Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Orville Austin Bond    
       Also known as: Austin Bond 1
                Born: ca 1873              in Lewis Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1901                 in Lewis Co, WV  2
              Father: Booth Bond   (1833 - 1907) 
              Mother: Rebecca VanHorn   (1839 - 1904) 
                Wife: Mabel Lowther   1  
             Married: Aug-20-1901          in Harrison Co, WV  3
                Born: Jun-23-1881          in Doddridge Co, WV  4,2
                Died: Feb-16-1965          in Kent, Portage Co, OH  4
             Resided: 1901                 in Harrison Co, WV  2
              Father: Stillman Forest Lowther   (1849 - 1932) 
              Mother: Sarah Victoria Davis   (1851 - 1934) 
           M Child 1: Booth Forest Bond      
       Also known as: Forest Bond 5
                Born: Sep-10-1905          in Salem, WV  4,5
                Died: Oct-  -1980           5
             Resided:                      in Bucyrus, Crawford Co, OH  5
           Education:                      Salem College (1926, secretary-treasurer of debating club)  6
                Wife: Marguerite Wilson  b. Aug-30-1904  d. Jan-  -1984  
             Married: Jun-19-1929          in New York City, NY  4

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 250. 
(2) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Orville A. Bond, 28, b. & res. in Lewis Co, son of Booth 
& Rebecca; and Mabel Lowther, 20, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of G. F. & Sarah.  Married Aug 20 1901 in 
Salem. MR p. 199. 
(4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 152. 
(5) Social Security Death Index. 
(6) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, His inscription to classmate J. Arthur McClung:  "If one will dance, he must pay the 
piper.  The darkest hour is just before dawn.  Forest.", 1926. 







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