There were Bonds in Menard Co Illinois about that time including a Hannah and Carrie or Caroline - but I think they were all descendants of Banister Bond and he didn't come to the US at that late date that I know of.. -----Original Message----- From: Jackassie@aol.com <Jackassie@aol.com> To: BOND-L@rootsweb.com <BOND-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 6:28 PM Subject: BOND:Eng>US>Illinois;1865 >OK, I am starting to feel really mentally disabled about this! This will be >my third attempt to list my Gggrandfather ABRAM BOND and GGGrandmother HANNAH >BOND, who came to the United States in 1869, with seven children. One of >those children was Carrie or Caroline BOND, who was my GGrandmother and >married a Harry Chapman in Sangamon County, Illinois in 1882. >Abram Bond was listed as a Plasterer in the 1870 and 1880 census. I thought >perhaps he may have done some work on Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, but, >that is just conjecture. I have been told there is a Bond Street in >Springfield where their home was. I have no idea what part of England they >were from, only learning of their English birth from census records. >Many thanks, >Jackie Shaffer-Swikard > >