Edward Austin Bond (April 22, 1849 in

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– December 10, 1929 in

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) was an American

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and politician from

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. He was

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from 1899 to 1904.

Life

He was the son of Hollis Bond and Emily (Faxon) Bond. He was educated in the public schools of Michigan and at the Business College of

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. From 1867 to 1870, he was in the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad between Utica and Binghamton. On November 11, 1873, he married Gertrude Hollenbeck (d. 1903). In 1875, he was appointed Assistant to Chief Engineer Thomas W. Spencer of the

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. After Spencer's resignation, Bond became Chief Engineer, a position he held until 1886. He was in charge of the construction of the railroad from

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. In 1886, he was appointed Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Carthage and Adirondack Railroad from

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to Benson Mines and the

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. Removing to

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, in 1889, he became a partner in the engineering firm of Hinds and Bond. In 1896 the firm dissolved, and Bond continued the business alone. In 1898, he was President of the Barrie and Napanee Water Works of

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, Canada. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1899 to 1904, elected in

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on the

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ticket. He resigned on May 1, 1904, and became Chairman of the Advisory Board of Consulting Engineers for the Improvement of the NY State Canals. On November 10, 1904, he married Clara Estelle Ellis (1849–1907). He was a member of the

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Sources

Bio
transcribed from ''Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Jefferson County, New York'' ed. by Edgar C. Emerson (The Boston History Co., Publishers, Syracuse NY, 1898)

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His brother's and his first wife's deaths, in NYT on April 1, 1903

His second wife's death, in NYT on October 3, 1907 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, Edward Austin 1849 births 1929 deaths New York State Engineers and Surveyors People from Dexter, Michigan American civil engineers Politicians from Watertown, New York 19th-century American railroad executives New York (state) Republicans