Robert Kendrick. Robert died in 1983 survived by one son. Lucile died in 1986. She was buried at Centuries Memorial Park in Shreveport with her son Robert and her husband who died in 1959. Their son William married Marva Nelle Brown in 1951 and later divorced.
Charles and Dora’s son Bernard served overseas in the marines during WWII. He married 24 year old Mary Frances Youngman in 1950. They had three sons. William died on 7/16/1992. He was buried in Corpus Christi, Texas at Seaside Memorial Park where his wife and son John were later buried.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Bio by Phyllis Zegers and Donna Stephani
Charles Aylmer Bond’s cremated remains were never taken after his death and are still available at Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related. However, it should be noted that he shares a headstone with his mother at Canyonville Cemetery in Canyonville in southern Oregon. It is believed this stone was to honor him rather than to mark the location of his remains.
He was born on 10/7/1890 in Brister, Columbia County in southwestern Arkansas, despite his death certificate saying he was born in Louisiana in 1889. His mother, Nancy Willie “Nannie” Walker, was born in 1870 in Arkansas. His father, Charles Thomas Bond, a millwright/blacksmith/farmer, was born in Georgia in 1867. They were married about 1888. Charles was the oldest of their 8 children. His siblings, all born in Arkansas, included: William A (born in 1892), Lillian (1894), Millie (1900), James Robert (1903), Thomas Eugene (1906), Harry (about 1910) as well as an unidentified sibling who died before 1900. It appears Charles’ sister Millie and the unidentified baby died in childhood.
At the time of the 1900 census, Charles was living with his family in Union, Ouachita County, in southern Arkansas. By the time of the 1910 census, the family was living in nearby Caddo, Montgomery County, Arkansas.
On 7/9/1910 Charles (age 20) married 19 year old Dora Ethel Prowse in Black Springs Montgomery County, Arkansas. She was born in 1891 in Arkansas. They had three children, all of whom were born in Arkansas: Alice “Lucile” (in 1911), Charles “Leon” (in 1913), William “Bernard" (in 1916).
At the time of the 1920 Charles, Dora and their children were living in Hots Springs, Arkansas where Charles was a laborer in a sawmill, as were most men in the neighborhood. They were renting their home. The two older children were attending school. Charles’ younger brother James, to whom Charles seemed most attach, was still living with his parents elsewhere in Arkansas.
Sometime in the 1920s, Charles and Dora divorced. In the 1930 census, she and the three children were listed in Haynesville, Claiborne County, Louisiana where she was working from home as a seamstress. Dora identified herself as “widowed,” a euphemism for divorced. She continued to refer to herself as widowed in the city directories throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
About 1938 Charles and Dora’s son Leon married a 19 year old woman named Dolly. Leon died on 8/30/1942 in Claiborne County, Louisiana. He was 29. He was survived by his wife and his son who was about 3 years old. It is not known what became of Dolly and her son. Leon was buried at the Old Town Cemetery in Haynesville, Louisiana. Shortly after that his mother Dora moved from Haynesville to Shreveport, Louisiana.
Charles has not been found in the censuses of 1930 and 1940, but it is believed he was working in the timber industry in Texas during much of that time. His sister Lillian (Bond) VanScoy was living in Texas in the 20s, but moved with her family to Arizona. Charles’ parents moved to Oregon in 1927, then to Arizona before moving back to Oregon. Charles’ father died sometime in the 1930s.
When Charles was issued his social security card (#449-16-6551), probably in the mid-1930s, he was living in Texas. When he completed the World War II draft registration in 1942 he was working for a lumber company in Clarksville, Texas. At that time he was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed 195 pound and had gray eyes and brown hair. He named Mary Fredericks of Huntsville, Texas as his emergency contact person. She was unrelated.
