Francis Bates Pond was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio

Ohio

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. He was Ohio Attorney General

Ohio Attorney General

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 from 1870 to 1874.

Pond was born August 9, 1825 at Ellisburg

Ellisburg, New York

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, Jefferson County, New York

Jefferson County, New York

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. He entered Oberlin College

Oberlin College

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 in Oberlin, Ohio

Oberlin, Ohio

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 in 1841, and graduated with honors in 1846. He was admitted to the bar 1852 at Malta, Ohio

Malta, Ohio

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, and three years later elected Prosecuting Attorney of Morgan County, Ohio

Morgan County, Ohio

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. During the Civil War, he served as a Colonel

Colonel

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 with the Sixty-second Ohio Infantry

62nd Ohio Infantry

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, and August, 1864, at the Battle of Deep River, he was wounded, and lost sight in his left eye. He resigned in November of that year.

In 1867, he was elected to represent Morgan County in the Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives

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 for the Fifty-eighth General Assembly. In 1869 and 1871 he won election as Ohio Attorney General. In 1879 he was elected to the Ohio Senate

Ohio Senate

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 from the Fourteenth district (Washington

Washington County, Ohio

Washington County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,778. Its county seat is Marietta. The county, the oldest in the state, is named for George Washington. Washington County is included in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia-Ohio...

, Morgan and part of Noble County

Noble County, Ohio

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),for the Sixty-fourth General Assembly, and re-elected to the Sixty-fifth in 1881.

He died November 2, 1883 at his home in Malta, Ohio.