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Dr John Barnitz Bond
1836–1915
✦ A story has been written about this person: Julia Sterling and John Barnitz Bond Sr, MD — The Little Rock Bonds — a doctor and a woman who lived to ninety-three.
Life
- Born
- 22 Nov 1836 · Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 16 Jul 1915 · Warren, Cochise, Arizona, USA
- Buried
- 19 Jul 1915 · Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Parents
Marriage & children
Timeline
- (8/15/1861 12:00:00 AM)MilitaryAge at enlistment: 24
- 1 Jul 1863ResidencePennsylvania, United States — Marital Status: Married
- 15 Jul 1863MarriedJulia Sterling — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA
- 1870ResidenceLittle Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States — Age in 1870: 33
- 1880ResidenceLittle Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States — Age: 45; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
- 16 Aug 1899Cornerstone LaidLittle Rock, Arkansas
- 18 Nov 1899Letter to Editor about PhilippinesLittle Rock, Arkansas
- 1900ResidenceLittle Rock Ward 2, Pulaski, Arkansas — Age: 63; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- 14 Jun 1900Toastmaster at DinnerLittle Rock, Arkansas
- 1910ResidenceLittle Rock Ward 2, Pulaski, Arkansas — Age in 1910: 73; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
- 8 Oct 1912Contributions to Democrats by BondsLittle Rock, Arkansas
- 17 Jul 1915John Barnitz Bond, Sr. ObituaryLittle Rock, Arkansas
- —Practice SpecialitiesLittle Rock, AR, 1866
- —ResidenceLittle Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
- —ResidenceUSA
Life as they lived it
Not the dates — the person. What the records happen to show of work, habits, possessions and the odd episode. Each line says where it comes from.
1861 In 1861 he enlisted in the Missouri State Guard, was commissioned its surgeon by Governor Jackson after the battle of Lexington, served as surgeon in Little's division of Price's army, and from 1863 was medical purveyor of Arkansas at Little Rock.
work · The Druggists Circular, August 1915, and a trade-journal obituary in the family archive
1900 In June 1900 he was toastmaster at a pharmacists' convention banquet at Forster's restaurant in Little Rock, covers laid for forty, where "an impromptu feast of eloquence and humor" ran from 9:30 to 11:30 at night.
habit · Little Rock newspaper report, 14 June 1900
1912 In October 1912 he headed a list of seven Bonds, "representing three generations of Democrats", from himself down to a one-year-old John B. Bond III, each giving a dollar to the campaign fund.
belief · Newspaper list of campaign contributions, 8 October 1912
1915 Interviewed for a journal sketch in his 78th year, he said he had made an "early escape" from Pennsylvania to Missouri, had "tried his luck" in California for three years before the war, and had met "his fate", the "Belle of Little Rock", while on duty in Arkansas. The same sketch credited him with twenty years as president of the state board of pharmacy and a hand in the Arkansas pharmacy law.
voice · Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, January 1915, p. 17
Bond's Liver Pills, "an ideal liver stimulant, one at bedtime is the dose", were sold under a yellow label with a bee trademark and his facsimile signature, 25 cents a bottle or five for a dollar, for headache, biliousness, constipation, malaria, indigestion and torpid liver.
possession · A Bond's Liver Pills label, family archive
Records behind this page
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READ ON THE IMAGE 7 Sep 2026 (register K511). 1870 U.S. Census, 1st Ward Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, page 224 (page no. 49), enumerated 15 June 1870 by Chas. E. Withall, post office Little Rock, dwelling 474 family 523. COLUMNS READ: dwelling, family, name, age, sex, colour, profession, value of real estate, value of personal estate, PLACE OF BIRTH, col 11 father of foreign birth, col 12 mother of foreign birth, citizenship. "Bond John B, 33, M, W, Physician, real estate $7,000, personal $500, b. Penn"; "Julia B, 24, F, W, Keeps House, b. Arks"; "Sterling, 4"; "John B Jr, 1". THE 1870 SCHEDULE HAS NO RELATIONSHIP COLUMN AND NO PARENTS'-BIRTHPLACE COLUMNS - cols 11 and 12 are yes/no flags for FOREIGN birth only, and both are blank on all four lines, i.e. both parents native-born. Neither parent could be present: [757] died 12 Jul 1868 and [756] 7 Mar 1853.
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READ ON THE IMAGE 7 Sep 2026 (register K510), anchored on the printed column headers. 1900 U.S. Census, Big Rock Twp, Little Rock city Ward 2, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, ED 74, sheet 20B, enumerated 14 June 1900 by Hattie P. Clark, dwelling 368 family 404. COLUMNS READ: name, relation, colour, sex, birth month, birth year, age, marital status, years married, children born, children living, col 13 birthplace of this person, col 14 birthplace of FATHER, col 15 birthplace of MOTHER, occupation. "Bond, John B., Head, W M, Nov 1836, 63, M 35 - Pennsylvania / MARYLAND / VIRGINIA - Druggist"; "Julia S., Wife, W F, Jan 1848, 52, M 35, 9 children born / 5 living - Arkansas / Maryland / Alabama"; "Sterling P., son, May 1868, 32, Physician"; "John B. Jr, son, Oct 1869, 30, Druggist"; "R. Thompson, son, Sept 1871, 28, Druggist"; "Josephine S., daughter, June 1876, 23, teacher-elocution"; "William C., son, June 1877, 22, salesman drugs". ALIGNMENT CONTROL, INTERNAL: the children's col 14 is the head's own birthplace and their col 15 is the wife's; both go red under a one-row shift.
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READ ON THE IMAGE 7 Sep 2026 (register K511). 1880 U.S. Census, 5th Ward, City of Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, page 351C, enumerated 8 June 1880, dwelling 218 family 256. COLUMNS READ: dwelling, family, name, colour, sex, age, relationship to head, occupation, col 24 birthplace of this person, col 25 birthplace of FATHER, col 26 birthplace of MOTHER. "Bond J. B., W M 45, married, Drugstore - col 24 'Ark', cols 25 and 26 'not known' written across both"; "Julia, W F 35, wife - Ark / not known"; children Sterling 14, John 11, Thomas 8, Josie 6, Willie 2. THIS IS THE ONE ENUMERATION IN HIS CORPUS THAT ASKS FOR BOTH PARENTS' BIRTHPLACES AND IT ANSWERED "not known" - and it mis-states his own birthplace as Arkansas against Penn in 1870 and Pennsylvania in 1900 and 1910. Alignment control: the two rows above (Battelle M., Canada / Ireland / Ireland; Ella, niece, Ohio / Ireland / Canada) read cleanly.
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READ ON THE IMAGE 7 Sep 2026 (register K511). 1910 U.S. Census, Big Rock Twp, Little Rock city Ward 2, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, ED 110, sheet 17B, enumerated 27 Apr 1910 by Lucile G. Hartman, dwelling 401 family 377. COLUMNS READ: name, relation, sex, colour, age, marital status and years of present marriage, children born, children living, birthplace of this person / of FATHER / of MOTHER, occupation. "Bond John B. Sr, Head, M W 73, M1 46 - Pennsylvania / United States / VIRGINIA - manufacturer, Drugs"; "Julia B., Wife, F W 64, M1 46, 9 children born / 3 living - Arkansas / Maryland / Alabama"; "John B. Jr, Son, M W 40, S - Arkansas / Pennsylvania / Arkansas". Three lines above, [286] William C. Bond gives his own father's birthplace as Missouri, which is wrong for John B. Sr by every other record - recorded, not smoothed.
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READ ON THE IMAGE 7 Sep 2026 (register K512). "RECORD OF DEATHS - BISBEE, ARIZONA - July 1915", a 13-column register: NAME / Place of Death / Age / Sex / Single / Resident / Nationality / Cause of Death / Duration of Disease / Date of Death / Place of Burial / Undertaker / Attending Physician. ROW 11 OF 23: "John B. Bond - Bisbee - 77 yrs - M - M - W - Entero-Colitis - 7 mo 4 days - July 16 - [burial blank] - Hubbard - O. B. Patton". Alignment control named in advance: the rows either side (Catherine McCullough, 52, carcinoma, 13; George Charron, 20, pulmonary tuberculosis, 19, buried Colgate Okla) carry causes and burial places that would be visibly wrong on this line under a one-row shift. Every field overlapping the death certificate matches it exactly. NO PARENT FIELD EXISTS IN THIS RECORD TYPE.
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READ ON THE IMAGE, EVERY FIELD, 7 Sep 2026 (register K508). Arizona State Board of Health, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH; place of death county Cochise, town Bisbee; State Index 118A; County Registered No. 286. FULL NAME John B. Bond; male, white, married; DATE OF BIRTH Nov. 23 1837; AGE 77 yrs 7 mos 13 days; OCCUPATION Physician and Surgeon; BIRTHPLACE Pa.; NAME OF FATHER "Richard J. Bond"; BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER Pa.; MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER "Anna Thompson"; BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER Pa.; informant "Mrs. H. S. H[ollis]", address Warren - his own daughter [285]; DATE OF DEATH July 16 1915, attended 1-16 July, death at 1 p.m.; cause entero-colitis, contributory senility; signed O. B. Patton, Bisbee; place/date of burial or removal 7-19; undertaker W. H. Hubbard, Bisbee; filed Aug 23 1915 (local registrar) and Aug 25 1915 (county registrar). BOTH PARENTS' BIRTHPLACES ARE GIVEN AS Pa. AND BOTH ARE WRONG - the 1900 census gives father Maryland, mother Virginia. The middle initial in "Richard _. Bond" was calibrated against the T of "Thompson" and the J of "John" on the same page and is read J; recorded as uncertain.
