Sherman BOND

1865 - 1942  (76 years)

• Name	Sherman BOND
  Born	11 Nov 1865  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870, 1880, 1900	Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV
  Died	19 Apr 1942	Doddridge Co, WV   [2, 3]
  	Cause: hit by train
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV   [1]
  Person ID	I30322	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Butler B. BOND,   b. 31 Mar 1818,   d. 31 Oct 1904  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Eliza Margaret DOTSON,   b. 11 Aug 1819,   d. 12 Aug 1902  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F7559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

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• Sources

  [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Notation on death record states "Killed by Train. No inquest held." An article in the Mar 28 2006 issue of the West Union Herald quotes the 1942 newspaper account of the accident as follows: "Sherman Bond, 76, a farmer of Yeager's Run on the boundary of Doddridge and Tyler counties, about nine miles west of West Union, was killed by train No. 11 at 5:30 o'clock Sunday evening 19 April 1942. The body was found at 9 o'clock Monday morning by a B & O foreman. Coroner D. J. Cunningham reported that no inquest was necessary. Sheriff Tucker stated that Bond was struck at the Mulligan crossing where his hand was found. His body was dragged for a distance of 2500 feet, and was badly mangled." [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).