This is a picture of Marshall Charles "Frank" Bodine and his family taken about 1911 in Capitol Hill, Oklahoma. This is in the southern part of Oklahoma City. Frank was a blacksmith and also the marshall for the newly incorporated city. From left to right are Helen, Florence (standing), Margueritte, Mrs. Ida May (Manning) Bodine, baby Grace, James (standing), Lon Donnelly (boy from the neighborhood), Wynette, and Frank. All photos were sent in by Nelva (Bodine) Chapline.
Charles Frank Bodine and others from his family were part of the 50,000 who raced across the prairie to stake a claim in the Great Oklahoma Land Rush. The guns went off on April 22, 1889 and they were there, with surveying equipment in hand. It appears that they ended up in the Oklahoma City area. Below is a map of claimed lands in that area, several of which belonged to Bodines. These were quarter sections, each section being made up of 160 acres. Bodines were original owners of several of these sections which now make up Oklahoma City.
Thomas A. Bodine and Charles F. Bodine owned quarters of section 25. This would be the land north of Highway 240 between exits 5 and 6, a little east of Crossroads Mall. I'm assuming that Thomas A. Bodine was Charles Frank's uncle, Thomas Augustus Bodine.
James A. Bodine owned a quarter of section 23. This would be at the corner of S.E. 59th Street and S. Eastern Avenue today, just northeast of Valley Brook. I'm assuming that his James A. Bodine was Charles Frank Bodine's uncle, James Alexander Bodine.
And William F. Bodine owned a quarter of section 30. This would be the land at the corner of S.W. 59th Street and S. May Avenue, just north of exit 1B on Highway 240. I'm not sure who this William F. Bodine was.
Here are Frank Bodine and his children. Front row (l to r): Helen, Grace, and Margie. Back row (l to r): James Ignatius, Florence, Charles Frank, Wynette, and Bud. This was taken about 1933. The only family member missing is Frank's wife who had died in 1915.
This is Charles Frank Bodine in his later years.
From Ronny Bodine:
From Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Marriage Records:
Charles F. Bodine AND Ida May Manning were married 24 Aug 1893.
Charles Bodine lived 1900 with his family in Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory where he worked as a day laborer. He reported that in 7 years of marriage his wife had borne 4 children all of whom were then living with them. In 1920, Charles Bodine lived with his daughter and son-in-law, Helen and Clifford Cunningham in Oklahoma City and in 1930 with his son-in-law and daughter Royal and Wynette Krumtum.
1940 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK: Charles Frank BODINE 68 IN blacksmith widowed, Frank Denny 20 OK grandson service station laborer, Frankie 18 OK grandson's wife. Residence 1 April 1935: Same; for Frankie-Rush Springs, Grady Co., OK.
Obituary, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.) of 15 Dec 1946.
Frank Bodine, 75, pioneer city resident, died at 4 p.m. Saturday in his home, 220 SE 26. Bodine, who retired as a carpenter and paper hanger about 10 years ago, Saturday commented to his family he was "never feeling better" and walked into another room of his house where he collapsed. His death was attributed to a heart attack. An '89er, Bodine came to the city soon after the opening and established the first blacksmith shop in the city, located in Capitol Hill, which he operated for a number of years. A former member of the city police force and employee of the Rock Island railroad here, for 20 years before his retirement he was a carpenter and paper hanger. A native of Terre Haute, Ind. he was born July 20, 1871. His stepmother, the late Sonora Bodine, was the owner of the "discovery" well in Oklahoma county at Bodine City, east of the city. His wife, the late Ida May Bodine, died 31 years ago Saturday. Bodine is survived by two sons, James of Okmulgee; Frank Edward of Choctaw; five daughters, Mrs. H. B. Crews, 219 SE 53; Mrs. C. H. Cunningham, route 8; Mrs. Waynette Krumtum, Coronado, Calif.; Mrs. Florence Thomas, 1341 SW 36; Mrs. J. B. White, Bowling Green, Ohio; 20 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services are pending at Capitol Hill funeral home.