Pond, James B. 1838-1903

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Pond, James B. 1838-1903
Other forms of name
nna Pond, James Burton, 1838-1903
Pond, J. B. (James Burton), 1838-1903
Date of birth
1838-06-11
Date of death
1903-06-21
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 226070907
Wikidata: Q6141353
Library of congress: n 91107456
Sources of Information
  • NUCMC data from Indiana Historical Society for Wallace, L. Papers, 1799-1923(James B. Pond)
  • LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Pond, James Burton, 1838-1903; usage: James B. Pond; J.B. Pond)
  • WWWA, 1897-1942(James Burton Pond, 1838-1903; lecture manager; newspaper publisher, Markeson, Wis.; Union Army officer; survivor of Quantrell massacre; merchant; operated Lyceum Lecture Bureau)
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Wikipedia description:

James Burton Pond (June 11, 1838 – June 21, 1903) was an abolitionist and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For his actions during the Battle of Baxter Springs, he received the Medal of Honor. Returning to civilian life, he became a successful lecture manager whose clients included Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and Henry Morton Stanley.

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