August Bondi (1833-1907)

August Bondi (1833-1907) (HM2GYS)

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N 38° 50.424', W 97° 36.681'

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Jewish-American Abolitionist, Salina Resident

"August Bondi was born July 21, 1831, in Vienna, Austria. The Bondis, Jewish European refugees, fled the Austrian Empire after the failed revolutions of 1848 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri. August Bondi moved to Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County, Kansas in 1855 with his business partner, Jacob Benjamin and began homesteading. As Free-Soilers who hated slavery, their farm was attacked and burned by "Border Ruffians" (pro-slavers). A neighboring farmer rushed to their aide with his sons. His name was John Brown.

Bondi joined with Brown and fought alongside of him at the Battle of Black Jack in 1856, defeating the pro-slave forces and helping enable Kansas to be admitted to the Union as a Free State January 29, 1861. Bondi enlisted in the Fifth Kansas Cavalry and served until he was seriously wounded three years later. Bondi settled in Salina, Kansas in 1866 becoming Postmaster and later a County Judge. A believer in the brotherhood of all men, he rose to be a 32nd degree Mason."
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HM NumberHM2GYS
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Year Placed2018
Placed ByCity of Salina Heritage Commission, Smoky Hill Museum, Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
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Date Added Monday, May 20th, 2019 at 8:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 620517 N 4299981
Decimal Degrees38.84040000, -97.61135000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 50.424', W 97° 36.681'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 50' 25.44" N, 97° 36' 40.86" W
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