This is my Great grandmother, who lies in an unmarked grave, with her husband, beside the grave of their child Henry Grady Wells. I found her death certificate on LDS family search She is listed as Mrs C.P. Wells 64yrs,died of cerebral hemmorage that had caused paralysis, she also had had the flu for 2 days...Informant was son Will Wells.

Mary Frances Bond Wells family:

Father: Private Sugar Josephus John ( J.J, J.M. or S.J ) Bonds b. 1832 Lowndesville,Abbeville Co., SC, died in the CSA 11/24th-30th/1862 Knoxville Tn., from injuries received in battle. Alabama Hillards Legion was formed in Montgomery Ala with 3000 men, Company C.=Co. B 60th Al Regiment. His name S.J. Bonds 30ys old and his brother Marion Bonds 28ys old are listed in T.H. Smiths Co.C 3rd Battalion Infantry of Hilliards both were living in Coosa, Alabama,

Paternal Grandparents:
1850 Census Northwestern Div.,Anderson SC
Isham R. Bonds 39ySC b.1811
Nancy L. Harris Bonds 37y b. Elbert,Ga., dau of Major John Harris, she is buried at Flat Rock Ch Anderson SC
Luzan 7ySC male b.1833 ( Sugar J.) bad transcribing
F. Marion 13ySC male
Martha J, 11SC
Joanna Brown 72ybVa

Paternal Ggrandparents Sugar Bond 1780-1856 and Arabella C. Middleton

1870 Census Coosa Ala
Isham is not listed must have died.
N.L. Bonds 53yGa. keeping house (Nancy)
F.M. Bonds 32ySC (F. Marion) male
S.E. Bonds 31ySC female
J.J. Bonds 3yAla
I.R. 1yAla



Mother; Mariah Jane Casey b/4/1838-d.10/12/1908 Lowndesville, Abbeville SC
{ Her Parents: Stephen Casey 1800-1839
Mary "Polly" McCurdy 1800-1855}

1850 Census Northwestern Div., Anderson SC
Mary Casey 50ySC, b. 1800
Maria Bonds 14ySC b. 1836
James H. Bonds 0ySC
Melinda Casey 6ySC
Edward Casey 2ySC

1860 Census Coosa Alabama
S.J. Bonds 26ySC He died abt 1862 Civil War
Mariah 22YSC b.1838
Sanford 9ySC
Mary 6ySC
Ruie 5ySC male
Marion 3ySC

1870 Census Lowndesville Abbeville Co.,SC
Maria Bonds 42ySC b. 1828 (there must be an error in age.) husband died in CSA in 1862 ( S.J. Bonds)
Sandifer 16ySC
Mary 14ySC
Reon 6ySC male
Marion 5ySC male
John 6ySC b. 1864

1880 Census Magnolia, Abbeville Co.,SC
Mariah Barnes(Bonds) 43y widow
Josephus 11y male
Richard 9y
Allie 8y
Nancy 6y
Boozer 4y
These above children are fathered by M.T. Hutchinson


1900 Census Lowndesville Abbeville Co.,SC
M. T. Hutchison 61ySC Head
M.J.( Mariah Jane) Bonds 62ySC b. 1838 Housekeeper, her husband died in the CSA in 1862(S.J. Bonds)
Lodgers:
Benson Bonds 21ySC
Hampton Bonds 18ySC
Minnie Parnell 13ySC
Benson and Hamptons parents are Mariah Jane Bonds and M.T. Hutchisons, Mariah and M.T. never married because Mariah didn't want to lose the Gov. pension from S.J. Bonds Civil war death. I don't know who Minnie is?

I often have wondered why my Ggrandparents, when first married in 1880 census, lived in Lowndesville, Abbeville,SC,
I now know it was because her mother Mariah Jane Casey Bonds was living there in 1880.

1880 Census Lowdesville,Abbeville SC
Charlie P. Wells 22y farmer
Mary Wells 22y
Eugene Wells 6y
John Willie Wells 5y
Bert Wells 2y

1900 Rock Mills Township Anderson SC
Charley P. Wells 45y
Mary 43y
John W. 23y
Burt J. 21y
Baley S. 18y
Charley P. 17y
James C. 15y
Silas R. 13y
Henry G. 10y
Walter 7y
Mary A. 5y
Blanco 2y

1917-1918 Anderson City Directory
Brohn Wells Emp Anderson Mill living at #3 F St.
When I saw this I thought he is not married and is too young to be living alone. He was living with his mother, see the next census.

1920 Census Anderson SC Ward 6 Residence #3 F Street
Mary Wells widowed Head abt 58y,( she died in 1922 )
Occupation: Boarding House
Rented home
F& M born SC
Able to read and write
Boarders:
Charley Dannels 60y
Charley Huntsinger 37y
John Williams 40y
John Craft Jr 50y
Lilly Fortner 27y
Willie Wells 30y (this is probably her son Walter William Wells)