Notes for: Granville Wilson Bodine
He seems to have been living in Jordan, Warren Co., OH during the 1880 Census there. He was born in 1850 or 1851 in Indiana.
I wondered if his wives Emma Newell and Margaret Conyers might not be the same person. Ronny wrote me back with this:
From: Ronny Bodine
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016
Subject: Re: Granville and wives
Hey Dave,
... Margaret Conyers as Lucinda, lived with her parents Pryor and Martha, in 1860 aged 5, in 1870 aged 15 and in 1880 aged 25. If married in 1879 she would not be living at home in 1880. That 21 years, legibly written, was an error on somebody's part. Perhaps the census taker asked "How long have you been married?" He answered truthfully, running his two marriages together. I have found no marriage record for him to Margaret.
Ronny
From Ronny Bodine:
1st marriage--1879--EMMA NEWELL.
Carroll County, Indiana Marriage Records:
Granville W. Bodine AND Emma Newell were married 15 Jan 1879 by L. D. Robinson, M.G.
1880 Jordan Twp., Warren Co., IN: G. W. BODINE 30 IN farmer, Emma 30 IN wife.
There is no subsequent record of Emma and no indication that Granville and Emma had children or children that survived to be recorded in the 1900 census.
2nd marriage--1892/1900--MARGARET LUENDE CONYERS.
1900 Johnson Twp., Ripley Co., IN: Granville W. BODINE Jan 1850 IN farmer, Margaret L. Aug 1854 IN wife, Oral PAUGH April 1884 IN son, Alta PAUGH Sept 1886 IN dau, Leah June 1892 IN dau. Married 21 [sic] years, 3 children born/3 living. [Note: The 1963 Indiana death certificate of Oral Paugh names his parents Squire Paugh and Margaret Connyers.]
Death Notice, The Ripley Journal (Versailles, Ind.) of Wednesday, 7 May 1902.
Mrs. Jos. C. Gray and Mrs. Granville Bodine died at Versailles Saturday after brief illnesses. Both were estimable Christian ladies and the community will miss them.
From Indiana Death Certificate of Luende Bodine, wife of Granville Bodine, born 14 Aug 1854 in Ripley Co., Indiana, dau. of Pryor & Martha (Huckstep) Conyers, died of pneumonia 2 May 1902 in Versailles, Ripley County and was buried there. Informant was John Spencer of Versailles.
3rd marriage--1906--EMMA JANE STUM.
From Sac County, Iowa Marriage Records:
Granville W. Bodine, 55, son of Selah & Sarah (Logan) Bodine AND Emma J. Stum Coons, 50, dau. of John & Carol (Custer) Stum, were married 3 Nov 1906 in Sac City.
1910 Jackson Twp., Sac Co., IA: G. W. BODINE 60 IN farmer, Emma 55 PA wife, Willie COONS 16 IA stepson, Anna COONS 10 IA stepdau. Married 4 years.
1920 Sac City, Sac Co., IA: Grandwell BODINE 70 IN wood cutter, Emma J. 64 PA wife, Anna COONS 18 IA stepdau.
In April 1930, Emma Bodine, age 74 and now widowed, lived in Sac City. In April 1940, as J. Emma Bodine, 85, she lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Earl Bartley, in Goldfield, Wright County, Iowa. Emma (Stum) Bodine was the daughter of John and Carol (Custer) Stum. Her 1st husband was Nelson Thomas Coons whom she married in 1892 and with whom she was living 1900 in Sac City, Iowa.
On 7 Nov 1940, Emma Jane Bodine, age 85, of Goldfield, Iowa, signed an affidavit for a delayed Iowa birth certificate for her daughter Ann Coons, who was born 17 Feb 1900.
Burials in Glenwood Cemetery, Goldfield, Wright County, Iowa.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 170379313)
EMMA JANE BODINE 1855---1948
From: The Hawarden (Iowa) Independent of 13 Dec 1928.
G. W. Bodine, aged 76 years, of Sac City, chose Thanksgiving Day to end his life by drowning himself in the cistern at his home. He had been in failing health for two years and for the past ten weeks he had been bedfast. His family had hardly left him alone in the house during this illness that on Thanksgiving Day he urged his wife to accept an invitation to dinner to a neighbor's house, just a block away. E. L. Bartley, his son-in-law of Goldfield, was also in Sac City that day and he returned home shortly after dinner with a tray of food for the aged man. He found all the doors locked and he climbed in through a window in the basement. The cistern was built in one corner of the house and he noticed a stool beside it and upon making an investigation he found the lifeless body. Mr. Bodine had tied some bricks around his neck and had drowned himself in six feet of water. The aged man had left a letter for his wife in which he gave ill health as the cause of his committing the rash act and stated that he had chosen the easiest way. He thanked his wife and family for the kindness and tender care they had given him. Fear of an operation for his ailment was also thought to have been one of the reasons that he took his own life. He is survived by his widow and five step children.