Born: 11 August 1861, United States
Died: 28 December 1946
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Carrie Minetta Jacobs
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1861, Aug. 11 Born Carrie Minetta Jacobs, Janesville, Wisconsin
circa 1881 Married William (Fred) Smith (divorced 1887)
1888 Married Dr. Frank Lewis Bond
1895 Began submitting songs for publication after the death of her second husband Dr. Frank Bond
1896 Founded Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son as a publishing house and music seller after experiencing difficulty in securing publishers for compositions other than her children’s songs
1901 Published Seven Songs as Unpretentious as the Wild Rose. David Bispham sang an all-Bond recital at Studebaker Hall in Chicago
1910 Published A Perfect Day; sold over eight million sheet music copies and five million recordings
1920 Moved The Bond Shop to Hollywood, California
1927 Published her autobiography The Roads of Melody
1946, Dec. 28 Died, Glendale, California