In Clarksville on 8/16/1944 Charles married Willie “Lorene” Kinslow. She was born in Texas in 1905. They had no children. They moved to Oregon perhaps because the primary industry was logging and because most of Charles’ birth family had migrated years earlier to rural southern Oregon. Lorene divorced him in Roseburg, Oregon in September 1948 alleging cruel and inhumane treatment which was common phrasing when filing for a divorce at that time. She returned to Texas.
In September 1950 Charles’ mother died in Riddle, in Douglas County in southern Oregon. At that time Charles and his brother James were living in nearby Myrtle Creek, Oregon while their brother Thomas was in Riddle. Their brother William was in Hot Springs, Arkansas and their sister Lillian Vanscoy was in Yuma, Arizona.
Before being institutionalized Charles was living in Myrtle Creek, Douglas County in southern rural Oregon. Charles was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for 4 months, he contracted pneumonia from which he suffered for 5 days before his death on 5/12/1962. An autopsy was performed. It was reported he had cerebral arteriosclerosis which may have contributed to confusion and unusual behavior. Three days after his death he was cremated and his ashes were stored at OSH.
He was survived by two of his children, but it is likely they had lost contact with their father and was unaware of his circumstances. His brother James R. Bond and sister Lillian (Bond) VanScoy Drift also survived him. James was appoint to be the administrator of Charles’ estate.
Sister Lillian died in March 1974 in Yuma, Arizona. Brother James died later that same year in October in Oregon.
Charles’ ex-wife Lorene did not remarry. She died in Clarksville, Texas on 1/8/1972. Charles’ ex-wife, Dora Bond, died a year later on 1/15/1973 in Louisiana. She was buried in the Old Town Cemetery in Haynesville, Louisiana near her son Leon Bond. Her obituary said she was survived by 7 grandsons.
Charles and Dora’s daughter Lucile married Benjamin “Turner” Kendrick and they had two children: William Turner Kendrick and Robert Kendrick. Robert died in 1983 survived by one son. Lucile died in 1986. She was buried at Centuries Memorial Park in Shreveport with her son Robert and her husband who died in 1959. Their son William married Marva Nelle Brown in 1951 and later divorced.
Charles and Dora’s son Bernard served overseas in the marines during WWII. He married 24 year old Mary Frances Youngman in 1950. They had three sons. William died on 7/16/1992. He was buried in Corpus Christi, Texas at Seaside Memorial Park where his wife and son John were later buried.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Bio by Phyllis Zegers and Donna Stephani
He was born on 10/7/1890 in Brister, Columbia County in southwestern Arkansas, despite his death certificate saying he was born in Louisiana in 1889. His mother, Nancy Willie “Nannie” Walker, was born in 1870 in Arkansas. His father, Charles Thomas Bond, a millwright/blacksmith/farmer, was born in Georgia in 1867. They were married about 1888. Charles was the oldest of their 8 children. His siblings, all born in Arkansas, included: William A (born in 1892), Lillian (1894), Millie (1900), James Robert (1903), Thomas Eugene (1906), Harry (about 1910) as well as an unidentified sibling who died before 1900. It appears Charles’ sister Millie and the unidentified baby died in childhood.
At the time of the 1900 census, Charles was living with his family in Union, Ouachita County, in southern Arkansas. By the time of the 1910 census, the family was living in nearby Caddo, Montgomery County, Arkansas.
On 7/9/1910 Charles (age 20) married 19 year old Dora Ethel Prowse in Black Springs Montgomery County, Arkansas. She was born in 1891 in Arkansas. They had three children, all of whom were born in Arkansas: Alice “Lucile” (in 1911), Charles “Leon” (in 1913), William “Bernard" (in 1916).
At the time of the 1920 Charles, Dora and their children were living in Hots Springs, Arkansas where Charles was a laborer in a sawmill, as were most men in the neighborhood. They were renting their home. The two older children were attending school. Charles’ younger brother James, to whom Charles seemed most attach, was still living with his parents elsewhere in Arkansas.
