Notes for: John Bodine
From: Joan Lince [joanklince at earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003
Subject: Maud Belle (Gates) Bodine
Hi
Maud (Gates) Bodine was my grandfather's Aunt. She was b 4 Aug 1870 and d 17 Aug 1957, daughter of Addison Gates and Marilla C. (Hatch).
Maud and John Bodine had two children: Creston, b 12 Jan 1903 and d 17 Jan 1903; and J. Milford, b 6 Sep 1907 and d 1965. All in the family are buried in Poplar Hill Cemetery, Monterey Twp, Allegan County, Michigan. Milford had a wife, Hazel M. [---], who d 15 Nov 1974 and is buried with him, but I am told he had no children. I've never come across his marriage record.
If you would like sources for the above, let me know.
Joan Lince
The following also comes from Joan:
John Bodine was born in August 1865 in Cheshire Twp, Allegan County, Michigan., He and Maud Belle Gates obtained a marriage license on 22 December 1891 in Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan. He married Maud Belle Gates, daughter of Addison Gates and Marilla C. Hatch, on 24 December 1891 in Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan. He died in 1946. He was buried in Poplar Hill Cemetery, Monterey Twp, Allegan County, Michigan. He was a farmer.
1870 Census, Cheshire Twp, P.O. Allegan, Allegan, MI, p 29/87, dwelling 222, family 221 John Bodine, 4, at home, b MI, his mother foreign born, in household of Abraham Bodine, 54, farmer, RE $2000, personal estate $604, b NJ, with Sarah, 42, keeping house, b England, her parents foreign born, Ellen, 17, Alice, 15, Andrew, 12, George, 10, and William, 7, all attend school, b MI, their mother foreign born.
Maud Belle Gates was born on 4 August 1870 in Monterey Twp, Allegan County, Michigan.,, She died on 17 August 1957 in Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, at age 87. She was buried in Poplar Hill Cemetery, Monterey Twp, Allegan County, Michigan.
Dec 1891. John Bodine, 24, of Cheshire, born Cheshire, farming, son of Abraham Bodine and Sarah Ayers, and Maud Gates, 21, born in Hopkins, daughter of Addison Gates and M. Hatchway [sic, should be Hatch], obtained a marriage license in Allegan County on 22 Dec. They were married on 24 Dec. in Allegan. The witnesses were Frank and Lulu Noggle (Marriage License, Book 6, p 94, from Allegan County, Michigan, vital records, on mircofilm from the LDS Library).
1900 Census, Hopkins Twp., Allegan, MI, p 13, dwelling 213, family 213 Maud Bodine, wife, b May 1870, age 30, married 8 years, has had no children, she and her parents b MI, in household of John Bodine, b Aug 1865, age 34, married 8 years, he and his parents b MI, farmer, rents farm, farm schedule 171.
1910 Census, Monterey Twp., Allegan, MI, Enumeration District 22, p 9B/133B, dwelling 185, family 188 Maud Bodine, 37, married for 17 years, has had one child, now living, b MI, her parents b OH, in household of John Bodine, age 44, married for 17 years, he and his parents b MI, farmer, general farm, own account, with son J. Milford, 2. Also in the household are Adison Gates, John Bodine's father-in-law, 77, married for 55 years, he and his parents b OH, no occupation, and his mother-in-law Marilla, age 75, married 55 years, has had 6 children, 3 now living, b OH, her parents' birthplaces not known.
1920 Census, Allegan Twp, Allegan, MI, Enumeration District 4, p 5B/443B, dwelling 106, family 106 Maud Bodine, wife, 46, b MI, her parents b OH, no occupation, in household of John Bodine, owns mortgaged home, 54, he and his parents b MI, farmer, general farm, on own account, farm schedule 41, with son Milford, 12, attends school, he and his parents b MI. Also in the household is Franklin Gates, uncle, 84, widowed, b OH, his parents b NY, no occupation. All in the household can read and write and speak English. [Franklin Gates was not uncle of John Bodine, the head of the household, but of Maud Bodine. Perhaps she was the one who was at home when the census taker arrived, and supplied all the information. However, if she did, she apparently understated her age a bit.].
Children of John2 Bodine and Maud Belle Gates both born in Monterey Twp, Allegan County, Michigan, were as follows:
.......... i. Creston3 Bodine was born on 12 January 1903. He died on 16 January 1903 in Monterey Twp, Allegan County, Michigan., Creston Bodine, son of J & M, Jan 12 1903-Jan 17 1903 was buried in his parents' plot in Poplar Hill Cemetery, Monterey Twp, Allegan County, Michigan.
.......... ii. J. Milford Bodine was born on 6 September 1907. He married Hazel M. [---]. He died in 1965. He was buried in Poplar Hill Cemetery, Monterey Twp, Allegan County, Michigan.
Pat Lince, who was married to one of Milford's cousins, and who lived in Allegan County most of her life, said in the early 1980s that Milford was married more than once but left no issue.
Prepared by:
Joan K. Lince
285 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10025
joanklince at earthlink.net
Bibliography
Allegan County cemetery records on microfilm. LDS Library.
1870 census
1900 census
Allegan County Clerk, letter 13 Mar 1979
Allegan County vital records, originals on microfilm, LDS Library
ased on age of oldest child in 1860 census
eath record
ravestone
atch Genealogical Society. Genealogy and History of the Hatch Family. 1925
arriage record.
Endnotes
1. 1870 census.
2. Based on age of oldest child in 1860 census.
3. 1870 census.
4. His parents' name from his marriage record, and censuses.
5. Year (as 1867) and place from his marriage record.
6. Month and year from the 1900 census.
7. Date and place from Marriage Record, Book 6, p 94, in Allegan County vital records, originals on microfilm, LDS Library.
8. Date and place from Marriage Records Book 6, p 94, in Allegan County vital records, originals on microfilm, LDS Library.
9. Date from his gravestone, seen 1979.
10. Gravestone, seen 1979.
10. Hatch Genealogical Society, Genealogy and History of the Hatch Family, 1925 p 485.
11. Place, and year from her age at marriage, from Marriage Records, Book 6, p 94, in Allegan County vital records, originals on microfilm, LDS Library.
12, Month and year (as May 1870) from the 1900 census.
13. Date and place from the Allegan County Clerk, letter 13 Mar 1979.
14. Gravestone, seen 1979.
15. His parents' names from his birth record and his death record.
16. Date and place from Birth Records, Book 6, p 239 Allegan County vital records, originals on microfilm, LDS Library.
17. Date and place from Death Records, Book 3, p 37 Allegan County vital records, originals on microfilm, LDS Library.
18. Allegan County cemetery records on microfilm, LDS Library.
19. Allegan County cemetery records on microfilm.
20. His parents' names from Birth Records, Book 7 Allegan County vital records, originals on microfilm, LDS Library.
21. Birth Records, Book 7, in Allegan County vital records, originals on microfilm, LDS Library.
22. Gravestone, seen 1979.
23. Ibid.
From Ronny Bodine:
Burials in Poplar Hill Cemetery, Monterey Township, Allegan County, Michigan.
(Find A Grave Memorial # 83700946)
BODINE Maude 1870-1957 John 1865-1946