San Diego County
Biographies
T. EDWARD BOND,
a native of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, was born
December 3, 1843. His father, Thomas Bond, was born in the same place, September
20, 1814. The following is the descent of the family: Jonas Bond resided at
Bury, St. Edmund, Suffolkshire, England, and died August 5, 1601. His son,
Thomas, was baptized September 8, 1597, and was a malster of Bury, St. Edmund.
His son, William, was baptized September 8, 1625. When a young man he emigrated
to Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was highly respected by his
fellow-citizens, and held many offices in both town and colonial government; he
died December 14, 1695. His
son Thomas was born December 23, 1654, and resided at Watertown, Massachusetts;
he died December 17, 1704. His son Thomas was born April 29, 1683, resided at
Watertown, Massachusetts, and died May 17, 1737. His son Jonathan, born November
7, 1710, resided at Watertown, Waltham and Westboro; he was a lieutenant in the
militia, and died January 11, 1789. His son Thomas was born in Waltham, January
30, 1739; he was a farmer and removed to North Brookfield, Massachusetts, where
he died. His son Amos, born February 1, 1774 was a farmer and resided at North
Brookfield; he died January 22, 1848. His son, Thomas, was born September 20,
1814, and was married November 26, 1838, to Miss Nancy Burnett, daughter of Dr.
Nichols and Betsey Jenks; he resided in North Brookfield, Middleboro, East
Brookfield and Boston, and was a merchant and manufacturer the greater part of
his life. He was elected to many offices of trust and honor, and represented his
district in the Legislature for one term.
The following is the line of descent on his mother's side: The British line of Jenks is traced back to the IV Royal Tribe of Wales, Elystan Glodrydd, its head and Prince of Ferlix. He was born in A. D. 927, and knighted 983. . Several changes were made in the name by royal orders, knightage, etc., until in 1350 it became Jenks, and continues so until the present time in England. Joseph Jenks, born in 1632, at Colebrook, Buckinghamshire, England, emigrated about 1650, to Lynn, Massachusetts. He soon removed to and founded Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he erected an iron forge, which was burned by the Indians in King Philip's war. He was a prominent man in the Colonial Government and died January 4, 1717. His son, William, born in 1674, was the first Chief Justice of Providence County Court. His son Jonathan was born in 1707. At the commencement of the Revolutionary war he removed to North Brookfield, Massachusetts, and died April 1, 1781. His son Nicholas resided at North Brookfield, and his son Nicholas, born February 4, 1785, was a physician and resided in North Brookfield, Sturbridge and Middleboro, Massachusetts, where he died. His daughter, Nancy Burnett, was born July 2, 1817, and married Thomas Bond, November 26, 1838.
Mr. Bond received his education at the public schools; he was one year and a half at Pierce Academy, Massachusetts, and when through with school went into the office of J. G. Chase, chief engineer of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He entered the employ of Martin L. Bradford, who had the largest cutlery and fancy hardware establishment in Boston; he remained here two and one-half years, when he he engaged in the railroad business with the Central Vermont Railroad as advertising agent, and afterward custom-house agent. He was also ticket agent for the company for twenty years. In 1878 he was appointed American agent for Henry Gaze & Son, the leading tourist agents of Europe. In 1879 he sent over one party numbering 358, chartering the entire capacity of the Anchor Line steamer, and in each subsequent year sent large parties of Americans all over Europe, some to Bulgaria, some to China, and to all parts of Continental Europe. For these tours he made itineraries, which showed the actual time of starting of each conveyance for six months in advance, showing the tourist where they would be every day of the entire tour. In 1879, while in London, he made arrangements with the firm of F. Firth & Co., the largest firm of English photographers, for the sale of their photographs, consisting of everything in the scenic and artistic line, in America; he also made arrangements with six of the leading Continental photographers. After carrying on this business for three years he sold out. He was married October 8, 1868, to Miss Mary Louisa Dean, of Boston, who was born at Chelsea, Massachusetts, November 2, 1841. She was the daughter of Samuel B. Dean and Augusta A. (Jones) Dean. The grandparents of Samuel B. and the parents of Augusta A. were English, and emigrated to America in early life. The union was blessed with two children: John A., born August 7, 1869, in Boston, and Carl F., born in Newton Center, Massachusetts, February 16, 1876. Mr. Bond is an excellent citizen of Oceanside, and has a beautiful home commanding a view of the ocean, mountains and surrounding country, as far as the eye can reach in every direction. He is a man of large business capacity, and is connected with the San Luis Rey Water Company.
SOURCE: An Illustrated History of Southern California: Embracing the Counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower California… Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890. p.- 276-277
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
CAVE J. COUTS, JR.,
a native of California, was born on the Gua Joine ranch, situated eight miles east of Oceanside, June 5, 1856. The biography of his father, Colonel Cave J. Couts, appears in this history. The education of Cave J., Jr., was first by private tutor on the ranch. He was then at school at Los Angeles for three years, and then attended the Southwestern Presbyterian University at Clarksville, Tennessee, taking the classical course as well as a common course in civil engineering, passing his final examinations in 1874 with marks of distinction. He then returned home and began the practice of his profession in 1877 at Los Angeles, as assistant to Michael Kellehar, who was then City Engineer. He has also been largely connected with railroad work with the California Southern and Southern Pacific, and in the interests of the latter road assisted in surveying a line from Yuma to Port Isabel, under the management of Colonel Chalmers Scott. In 1883 he accompanied Colonel Scott to Central America in the interests of the same road, and in 1884 was resident engineer of the Salvador Central Railway, and was also the accredited representative for the Central American Pacific Railway and Transportation Company in the city of San Salvador, remaining in Central America until October, 1884, when he was driven out by yellow fever, and was the only one in five who recovered and reached home. In 1885 he laid out and subdivided the ranch of A. J. Myesr, upon which is now built the city of Oceanside. Mr. Couts is now the only United States Deputy Surveyor in San Diego County.
He was married in January, 1887, to Miss Lily Bell Clemens, a lineal descendent of John Mullanphy, who was one of the pioneers and founders of St. Louis, Missouri, a noted philanthropist who established many homes and hospitals in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Couts have one son, Cave J., born October 15,1887. Mr. Couts has a pleasant home at San Diego, and also owns a ranch of 160 acres within one mile of his birthplace, where he passes much of his time.
SOURCE: An Illustrated History of Southern California: Embracing the Counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower California… Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890. p.- 277-278
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler