Western Christian Advocate - October 23, 1880
BOND - Mrs. Eleanor BOND, whose maiden name was Payne, was born May 3, 1785; and died at the home of her son, Rev. Goodman HUGHES, in Dahlonega, Ga., September 2, 1880, aged 95 years and four months. She was twice married. Her first husband was Goodman HUGHES; her second husband was Whitfield BOND, by whom she had six sons and three daughters. She lived to see her children's children to the fourth generation. Her mortal remains were buried by the side of her youngest daughter, Eliza - who preceded her only a few weeks - in the cemetery near Dahlonega.

By a consultation with some of the elder members of the family it is ascertained that her lineal descendents number about five hundred persons at this time. Three of her own sons are ministers of the Gospel, two of whom belonging to the North Georgia Conference. Several of her grand-children are preachers, one of whom is presiding elder of the Elberton district, North Georgia conference.

From family traditions we learn that mother Bond was a member of the M. E. Church during the life of her first husband, who was an exhorter. But by removal, or otherwise, she lost her first membership, and re-attached herself to the M. E. Church about forty-five years ago. Since that time she has been a zealous and faithful member, of the primitive Methodist style. When mother Bond was at any religious meeting and did not shout aloud the praises of God, it was the sign of a cold service. The writer has known her for forty years, and was present when she breathed her last in peace. For many weeks before her death she often repeated the phrase "I want to go home." Her relations and friends rejoice in the faith that she is now "home at last," after a long, eventful life.

Rev. W. R. FOOTE Jr. preached her funeral sermon, with that of her daughter, to an interested congregation in Dahlonega, on the first Sunday in September, 1880, from the text, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord; yea, saith the Spirit. From henceforth they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.