Charles Anson Bond

Charles Anson Bond (February 3, 1873[1] – January 5, 1943) was the 37th mayor of Columbus, Ohio and the 34th person to serve in that office.[2]

Charles Anson Bond
37th Mayor of Columbus
In office 1908–1909
Preceded by	De Witt C. Badger
Succeeded by	George S. Marshall
Personal details
Born	February 3, 1873 Findlay, Ohio
Died	January 5, 1943 (aged 69)
Resting place	Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Blanche Hull Lelia Keys
Children	Charles Anson Girard Louise

Career

Bond was elected on November 5, 1907[3] and served Columbus for one term. The campaign was one of the dirtiest in Columbus history, and two weeks after winning the election, Bond's wife Blanche Hull Bond died in childbirth. As a result, he was at a disadvantage when he took the oath of office, and only mounted a half-hearted re-election campaign in 1909. He was defeated in the 1909 mayoral election by George S. Marshall.

Following the 1909 election, Bond relocated his family to Cleveland, Ohio, and co-founded Bond Clothing Stores. While he had owned and operated a menswear store under his name in Columbus, Ohio, prior to his election as mayor of Columbus, Bond Clothing Stores was created as a retail business for selling suits manufactured by the factory co-owned by Bond, Mortimer Slater, and Lester Cohen. Bond sold his interests and naming rights in the 1920s to take up horse breeding in Virginia.

Following retirement from public office, Bond married his late wife's second cousin, Leila Keys, of Cleveland.

He died in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on January 5, 1943.[4]

References

1. Columbus Police & (1908), pp. 93.
2. Egger & (1975), pp. 42.
3. Columbus Police & (1908), pp. 95.
4. Bond, Charles Anson (1873-1/5/1943).

Bibliography

• "Bond, Charles Anson (1873-1/5/1943)". Columbus in Historic Photographs. Columbus. Ohio: Columbus Metropolitan Library. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
• Columbus Police Benevolent Association (1908). History of the Police Department of Columbus, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio.
• Egger, Charles, ed. (1975). Columbus Mayors (PDF). Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Citizen-Journal.

Further reading

• "Charles Anson Bond Obituary". The Columbus Dispatch. Columbus, Ohio. January 6, 1943. p. 6A.
• "Mayor Loses His Wife. Man Elected to Office in Columbus Bereaved by Death in Hospital". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. December 7, 1907. p. 1, col. 6.
• Oleson, Olaf (1908). "The Saloon In Our Town". Collier's. Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. 42 (3): 24–25.

External links

• Charles Anson Bond at Find a Grave
• Charles Anson Bond at Political Graveyard