“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


WILLIAM F. BOND,  hotel proprietor, Waterloo; born in Middlebury 
(now Wyoming), Genesee Co., N.Y., Dec. 28, 1818; came to Wisconsin 
in 1843; located in Grant Co; engaged in farming and mining; in the fall 
of 1846, moved to Portland, Dodge Co., where he bought and worked a 
farm of 100 acres; in 1850, sold this, and purchased 160 acres in Dane 
Co.; in 1855, sold out and bought 400 acres in Lowell, Dodge Co., 
which he disposed of in 1866, and bought 320 acres in Waterloo 
Township; in 1870, he again disposed of his farm and purchased his 
present hotel, the Badger State House, and 155 acres in the village of 
Waterloo; also started in connection with his hotel a livery and boarding 
stable.  Married at Benton, Grant Co., Wis., June 15, 1846, Miss 
Emeline Price, of Missouri; have three children. Has held various public 
offices.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)