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The Bond Family & a Moonlight Burial
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43918
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Lewis Bond moved his family to Tarboro NC around 1820. Lewis was a cabinet maker and operated his business in a tavern on the corner of Main and Pitt Streets in Tarboro. He and his wife, Siddie Nelson, parented six children. Lewis was a member of the Masonic brotherhood. His wife passed away in 1832 and Lewis passed away in 1858. His son Francis L. Bond also known as Frank took over the family business of cabinet making. Frank kept a journal filled with remedies and town happenings. That journal is now preserved in the Joyner Library Special Collections at East Carolina University. Frank went missing in August of 1890 and his body was recovered in September of 1890.
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