Dr. Booker T. Washington with Scott Bond and family at their home in 1911 [graphic] / Hooker Bros. 1911.

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Dr. Booker T. Washington with Scott Bond and family at their home in 1911 [graphic] / Hooker Bros. 1911.

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Negative taken of Dr. Booker T. Washington with Scott Bond and family in their home in Madison, Saint Francis County, Arkansas in 1911. Others in photograph are unidentified. Scott Bond was born in 1853 near Canton, Marion County, Mississippi, and later moved as a child to Fayette County, Tennessee then to Cross County, Arkansas. In 1872, Bond moved to Madison, Saint Francis County, Arkansas with his step-father where he grew to adulthood. By 1917, he was one of the largest landowners, merchants and stock raisers in Arkansas. He owned 21 farms and 1200 acres of land, five cotton gins and a general store. He became nationally known as the gravel king of America. Scott Bond died March 24, 1933, when he was fatally injured by one of his registered bulls. Magnolia Nash Bond of Forrest City, St Francis County, Arkansas, married Scott Bond in 1877. Magnolia Bond died October 6, 1943.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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