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BOND, GEORGE (deceased); was born in Watertown, Mass., in 1814, and came to Quincy in 1834, with a party of Eastern people—Capt. Pease and family. He went back to Massachusetts in 1835, making the 1,200 miles on horseback, there being no railroad; on his return, in the fall of that year, he engaged in the dairy business; later he went into the confectionery and grocery business, and was senior partner in the firm of Bond, Morgan & Co. He afterwards went into the pork-packing business, and did a very extensive business, having a few others associated with him, as the firm of Bond, Pomroy & Co. He was a member of this firm for twenty-four years; when he withdrew it dissolved permanently, he being the principal business man of the firm. He was the pioneer ice-man of Quincy, and was one of the largest stock-holders in the First National Bank of Quincy and director up to the time of his death, and was also director in the Q. M. & P. R. R., and member of the Construction Company which built it; was Alderman of the third ward two terms. He married Miss Catharine Kimball in 1849; she was born in New Hampshire July 5, 1820; two children: Catherine H. and John B. K. He died in this city in 1867. Had one son by a former marriage, who was killed during the late war.