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dee_burrisI wrote about my naughty, naughty auntie recently in this post.
I have now found all of Rebecca Parrish's husbands' dates of death and final resting places. Alas, not Rebecca's...
rainbow often helps me out with research dilemmas, and does a fine job.
Whenrainbow commented on the entry about Rebecca Parrish, I mentioned that Rebecca's son with Ulysses Grant Bond - her first husband - was unaccounted for.
rainbow went to work and found a bunch of information for the 14 year old "Stevie" I found living with his dad in the 1900 census in South Leitchfield, Grayson Co., KY.
Stephen Washington Bond was named for his paternal grandfather. He was my first cousin, 3 times removed.
It's been hard to account for how he spent his life. His father didn't die until 1948, and stayed close to home. Very close to home. Ulysses Grant Bond is buried in the same cemetery as his parents, five year old daughter, siblings and grand nieces and nephews in Caneyville, Grayson Co., KY.
Stephen could have stayed close to his dad, but seems to have had some wanderlust that took him all the way across the country.
In the 1910 census, he was employed at the Hot Lake Sanitarium in Union Co., OR. Click here, and here for photos from 1940 and the time during which Stephen would have recognized the building, which also served as a hotel. This photo shows the destruction of one of the buildings in the complex by a fire on 7 May 1934.
On 12 Sep 1918, Stephen registered for the draft for World War I in Santa Barbara Co., CA. He gave his occupation at that time as an oil pipeline worker for Associate Oil Co. of the same county. He listed his dad as his next of kin on the card.
And after that, I cannot find Stephen Washington Bond - not in the 1920, 1930, or 1940 censuses, which leads me to believe that my cousin may have been what was then called a hobo.
The next time I can locate him (thanks torainbow) is at the time of his tragic death on 11 Nov 1951, in Lewiston, Nez Perce Co., ID.
MAN IS CRUSHED TO DEATH IN PIT
Pensioner Perishes on Rails of Engine Turntable
Lewiston, Idaho, Nov. 11 (AP)
An elderly pensioner was crushed beyond recognition last night under a locomotive turntable in the railroad yards of East Lewiston.
The victim was identified as Stephen Washington Bond, 65. He lived in a shack about 150 feet from the turntable.
Police theorized that Bond slipped and fell into the turntable pit sometime after 10:30 last night. He was last seen alive leaving a Lewiston tavern at that time.
Lay on Track
Officers said Bond had apparently struck his head on a rail in the pit. They believe he was seriously injured by the blow but that he managed to drag himself 77 feet across the pit where he collapsed.
He lay beside the track upon which the turntable revolves as it swings around the reverse [of] the direction of the locomotives.
The table was used during the night, and Bond was crushed by the tremendous weight of the table and the engine it carried.
William Hart, turntable operator, found the body early this morning when he noticed some coins and a shoe beside the turntable. A hat and an unopened can of coffee were lying beside the crushed body.
Source: The Spokesman-Review, 12 Nov 1951
Perhaps Stephen chose to live in that little shack by the railroad because of his memories of the sanitarium where he worked in 1910. Maybe he was just very poor or anti-social - or a combination of those or other things. Telling the story of the orphan relatives is never easy.
I've asked for the necessary corrections to Stephen's Find a Grave memorial to make it more complete.
And I'd love to know more about the little boy whose mother left his life all those years ago.
I have now found all of Rebecca Parrish's husbands' dates of death and final resting places. Alas, not Rebecca's...
rainbow often helps me out with research dilemmas, and does a fine job.When
rainbow commented on the entry about Rebecca Parrish, I mentioned that Rebecca's son with Ulysses Grant Bond - her first husband - was unaccounted for.rainbow went to work and found a bunch of information for the 14 year old "Stevie" I found living with his dad in the 1900 census in South Leitchfield, Grayson Co., KY.Stephen Washington Bond was named for his paternal grandfather. He was my first cousin, 3 times removed.
It's been hard to account for how he spent his life. His father didn't die until 1948, and stayed close to home. Very close to home. Ulysses Grant Bond is buried in the same cemetery as his parents, five year old daughter, siblings and grand nieces and nephews in Caneyville, Grayson Co., KY.
Stephen could have stayed close to his dad, but seems to have had some wanderlust that took him all the way across the country.
In the 1910 census, he was employed at the Hot Lake Sanitarium in Union Co., OR. Click here, and here for photos from 1940 and the time during which Stephen would have recognized the building, which also served as a hotel. This photo shows the destruction of one of the buildings in the complex by a fire on 7 May 1934.
On 12 Sep 1918, Stephen registered for the draft for World War I in Santa Barbara Co., CA. He gave his occupation at that time as an oil pipeline worker for Associate Oil Co. of the same county. He listed his dad as his next of kin on the card.
And after that, I cannot find Stephen Washington Bond - not in the 1920, 1930, or 1940 censuses, which leads me to believe that my cousin may have been what was then called a hobo.
The next time I can locate him (thanks to
rainbow) is at the time of his tragic death on 11 Nov 1951, in Lewiston, Nez Perce Co., ID.MAN IS CRUSHED TO DEATH IN PIT
Pensioner Perishes on Rails of Engine Turntable
Lewiston, Idaho, Nov. 11 (AP)
An elderly pensioner was crushed beyond recognition last night under a locomotive turntable in the railroad yards of East Lewiston.
The victim was identified as Stephen Washington Bond, 65. He lived in a shack about 150 feet from the turntable.
Police theorized that Bond slipped and fell into the turntable pit sometime after 10:30 last night. He was last seen alive leaving a Lewiston tavern at that time.
Lay on Track
Officers said Bond had apparently struck his head on a rail in the pit. They believe he was seriously injured by the blow but that he managed to drag himself 77 feet across the pit where he collapsed.
He lay beside the track upon which the turntable revolves as it swings around the reverse [of] the direction of the locomotives.
The table was used during the night, and Bond was crushed by the tremendous weight of the table and the engine it carried.
William Hart, turntable operator, found the body early this morning when he noticed some coins and a shoe beside the turntable. A hat and an unopened can of coffee were lying beside the crushed body.
Source: The Spokesman-Review, 12 Nov 1951
Perhaps Stephen chose to live in that little shack by the railroad because of his memories of the sanitarium where he worked in 1910. Maybe he was just very poor or anti-social - or a combination of those or other things. Telling the story of the orphan relatives is never easy.
I've asked for the necessary corrections to Stephen's Find a Grave memorial to make it more complete.
And I'd love to know more about the little boy whose mother left his life all those years ago.