Notes for: Hillard Wesley Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
AFRICAN AMERICAN.
1900 Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY: Joseph BODINE Aug 1844 KY B[lack] waiter/washer, Mary Oct 1849 wife B[lack], George April 1886 KY B[lack] son, Wesley H. HOWARD Feb 1896 KY grandson B[lack]. Married 20 years, 6 children born/2 living.
On 5 June 1917, Hillard Wesley Bodine, Negro, registered for the World War I Draft in Lebanon, Ohio. He stated he was born 3 May 1896 in Louisville, KY, was single, and worked as a porter.
Hillard W. Bodine, colored, born 3 May 1896 in Louisville, KY, enlisted 17 July 1918 in Lebanon, Ohio, served as a Private in the Meuse-Argonne AEF 1 Sept 1918 to 9 July 1919, honorably discharged 16 July 1919.
1920 Turtle Creek, Warren Co., OH: Mary WRIGHT 65 KY widowed B[lack], Hillard BODINE 23 KY grandson B[lack]
1930 Middletown, Butler Co., OH: Hillard W. BODINE 33 KY Neg[ro] butler-private family, Esther C. 31 OH Neg[ro] wife. Married 2 years.
1940 Middletown, Butler Co., OH: Hillard BODINE 43 KY Neg[ro] porter-tire co., Esther 40 KY Neg[ro] wife, Lillian SKILLMAN 24 OH Neg[ro] single sister elevator operator.
In 1942, Hillard Wesley Bodine, a resident of Middletown, Ohio, registered for the World War II Draft. He reported he was born 3 May 1896 in Louisville, Kentucky, worked for the C. E. McCune Auto Co. and named Ester Bodine, his wife, as his next of kin.
Hillard W. & Hester C. Bodine are listed as residents in the 1960 Middletown, Ohio city directory.
From Ohio Death Records:
Hillard W. Bodine, married, non-white, born in Kentucky, died 30 Sept 1986 in Middletown, Butler County, aged 90.
Hester C. Bodine, widowed, African American, born 18 March 1900 in Kentucky, died 4 July 1993 in Butler. Father-SKILLMAN, Mother-FOLLEY.