October 26, 2007

In 1877, long before ex-slave Scott Bond of St. Francis County became one of the wealthiest landowners in the state, he married Magnolia Nash. Maggie, as she was known, was an equal partner in the couple’s financial success. During the early days of their marriage, she did what she could to make their life of poverty more comfortable, such as making a mattress for their bed out of old coffee sacks and hay. She and Bond had eleven children, all sons.