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published works, written chiefly as " Will Wild- wood," include: Handbook for Young Sportsmen (1876); Memoirs of Eminent Sportsmen (1878); Gun Trial and Field Trial Records of America (1883), and American Game Preserves, a serial (1893).

POND, Qeorge Edward, journalist, was born in Boston, Mass., March 11, 1837; son of Moses and Nancy (Adams) Pond; grandson of Moses and Anne (Davis) Pond; and a descendant of Daniel (Dedhani, 1652), and Abigail (Shepard) Pond. He was graduated at Harvard, A.B., 1858, LL.B., 1860, was a 1st lieutenant in the Federal army, 1863-64, and an associate on the staff of the New York Army and Navy Journal, 1864-68 and 1878. He was married. May 29, 1866, to Emelie Guer- ber, who died, Jan. 14, 1880. He was an associate on the New York Times, 1868-70; editor of the Philadelphia Record, 1870-77, and thereafter engaged in general literary work. He wrote the " Driftwood " columns, signed " Philip Quilibet," in the Galaxy, 1868-78, and contributed historical accounts of battles of the civil war to various col- lections. He is the author of The Shenandoah Valley in 1884 (1883). He died at Spring Lake, N.J.,Sept. 22, 1899.

POND, James Burton, lecture manager, was born in Cuba, Allegany county, N.Y., June 11, 1838; son of Willard Elmer and Clarissa (Wood- ford) Pond; grandson of Philip and Anna (Adams) Pond and of James Woodford; great- grandson of Jonathan Pond, and greats-grandson of Phineas Pond, who came from England in 1794 and settled in Branford, Conn. James Burton Pond removed to Illinois in 1844 and in 1847 to Fond du Lac, Wis., where in 1853 he learned the printers' trade. In 1856 he traveled in the west as a journeyman printer, and in 1860-61, he pub- lished the Journal at Markesan, Wis. He joined the 3d Wisconsin cavalry as lieutenant in 1861, and served throughout the civil war, rising to the rank of major. After the war he engaged in business as a merchant until 1874, when with George Hathaway, he purchased the Redpath Lyceum Lecture bureau, Boston. In 1879 he re- moved to New York, and established business on his own account. Among the many noted lec- turers introduced and managed by him may be mentioned: Emerson, Lowell, Gough, Phillips, Sumner, Talmage, Mrs. Livermore, Anna Dickin- son, Mrs. Stanton, Henry M. Stanley, Thomas Nast, Max O'Rell, " Mark Twain," " Bill Nye," Sir Edwin Arnold, W. D. Howells, F. Marion Crawford, Hall Caine, the Rev. Dr. John Watson (" Ian Maclaren"), Ernest Thompson Seton, and Sir Robert Ball. He was twice married: first, Jan. 21, 1859, to Ann Frances, daughter of Tho- mas and Anna Lynch of Janesville, Wis.; she died in December, 1871. He was married secondly, March 10, 1888, to Martha Marion, daughter of

William H. and Sabina Glass of Jersey City, N.J. He was elected to membership in numerous patriotic and social organizations. He is the author of: A Summer in England with Henry Ward Beecher; Eccentricities of Genius (1900). He died in Jersey city, N.J., June 21, 1903.

POND, Samuel William, missionary, was born in Washington, Conn., April 10, 1808; son of Elna- than Judson and Sarah (Hollister) Pond; grand- son of Edward and Mary (Judson) Pond and of Capt. Gideon and Patience (Hurd) Hollister, and a descendant of Samuel Pond, who settled in Windsor, Conn., pi-evious to 1640. He attended the public schools and in May, 1834, with his brother, Gideon Hollister Pond (1810-1878), en- gaged in missionary work among the Dakota Indians and the U.S. garrison at Fort Snelling. In 1837 he was ordained to the Congregational ministry and was stationed by the A. B.C. of F.M. at Lake Harriet, Fort Snelling, Oak Grove, and Prairieville, Minn., successively, 1837-54, and in other parts of Minnesota, 1854-91. He was first married, Nov. 22, 1838, to Cornelia Eggleston, and secondly, April 4, 1852, to Susan R. Smith. With his brother he produced the first written dictionary of the Dakota language, subsequently used by the Rev. Stephen R. Riggs in his pub- lished work. He is the author of: The History of Joseph in the Language of the Dakota or Sioux Indians from Genesis (1839); Woivajn Inonpa, the Second Dakota Reading Book (1842), and Indian Warfare in Minnesota, in the Historical Collections of Minnesota. He died in Shakopee, Minn., Dec. 5, 1891.

PONDER, James, governor of Delaware, was born in Milton, Del., Oct. 31, 1819; son of the Hon. John and Hester (Milby) Ponder; grandson of James and Sarah (Warren) Ponder, and of Capt. Nathaniel Milby, and great-grandson of John Ponder, of English de- scent, who removed from Virginia to Delaware, and took out a patent for an ex- tensive tract of land in Broad- kiln hundred, Sussex county. John Ponder (1791-1863), an only son, inherited the estate, served in the war of 1812, engaged in trade and in the shipping business, transporting iron to New Jersey in his own vessels, first alone and after 1848 with his son James as John Ponder & Son; and was state senator, 1852-56. James attended the Milton, Lewes, and Georgetown academies, and after joining his father's enterprises became a successful business man and connected with the large business interests of the state including its railroads, banks and manufactories. He was married in July, 1851, to Sarah, daughter of Gideon and Sarah Waples of Milton. He was a