The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1912-09-07
old SOLDIER
PASSED away

Jamestown Hospital. Came
West in 1887 with New
England Colony.
A telegram was received in this city
Sunday announcing tho death at one
O'Clock a. m. September 1st, at the
state hospital at jamestown Of Charles
H. Pond, pioneer and a well-known
and hiehly-respected resident Of Dick
inson and vicinity for twenty-five years.
Mr.. Pond was fairly comfortable after
entering the hospital :.last March until
he suffered hemorrhaees of the brain
about the middle of July. The doctors.
although expecting him to rally from
the last attack six weeks ago. said he
would never survive another hemorrhaee
and Mrs. Pond was sent for.
She arrived at her husbands bedside
August 18th to find that he had not
rallied and was gradually failing. He
recognized her, however, and her pres
ence was no doubt a comfort to him
even when too feeble to voice the
thought. Sinking spells occurred August
25th and the end was expected at any
time-every day finding him little
weaker than the day before.
Charles H. Pond was born in Milford,
Mass, June 10Th. 1870, and lived to
the age of seventy-two years, two
months and five days. When sixteen
years old he moved to Manchester. Yer
mont, and it was from the Green Noun
tain state that he went out to fight for
his country in the great Civil war.
He enlisted in 1862 as private in
Co. C, 14th Vt. Infantry. He was shot
through the lung in the battle of Bull
Run and was discharged. but re-inlist-
ed in Co. G. 1st Vt. Cavalry. He was
shot through the leg in the battle of the
Wilderness and was also confined in a
rebel prison Tor some time but served
until the close of the war and was dis
charged in 1865. having acquitted him.
self with honor The sword which Mr..
Pond carried in the { ivil war is now
the valued possession of his young
friend, Ward johnson, of Dickinson.
In 1880 Mr.. Pond married Abbie
Davis of Peru, Vermont, and they came
to Dakota in April, 1887, with the New
England colony. Soon after. the family
came to Dickinson. which was their
home until last June.
In Dickinson in whose early days. as
we'll as in later years. Mr.. Pond piled
his trade as carpenter IN company with
L. X. Granteer. He built over and en-
arged the Kono house and built the
Gotta residence. occupying the first
named himself. In the early nineties
the Ponds moved to the farm four miles
west of town. where they resided several
years, during which time Mr. Pond
worked in town more or less. About
thirteen years ago the family purchased
the Edgar residence and moved bach
to the city and some seven years ago
sold this and moved down town to the
pretty home which Mr.. Pond built on
1st Ave. West.
Mr.. Pond was a member of Dickinson
lodge No. 81 A. F. and A. M. and was
also member of the G. A. R. organ
lied here in the early days.
Mr.. Ponds health had been failing
for several years, noticeably for the
past five years. Ii 1910 he spent sew
. eral weeks in Vermont and he was able
to greatly enjoy seeing the old home
friends and scenes. Last winter he
failed SO rapidly that it was thought
best to send him to the hospital.
Two children were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Pond. Harry, who survives his
father, and younger son. who died in
infancy.
On Monday Mrs. Pond took her hus-
bands body back to Manchester. Yer
mont, his former home. for burial.
She, with her son, Harry. are now liv-
ing at Westhampton, Mass. with hel
sister,.
The many friends of the family in
and around Dickinson feel great sympa-
thy for Mrs. Pond and Harry in theiI
bereavement.