Hi Cousin Robert, My gmother was Velma Bond b. May 25, 1896 d. jul 21, 1947, dau of Ceaphus/Seaphus Bond and Frances Asilene Redmond, Nellie was a niece to Ceaphus...her father was Russell Bond 3rd child of John Bond, Jr. Ceaphus Bond was John Bond's 7th child..John Bond, Jr. had 8 children.. I have all their names if you are interested..and also of John Bond, Sr.'s children. Nellie Bond b. 1842, m. Hohn Lott b. 1837 d. 1909, son of Absolum Lott and Elizabeth Williamson Nellie and John had 11 children. Click on the following URL it is a report of some of the Bond line in particular my personal line..it does give you the names of John Bond, Sr.'s children..the report will be updated in time..I have a book entitled JOHN BOND, SR. OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI written by Dr. Mary Louise Patterson Anderson.. she is a cousin to both of us..a real fine lady (even though I have never met her personally , I have spoken to her several times over the phone). I plan to be in Wiggins, MS for Labor Day weekend ..they have a BOND family reunion every year at that time..I just found out about it recently http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/b/Shirley-T-Leblanc/GENE10-0002.html Click this URL for information on reunion. http://www.angelfire.com/ms/BondReunion/ Your new found "cousin", Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc Dr. Robert Smith wrote: > We are lookilng for information on the ancestors of Nellie Bond, my ggm, b. > abt 1850 probably in Bond, MS, Stone Co. near Wiggins. m. John Lott, dtr > Kizzie Arminda is my gm. > Robert Leonard Smith