S. B. Bond

Biography

S. B. Bond was born at Lockport, New York, on October 17, 1833, and came with his father's family as pioneers to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1842. At age 13 he began work as a porter and assistant clerk for the State Bank of Indiana, then under the management of Hugh McCulloch, who later became famous as Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury. In 1874 Bond was elected president of the Fort Wayne National Bank, a post he held until resigning in December 1904 to devote his full time to the growing business of the Packard Company. Although he had been a banker since boyhood, the text says he preferred the atmosphere of the organ and piano factory, though he made his mark in both fields. He died July 20, 1907. His son, Albert S. Bond, followed him into the Packard Company. A portrait of S. B. Bond with his signature accompanies the text.

Highlights

• Rose from porter and assistant clerk at the State Bank of Indiana at age 13 to president of the Fort Wayne National Bank in 1874
• Resigned the bank presidency in December 1904 to devote himself fully to the growing Packard Company
• Died July 20, 1907

Source

Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 373.

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