Notes for: Phoebe M. Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
Supposedly Phoebe Bodine was the daughter of a Jacob Bodine, but this has not been verified with any family or official record.
1850 Manchester, Washtenaw Co., MI: J. J. Wheeler 39 CT cooper, Phebe 24 NY, George 2 MI.
1860 Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI: Jeddiah WHEELER 49 CT cooper, Phebe 34 NY, George 11 MI, Deal 6 MI.
1870 Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI: Phebe WHEELER 43 NY, Neal 16 MI, Helen 10 MI.
1880 Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI: James ROWLEY 25 CT, Nellie 20 MI wife, Harry 1 MI, P. M. BROWN 53 PA (parents born in NJ) widow mother-in-law, Neil WHEELER 24 MI brother-in-law blacksmith
1900 Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI: Phoebe M. BROWN Dec 1825 MI (parents born in NJ) mother-in-law widow 3 children born/2 living, living in the household of James & Helen ROWLEY.
1910 Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI: Phebe M. BROWN 83 NY (parents born in NY) widow mother-in-law, living in the household of James W. and Helen M. ROWLEY.
1920 Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI: Phoebe M. BROWN 95 NY (parents born in PA) mother-in-law widow, living in the household of James W. and Helen M. ROWLEY.
From Lenawee County, Michigan Marriage Records:
John S. Brown, 57, born in Canada, AND Phebe M. Wheeler/Phebe M. Bodine, 44, born in New York, were married 26 Dec 1871 in Rome by G. P. Linderman, M.G.
From Michigan Death Records:
John S. Brown, married, butcher, born in New York, died 29 Oct 1877 in Adrian, Lenawee County, aged 63.
Phoebe M. Brown, widow, born 2 Dec 1824 in New York, died 11 Feb 1923 in Adrian, Lenawee County.
Death Notice, Jackson (Mich.) Patriot of Thursday, 1 Nov 1877.
John S. Brown, a resident of Adrian for the last forty-three years and a well known business man in that part of the State, died there on Monday morning of malignant carbuncle on the neck.
Burials in Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan.
(For grave marker photos see Find A Grave Memorials Nos. 103295938 & 70950162)
Father John S. Brown Died Oct. 29, 1877 Phoebe M. Brown 1824--1923
The 1931 Michigan Death Certificate for Neal D. Wheeler (1854-1931) named his parents Jediah Wheeler and Phoebe Bodine.
The 1934 Michigan Death Certificate for Helen Marie Rowley (1860-1934) named her parents as Jedediah Wheeler and Phoebe M. Bodine.