Census: 1880 Carlton, Tama Co., Iowa: age 17, alma A.

 Ira Bond 1853-1913  
Categories: Garwin, Iowa, Gentry, Arkansas, Humboldt, Nebraska, Nortonville, Kansas, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 75, No 1, p 30, July 7, 1913.
  Ira Bond, son of William and Mary Ann Kelley Bond, was born in Indiana on April 2, 1853.
  He was the fifth of six children, five sons and one daughter, four of whom are still living.   In 1855 his family moved to Minnesota.   When he was thirteen years of age, the family again moved to West Virginia, and some time later to Ohio.   From Ohio he went to Garwin, Iowa, where he spent about five years.   Then two years were spent at Humboldt, Neb., nine years at Dighton, Kan., three years at Nortonville, Kan., three years in Wisconsin, about nine years in Arkansas, and two years at Pardee, Kan., where he died, May 31, 1913, at 9:30 p.m.   He only lacked one and one half hours of dying exactly four years later, to the day and hour, than his brother, Preston R. Bond.
  While at Garwin, Iowa, he was married to Alma E. Babcock, January 1, 1882.   To this union were born seven children, four sons and three daughters, all of whom are living.   The loved wife and mother departed this life July 22, 1906, at Gentry, Ark.
  When fifteen years old he made a public profession of his faith in Christ and was baptized at Lost Creek, W. Va., by Rev. S. D. Davis, uniting with the Seventh Day Baptist church at that place.   In all his moving from place to place he remained true to that faith, and although he carried a letter for years from the Lost Creek Church, he never united with any other.
  The funeral services were held from the home, Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. M. B. Kelly.   The body was taken to Gentry, Ark., to be buried by the side of his wife.     M. B. K.

Census: 1880 Carlton, Tama Co., Iowa: age 25, farmer