Bond served in the
Confederate States Army during the
American Civil War. He worked as a lawyer in
Baltimore until around 1918. Bond sold the US distribution rights for the Ouija board to the Kennard Novelty Company. The building where Bond chose the name for the board still stands in downtown Baltimore. Its first floor is now a 7-Eleven convenience store. A plaque commemorating Bond and the Ouija board is installed inside the store.
Swastika Novelty Company By 1907 Bond had relocated to West Virginia where he established the Swastika Novelty Company. The company produced a knock-off of Bond's original Ouija board called the "Nirvana". The Swastika Novelty Company was a U.S. corporation that was incorporated in June 1, 1907, and dissolved on December 30, 2014. The company status was revoked after failure to file an annual report. The company's officers were Bond, E. T. Crawford and J. E. Crawford. ==Personal life==