Sometime in the 1920s, Charles and Dora divorced. In the 1930 census, she and the three children were listed in Haynesville, Claiborne County, Louisiana where she was working from home as a seamstress. Dora identified herself as “widowed,” a euphemism for divorced. She continued to refer to herself as widowed in the city directories throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
About 1938 Charles and Dora’s son Leon married a 19 year old woman named Dolly. Leon died on 8/30/1942 in Claiborne County, Louisiana. He was 29. He was survived by his wife and his son who was about 3 years old. It is not known what became of Dolly and her son. Leon was buried at the Old Town Cemetery in Haynesville, Louisiana. Shortly after that his mother Dora moved from Haynesville to Shreveport, Louisiana.
Charles has not been found in the censuses of 1930 and 1940, but it is believed he was working in the timber industry in Texas during much of that time. His sister Lillian (Bond) VanScoy was living in Texas in the 20s, but moved with her family to Arizona. Charles’ parents moved to Oregon in 1927, then to Arizona before moving back to Oregon. Charles’ father died sometime in the 1930s.
When Charles was issued his social security card (#449-16-6551), probably in the mid-1930s, he was living in Texas. When he completed the World War II draft registration in 1942 he was working for a lumber company in Clarksville, Texas. At that time he was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed 195 pound and had gray eyes and brown hair. He named Mary Fredericks of Huntsville, Texas as his emergency contact person. She was unrelated.
In Clarksville on 8/16/1944 Charles married Willie “Lorene” Kinslow. She was born in Texas in 1905. They had no children. They moved to Oregon perhaps because the primary industry was logging and because most of Charles’ birth family had migrated years earlier to rural southern Oregon. Lorene divorced him in Roseburg, Oregon in September 1948 alleging cruel and inhumane treatment which was common phrasing when filing for a divorce at that time. She returned to Texas.
In September 1950 Charles’ mother died in Riddle, in Douglas County in southern Oregon. At that time Charles and his brother James were living in nearby Myrtle Creek, Oregon while their brother Thomas was in Riddle. Their brother William was in Hot Springs, Arkansas and their sister Lillian Vanscoy was in Yuma, Arizona.
Before being institutionalized Charles was living in Myrtle Creek, Douglas County in southern rural Oregon. Charles was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. After being a patient at the institution for 4 months, he contracted pneumonia from which he suffered for 5 days before his death on 5/12/1962. An autopsy was performed. It was reported he had cerebral arteriosclerosis which may have contributed to confusion and unusual behavior. Three days after his death he was cremated and his ashes were stored at OSH.
He was survived by two of his children, but it is likely they had lost contact with their father and was unaware of his circumstances. His brother James R. Bond and sister Lillian (Bond) VanScoy Drift also survived him. James was appoint to be the administrator of Charles’ estate.
Sister Lillian died in March 1974 in Yuma, Arizona. Brother James died later that same year in October in Oregon.
Charles’ ex-wife Lorene did not remarry. She died in Clarksville, Texas on 1/8/1972. Charles’ ex-wife, Dora Bond, died a year later on 1/15/1973 in Louisiana. She was buried in the Old Town Cemetery in Haynesville, Louisiana near her son Leon Bond. Her obituary said she was survived by 7 grandsons.
Charles and Dora’s daughter Lucile married Benjamin “Turner” Kendrick and they had two children: William Turner Kendrick and Robert Kendrick. Robert died in 1983 survived by one son. Lucile died in 1986. She was buried at Centuries Memorial Park in Shreveport with her son Robert and her husband who died in 1959. Their son William married Marva Nelle Brown in 1951 and later divorced.
Charles and Dora’s son Bernard served overseas in the marines during WWII. He married 24 year old Mary Frances Youngman in 1950. They had three sons. William died on 7/16/1992. He was buried in Corpus Christi, Texas at Seaside Memorial Park where his wife and son John were later buried.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a documentary by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
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