John H. Bone, a trading blacksmith of Sault Ste. Marie, and a member of the City Council from the Second ward of that city, was born in Roxeter County, Ontario, November 3, 1861, a son of Adam Bone, a shoemaker, whose birth occurred in Alerdeenshire, Scotland, in 1822 and who came to Canada, and is now a resident of Paris, Ontario. He was married in his native land to Jane Herron, whose father, Gilbert Herron, was a farmer. The children by this marriage were; David, a resident of Ashawa, Canada; Jennie, the wife of THomas Sullivan of Seattle WA; Agnes, now Mrs. Daniel Docksetter of Huron Ontario; Adam, a farmer of Paris Ontario; Maggie who married John S. McTavish of Huron County; Anne, the wife of Peter miller of Brantford Canada; Lizzie now married and living in Leadville CO; John H., the subject of this sketch; James of Cheboygan, MI; and Jessie the wife of Stephen Playford of Leadville CO.

Mr. Bone received a limited education in the common schools of hisnative country. At the age of 15 he began to learn his trade in the establishment of John S. Davidson, and on completing his apprenticeship he erected and equipped a shop in the same town and remained there in the successful prosecution of his business for a number of years. In 1889 he came to Sault Ste. Marie, opened a shop an began his carrer as a skilled artisan in iron, in which he continues and is a worthy citizen and business man of this new and growing city.

In public matters MR. Bone found himself in sympathy with the Democratic party, and on becoming an enfranchised citizen in the spring of 1895, he was nominated to represent his ward in the City Council and was elected April 1 by a majority of fifty, and on the organization of the new council he was placed on the committees on the fire department (of which he is chairman), sidewalks and police. His previous career and well known character insure an efficient service in this capacity. He is Past Grand of the I.O.O.F. in this city, and is a member of the K.O.T.M.

In Chippewa County, June 22, 1881 he was married to Frances A., a daughter of Henry Larky who came to this county from Huron county Canada, 17 years ago; hemarried Catherine Fuller. Mr. and Mrs. Bone have one child, Russell H., born August 27, 1892.

Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan 1895