Elijah Jefferson Bond (January 23, 1847 – April 14, 1921) was an American lawyer and inventor.

Elijah Jefferson Bond was born on January 23, 1847, in Bel Air, Maryland, to Charlotte Howard (née Richardson) and William B.

[3] Bond served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

[4][citation needed] Bond sold the US distribution rights for the Ouija board to the Kennard Novelty Company.

The company produced a knock-off of Bond's original Ouija board called the "Nirvana".

[3] Bond died on April 14, 1921, at the home of his son at 3304 Clifton Avenue in Baltimore.