Background
Bond, younger son of Doctor Solomon and Sally (Hinckley) Bond, was born in Enfield, Connecticut, January 14, 1804.
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Thomas Bond
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Education
He graduated Yale College in 1825. He studied law in the Yale Law School for three years, but before beginning practice invested his entire patrimony in a manufacturing enterprise in Waterbury, Connecticut, by the failure of which within a year he was left a poor manitoba
Career
He then settled in the practice of law in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but in 1831 removed to Oswego, New York, where he resided for twenty-three years engaged in the milling and flouring business, being also for some time collector of the port, and a New York State Senator. In 1854, haviirg accumulated a handsome property, he retired from business, and after a year spent in Europe returned to New Haven, Connecticut, where he continued until his death. He became politically prominent in Connecticut, serving in both branches of the Connecticut State Legislature, and in 1864 and 1865 being the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
He died in New Haven, May 27, 1882, having been an invalid for seven years from disease of the spine and of the kidneys.
Royal R. Hinman, who survived him. This article incorporates public domain material from the 1882 Yale Obituary Record.
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Nationality
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