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READ ON THE IMAGE 7 Sep 2026 (register K512). Little Rock city directory, BOND column, after 1915: "Julia S (wid John) h2606 Arch"; "Pharmacy Co Inc Wm C Bond pres John B Bond sec-treas medicine mfrs 800 W Markham"; "Sterling P (Maude) phys 703 Main"; "Wm C (Kath B) pres Bond Pharmacy Co Inc h2610 Arch"; "Wm P (Anne) ship clk h1904 Arch". Confirms the widow and the sons' businesses. NO PARENTAGE CONTENT, AND NONE POSSIBLE IN THIS RECORD TYPE.
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Verbatim (register K230; captures sources/bond-jb-obituaries-democrat-gazette-1915-2026-08-21/): 'A telegram announcing the death of Dr. John B. Bond, Sr., 78 years old, in Warren, Arizona, was received by his son, John B. Bond Jr., of this city last night. Dr. Bond died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. S. Hollis in Warren, where he was visiting. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Hollis; two sons, John Jr., and William C. both of Little Rock; two brothers, the Rev. H. P. Bond of El Paso, Texas and Prof. F. T. Bond of Fayette, Mo.; one sister, Mrs. McIllehancy of Fayette, and five grand children. The boly [sic] will arrive in Little Rock about noon Monday.' CAUTION: a block of type at the junction of the page's two Bond items is printed UPSIDE DOWN (compositor error); the inverted birth-year reads '1887' -- a misprint (the Gazette's clean print reads 1837). The second (biographical) item parallels the Gazette's text but reads 'Prof. F. T. Bond' and 'Mississippi Department' where the Gazette reads 'R. T.' and 'trans-Mississippi'. Newspapers.com image 165753533.
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Verbatim, complete (register K231): 'Dr. John B. Bond St. [sic] -- The funeral of Dr. John B. Bond St., who died in Warren, Ariz., last Friday night, was held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the First Methodist Church, Eighth and Center streets. The body arrived in Little Rock at 11:55 o'clock this morning over the Rock Island from Warren. Rev. W. R. Richardson officiated. Burial was in Mount Holly Cemetery. The active pallbearers were D. H. Cantrell, J. F. Dowdy, C. K. Lincoln, Shelby England, Dr. Frank Vinsonhaler and L. K. Snodgrass; honorary pallbearers were Judge W. C. Radcliffe, L. B. Leigh, Dr. F. L. French, Dr. L. P. Gibson, J. T. Beal, J. E. England, George Thornburgh and C. E. Rosenbaum.' Monday = 19 Jul 1915 (issue date). CAUTION: Newspapers.com's machine-extracted sidebar says 'died July 23, 1915' -- wrong on the page's own text ('died ... last Friday' = 16 Jul). Newspapers.com image 165754120.
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Verbatim (register K230): 'Dr. John B. Bond Sr., 78, died last night at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. H. S. Hollis in Warren, Arizona, where, with Mrs. Bond he was visiting. A telegram announcing his death was received by relatives here. Dr. Bond is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Hollis; two sons, John B. J[r]. and William C., both of Little Rock; two brothers, the Rev. H. P. Bond of El Paso, Tex., and Prof. R. T. Bond of Fayette, Mo.; one sister, Mrs. McIllehancy of Fayette, and five grandchildren. The body will be brought to Little Rock Monday for burial.' Biography: 'Dr. Bond was born November 15, 1837, at Gettysburg, Pa. Early in his youth he removed with his parents to Missouri. ... in 1861 enlisted in the Missouri State Guard. After the battle of Lexington, Governor Jackson commissioned him [surgeon of the] guard. He served as surgeon for Col. Theo Braces' regiment until the guard became a part of the Confederate army. Dr. Bond then was commissioned surgeon in the Confederate army and was appointed surgeon with Little's division of Price's army. With this command he was transferred to the trans-Mississippi Department in 1863. Shortly afterward he came to Little Rock and was made medical purveyor of Arkansas under the orders of Surgeon James M. Keller, then medical director. ... In 1864 he married Miss Julia Sterling, who survives him. He practiced medicine a few years and entered the drug business here in 1872.' The paper ran his PORTRAIT (oval halftone) captioned 'DR. JOHN B. BOND.' under the box 'Pioneer Local Pharmacist Is Dead in Warren, Ariz.' -- capture bond-john-barnitz-PORTRAIT-gazette-1915-07-17-p5.png. Newspapers.com image 138390411.
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