Notes for: Oscar Bodine
The following comes from the Internet, but I'm not sure where:
William T. 0. Bodine was President of Kelsey Branch from Spring Conference 1905 to Spring Conference of 1908. The Bodine family came from Oklahoma. They were living in St. Augustine, Texas. According to granddaughter Nora Pickering, when William Thomas Bodine joined the Mormon church and his father disowned him. One brother, James, did write him. William married Matilda Elizabeth Click and had children before coming to the Mormon Colony in Upshur County, Texas. One son, Oscar, was born in Babyland, Texas.
Elder M. T. Blackburn's journal entry for December 5, 1902 states "In the afternoon we went to Gilmer starting on our journey among the Saints and elders. In the waiting room at the railroad station, we met Sisters Bodine and Cox with part of their families, all going to Kelsey. Brothers Bodine and Cox were coming with their teams and wagons'. Heber Jones said the Bodine's lived past Charles Shirley's home.
W. T. O. Bodine was second counselor to Kelsey's first Branch President Harless according to Sister Aaron's life story. To give a picture of general life at that time, I insert an entry from the journal of Elder James Brinkerhoff: "McKinney, Texas, March 9, 1904, Tuesday. We went to the train and got off for Kelsey on the M & E T Railroad at 8:20 p.m. Went to Greenville and bought tickets to Pittsburg. Had to lay over there from one o'clock till 12:15 at night for a train going to Gilmer where we were to get off. Got to Gilmer at one o'clock in the night. Were then six miles from Kelsey. Walked on out and got there at 2:20. Elders Hancock and Leak stayed with W E Reed and Pres. Davis and I went to Bro. W. T. 0. Bodines'. There we found Elder R. B. Boyack, missionary school teacher that year, and both got into bed with him.'
I do not know the order of birth of William and Matilda Bodine's children, but their names as given me by Nora B. Pickering were Minnie May, Silas Marion, William Elijah (died as an infant), John Jay, Arthur and Oscar (twins), and Archie Dee.
Oscar married a Kelsey girl, Lou Armilda Harris, May 15, 1908. They remained in the branch and had two children before moving to Coleman, Texas. They lived there about three-and-a half years and came back to Kelsey. May 29, 1912, they left Kelsey to make Salt Lake City, Utah, their home. Nora Bodine Pickering of California is their daughter. John Jay had a son on a mission in Texas 1929-1931. He visited in Kelsey where he was born, and met many of his parents' friends. All the Bodine family went to Utah about 1912.
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From: Karl Bodine [kbodine at networld.com]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003
Subject: Fw: Oscar Bodine family
Hi Dave
Great hearing from you to. I'll give as much info on our line as I can.
Larry Karl Bodine B=30 Sep 1950 in Salt Lake City UT
Marriage=28 Jun 1974
Gaylene Newell B= 3 Oct 1954
Children:
F=Kimberly Bodine B=19 Mar 1976
M= Preston Bodine B=22 Jul 1978
F=Lindsay Anne Bodine B=21 Feb 1982
F=Kelcie Joy Bodine B=19 Dec 1985
F= Erin Ashley Bodine B=5 Oct 1988
Kimberly
Marriage= 23 Aug 1996
spouse= Jeffrey Ron Pedersen B=4 Feb 1975
Children:
F= Hannah Elizabeth Pedersen B=14 Aug 1998
F= Amelia Rose Pedersen B=19 Feb 2002
M= Preston Karl Bodine
marriage=16 mar 2000
spouse=Jill Coombs B=16 Mar 1979 Salt Lake City UT
Lindsay Anne Bodine
marriage=1 Jun 2002
spouse=Randy Record B=28 Jun 1980 Salt Lake City UT
My dad had a twin brother named Arthur Bodine, but as far as I know they just had the one given name for him. My Dad was born in TX, and my mother in Louisiana. They married when he was 17 and she was 19. Dad worked as an airplane mechanic in TX for the first few years of their marriage. Some time after that they moved to Arizona where he did some farming, picked cotton, and worked for the W.P.A.doing road work. I was born during the stay in Pima Grahm Co Arizona. We moved to Miami Arizona in 1941. During the War years dad worked as a watchmen for the copper mines. He worked there until 1946, the year that he died.
Parley is still alive. He lives in Globe Arizona, but his wife Nomi died 31 Dec 1997 in Yuma Arizona.
I hope this information helps. Let me know if you need anything else.
HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY
KARL BODINE
From Ronny Bodine:
In 1910, Oscar Bodine and his family lived next door to his parents in Upshur County, Texas where he engaged in farming. The couple had been married 2 years and had one child, living with them. In 1930, the family lived in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah where Oscar worked as a repairman at the airport. Lue (Harris) Bodine is the daughter of Andrew J. and Sarah J. (Crittenden) Harris. Oscar Bodine was buried in Pima City Cemetery, Graham County.
Obituary, The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) of Sunday, 24 Feb 1946.
Oscar Bodine, 54, Miami, Ariz., formerly of Salt Lake City, died athis home Friday at 7:45 p.m. following a lingering illness, his father, W. T. Bodine, 435 82nd West, learned Saturday. He was born in Babyhead, Tex., March 18, 1891, a son of William T. and Mathilda E. Bodine. He married Lue Amilda Harris in 1908, and they moved to Arizona in 1936 after living in Salt Lake City several years. Survivors include his father, Salt Lake City; two daughters, Mrs. Norma Pickering, American Fork; Mrs. Glenna Matthews, Miami, Ariz.; three sons, Arthur J. and Karl C. Bodine, Miami, Ariz., and Parley H. Bodine, U.S.N.; 13 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
Obituary, The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) of 5 Aug 1968.
Armilda (Mid) Harris Bodine, 79, 725 Colorado St. (134C West), died of natural causes Aug. 3 in a Salt Lake rest home. Born March 9, 1889, Long Bridge, La., to Andrew Jackson and Sarah J. Crittenden Harris. Married to Oscar Bodine, May 15, 1908, Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died 1946. Member LDS Church. Survivors: sons, daughters, Karl, Taylorsville; Parley, Magna; Arthur, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Linn (Nora) Pickering, Santa Ana, Calif.; Mrs. Glenna Jennings, Salt Lake City; adopted daughter, Carla Matthews, Sacramento, Calif.; 19 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; brothers, sisters, Tom, Las Vegas, Nev., Mrs Beulah Parry, Bountiful; Mrs. Iva (Fay) La Force, Las Vegas. Funeral Wednesday noon, Rose Park Ninth LDS Ward, 760 N. 11th West. Friends call Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., 4330 S. redwood Rd., Wednesday one hour prior to services at chapel.
Burials in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis County, Utah.
Mother Lue Armilda Bodine Mar. 9, 1889 Aug. 3, 1968