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 BLOOD. BOND. 6l BLOOD, Charles Erastus, son of 1 .eonardand Abigail Blood.wasbornat Pep- pered, Middlesex county, March 19, 1825. He received his early education in the common schools of his native place. His first business connection was with Metcalf & Fisher, manufacturers of straw goods, of Medway village, in 1S44. From this place he went to New York City. Here, and on Long Island, he remained until 1S49, when he removed to Ware village, and was there engaged in the straw business till 1875, when he became interested in the drug business, his present occupation. He has been overseer of the poor in Ware twelve years, selectman two years, member of school board five years. For the last fourteen years Mr. Blood has been special county commissioner of Hampshire county. He has served on the board of assessors one year, and since 1874 has acted as treasurer of the South Mutual Protection Association. His church connections are with the Congregational church of Ware village, where he now resides. Mr. Blood was married in Milford, in 185 1, to Mary B., daughter of Josiah and Anna (Corbett) Perry. He has four chil- dren : Charles F., George F., Gertrude P., and Mary E. Blood. BOARDMAN, HALSEY J., son of Na- thaniel and Sarah (Hunt) Boardman, was born May 19, 1834, in the town of Nor- wich, Windsor county, Vt. In the common schools of his native town he fitted himself for higher educa- tional work, entered Thetford Academy, from which he was graduated valedictorian of his class, in 1854. He entered Dart- mouth College the same year, graduating with high honors in 1858. He entered the law office of Norcross & Snow, Fitchburg, changing subsequently to the office of Philip Sears, Boston. He- was admitted to the Suffolk county bar in i860, commencing the practice of the law in Boston, in July of the same year. His first connection in business was as senior partner in the law firm of Boardman & Blodgett, Boston, the firm name remain- ing the same until the junior partner, Caleb Blodgett, was made judge of the superior court. Stephen H. Tyng was a subse- quent partner, also Frank Paul, the present firm name being Boardman & Paul. Latterly, owing to defective sight, he has found it necessary to throw off much of the labor incident to the legal profes- sion, and, while seeking relief in various manufacturing and railroad interests, has been repeatedly called by his fellow-citi- zens to participate in the councils of the Commonwealth. From 1862 to 1S64 he held the appoint- ment of commissioner of the board of en- rollment, under President Lincoln, for the 4th congressional district. He was also chairman of the ward and city committee in 1S74, president of the common council in 1875, Republican candidate for mayor in the same year, representative to the General Court in i8S3-'85. He was elected to the Senate in 18S7 and '88, serving as president both years. He is a prom- t HALSEY J BOARDMAN inent member of the New England His- toric Genealogical Society. His business relations have made him influential as a railroad official, being president of the Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad, and director of several others. In Boston, November 6, 1862, Mr. Boardman was united in marriage with Georgia M., daughter of George and Maria ('. (Moseley) Hinman. Their children are Flora M. and Millie I. Boardman. BOND, George William, son of George and Ann Sigourney (Hammatt) Bond, was born in Boston, June 22, 181 1. He is a lineal descendant of William Bond, who came from England to this country and settled in Watertown, in 1649. A trace