Notes for: Daniel Shoemaker Bodine, Sr.

RB said that the handwriting in the 1910 Census can be read as David or Daniel - the same for the 1920 Census. There is a Daniel J. Bodine in the 1930 Census, but he is actually Daniel J. Bodino of Italian parentage.

From: mackinac island map [raypierri at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Subject: Jessie Loucks Bodine Messina

Hi Dave, my name is Ray Pierri. Jessie Messina was my Grandmother on my mother's side(Jessie Travis Pierri). I am wondering if you have any information in regards to her that you might be willing to share. I'm just getting started on my genealogy adventure.

Thank you,

Ray Pierri
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From Ronny Bodine:

Daniel Bodine was aged 5 in April 1910 and 14 in Jan 1920 living with his parents, but cannot be located in the 1930 census.

1st marriage--1940--JESSIE LOUCKS.
In 1930, Jessie Travis lived with her husband, Charles in Dingman, Pike County, Pennsylvania. Living with them were their children Ruth 8, Emma 6 and Leeland 5, all named in her 1967 obituary. In 1940, Charles Travis, Jessie's husband, lived in Dingman, Pike County, Penn. with their children Leland 15 and Charles 3.

1940 Port Jervis, Orange County, NY: Daniel BODINE 35 PA married edge setter-shoe factory, Jessie TRAVIS 32 PA married chambermaid-hotel. On 1 April 1935 Daniel Bodine lived in Port Jervis and Jessie Travis in Pike County, Penn.

It would appear that Daniel and Jessie married later in 1940. Their appear as husband and wife in the 1946 Newburgh City Directory as residents of Walden.

Daniel Bodine served in the US Army from 16 Dec 1942 to 20 Aug 1945.

Newspaper Obituary, The Times Herald Record (Middletown, NY) of Tuesday, 7 Nov 1967.
Mrs. Jessie Loucks Messina, 64, formerly of Newburgh, died Oct. 20 in Los Angeles after a long illness. Born in Letonia, Pa. March 2, 1903, she had lived in Newburgh many years, was a member of the Cronomer Valley Fire Company Auxiliary and the former Reformed Episcopal Church of the Corner Stone. She moved to California two years ago. Survivors are her husband, Nash Messina; four sons, Daniel Bodine of Newburgh; Robert Bodine of Los Angeles; Charles Travis with the U.S. Air Force in Turkey; and Lee Travis of Phoenix, Ariz.; four daughters, Mrs. Jessie Pierri of Walden; Mrs. Ruth Noye of Newburgh; Mrs. Beverly Bene of Hamburgh; and Mrs. Emma Pouge of Los Angeles. Also, a brother, Plamus Loucks of cedar Run, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Mills of Corning, Pa., and Mrs. Cora Parsons of Williamsport, Pa.; and several grandchildren. Burial will be in Hollywood Memorial Park, Los Angeles.


2nd marriage--1956--EILEEN M. JENKS.
From New York Marriage Records:
Daniel Bodine AND Eileen M. (Jenks) Neuber were married 8 Jan 1956 in Crawford, Orange County. [Note: Eileen M. Jenks was 1st married to Nathaniel Degraw on 3 March 1946 in Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY and 2nd as Eileen M. (Jenks) Degraw to Earl G. Neuber on 10 Aug 1952 in Deerpark, Orange Co., NY.]

Newburgh, NY city directories through 1959 show Daniel and Eileen M. Bodine as residents. At some time thereafter they moved to California and there on 11 July 1978 in Los Angeles County were divorced. Eileen Bodine returned to New York to live first in Huguenot, Orange County and then in Port Jervis.

Obituary, Times Herald-Record (Port Jervis, N.Y.) of 13 Jan 2011.
Eileen M. Bodine age 84 of Port Jervis, NY passed away , Monday January 10, 2011 at St. Lukes Hospital, Newburgh, NY. She was born on June 1, 1926 in Huguenot, NY, the daughter of the late Forrest and Helen Decker Jenks. Eileen was retired from the housekeeping department of Eddy Farm Hotel in Sparrowbush, NY. She married Daniel E. Bodine who pre-deceased her. Eileen is survived by her 2 sons, David N. DeGraw and his wife Kim of Wallkill, NY and Charles Bodine and his wife Susan of Milton, NY, 2 daughters, Nancy Betterley of Port Jervis and Patricia Ann Phillips of Cuddebackville, NY, her brother Henry Jenks and his wife Maggie of Matamoras, PA, 10 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by her long time companion, Robert Johnsen. Friends may call Friday January 14, from 10:45am to 11:45 am at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. Funeral Services will be held Friday January 14, at 11:45 am a the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home. Rev. George Hafemann will officiate. Interment will take place at Rural Valley Cemetery, Cuddebackville, NY. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of donor's choice. Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. for information, directions or to send a condolence note to the family visit knight-auchmoody.com [Note: Patricia Ann Phillips was born in 1946 and David DeGraw in 1947 and were the children of Eileen's first marriage.]


From California Death Records:
Daniel Bodine, born 10 March 1904 in Pennsylvania; died 1 June 1986 in Los Angeles County. Mother-Dingman.

Burials in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
(For a grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 50304450)
Daniel S. Bodine PFC US Army World War II Mar 10 1904 Jun 2 1986

Note: Although his grave marker notes his death as 2 June 1986, both his Army service record and California death record note the date as 1 June 1986.