Notes for: Samuel Kellum / Bodine
DNA testing shows that Samuel's father was a Bodine from the Medis line of Bodines. So Samuel's father was probably John Bodine, not Benjamin Kellum. This probably means that Sarah and David, Samuel's siblings, were probably fathered by John Bodine, too.
From Ronny Bodine:
Samuel Bodine was living 1880 with his parents in Camden, Camden County, working as a laborer. By 1885 he had moved to Philadelphia where he was living in June 1900, working as a policeman. At that time, Elizabeth stated she had borne 3 children, all then living. By April 1910 he had moved to Clementon Township, Camden County where he was to remain and through April 1930 and where he was a township constable. On 13 Sept 1924, Mrs. Lizzie Bodine, of Clementon, New Jersey applied for a passport and furnished dates and places of birth for herself and her husband. The passport was approved 17 Sept 1924. (Passport Applications, 1906-1925, no. 476074) The death of Samuel Bodine was recorded in the records of the Wooster Funeral Home, Park Clementon, New Jersey. He was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Pennsauken, Camden County.
Obituary, local newspaper.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Police Chief Samuel Bodine of Clementon, who died Thursday night of heart disease. Services will take place at 2 p.m. at his home on Berlin road and burial will be in Arlington Cemetery. Members of the Clementon police force will be pall bearers. Chief Bodine, who was 72, had served as head of borough police since the borough's incorporation five years ago. Previous to that he was for seven years chief of police of Clementon township before its splitting up into boroughs. Mr. Bodine was born in Camden and half a century ago had a cigar store at Fifth and Benson streets. Later he joined the Philadelphia police force, serving more than 20 years. Since his retirement on pension he had served as constable for the county court here and was also a tipstaff at the courthouse. Previous to the incorporation of Clementon borough he was constable for the township. Chief Bodine is survived by his widow, Elizabeth MacBride Bodine; three sons, Charles S., Laurel Springs; Harold J., Clementon and David J. Bodine, Moorestown; a brother, David Bodine of Camden, and a sister, Mrs. Emily Dick, Wildwood. A stepbrother, Jacob Kellum, former chief engineer of the Camden fire department, now of Woodbury, also survives. Chief Bodine was a brother of the late Harry Bodine, Camden S.P.C.A. agent. He was a member of Clementon A.A. and Clementon Borough Republican Club.