Notes for: William Augustus Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
Williamstown Methodist Episcopal Church Baptisms: On 9 April 1858, William Augustus Bodine, born 31 Dec 1857. Parents are Wm H. and Mary Virginia Bodine of Williamstown.
The marriage of William A. Bodine, of Trenton, New Jersey and Lina Christine, of Mantua, New Jersey was reported in the Woodbury "Constitution" of 12 Oct 1881. The officiating minister was Lina's father, Rev. William Williams Christine. William Bodine and his family were living 1900-1910 in Trenton, Mercer County, where he was employed as a clerk in a hardware store. Lina Bodine reported in 1900 and 1910 she had borne 3 children, all of who were then living. Lina's mother, Eliza B. Christina, was living with the family in 1900. In 1920-1930, William and Lena Bodine were living in the home of their daughter Helen Bonnett and her husband Bonito, in Hamilton Township, Mercer County.
Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 5 July 1935.
William Augustus Bodine, husband of Mrs. Lina C. Bodine, died today at his home on Nottingham Way, Mercerville, after a long illness. He was in his 78th year. The funeral will be held from the parlors of W. T. Saul and Son, 3781 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square, on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Frederick Sutton, of Christ Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Bodine leaves his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Helen V. Bonnett, of Mercerville, and Mrs. Walter Joyce, of West Orange; a son, W. Earl Bodine of Elkins Park, Pa., and four grandchildren.