Notes for: Henry Bodine

Henry Bodine was the father of several children when he left his family in the sequestered nook of Brown's Valley called Suck Egg to enter the Confederate service. He was a private in Co E, 31st Ala Regt. Family lore has it he died of typhoid fever somewhere close to Tupelo, Mississippi. On July 15, 1862, his widow applied for and obtained a settlement for clothing and other allowances. See "Final Record," book 6, for his estate settlement by Champion Farris on page 246 and "Final Record," book 10, page 68, which can be found in Guntersville, Marshall County, Alabama. There seem to be several errors concerning his heirs in papers that were found December 12, 1994. A copy is in Thomas Bodine's (of Boaz, Alabama) possession. A tombstone was obtained for him and placed in the Bodine Cemetery in late 1991. Since then it has been learned where his wife's grave is. His stone will be moved to her left side.

Ronny Bodine posted the following info on this Henry Bodine:

He died intestate, leaving an estate administration that recorded the names of his 6 surviving children (Marshall County Final Record, 6: 246). Henry Bodine enlisted on 10 December 1861 in Company E, 49th Alabama Infantry and died during his military service of typhoid fever. In 1900, Margaret (Patrick) Bodine was living with her son Martin Bodine in Marshall County. issue: Mary Elizabeth (1844), Martin P. (1848), Thursa Ann (1853), Minerva Catherine (1855), Julia K. (1857), Solomon (1859), Lydia (1862).

Also from Ronny:

Henry Bodine stated in 1860 that he worked as a blacksmith.