Notes for: John Wesley Bodine, Capt.
He was seven years old in the 1850 Census (NJ).
From Ronny Bodine:
John Bodine was enrolled in the 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on 27 May 1861 and was mustered in as a Sergeant in Company H on 1 June 1861. He was promoted to 1st Sergeant of the Company on 1 Jan 1863, and served until his honorable muster out on 23 June 1864. The Bodine family was living 1870-1880 in Northampton Township, Burlington County. In 1870, John worked as a blacksmith and in 1880 was an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1880, the family was recorded under the name Bdine. In 1900-1910, the family lived in Camden, Camden County, where John continued his employment with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Susannah stated in 1900 and 1910 she had borne 5 children, but only 3 were then living. John Bodine died of pneumonia and heart trouble. See their obituaries in the "New Jersey Mirror" of 25 Oct 1916 and 10 March 1917 and the Woodbury "Constitution" of 25 Oct 1916 and 7 March 1917. The couple was buried in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Mount Holly.
Obituary, the Philadelphia Inquirer of 19 Oct 1916.
Preparing to attend a banquet of the Eastern Star Lodge in Camden last night, Mrs. Susan Bodine, wife of Captain John W. Bodine, of 628 Benson street, was stricken with apoplexy and died before medical attention could be given. She was apparently in good health before she was attacked. She was 70 years old and besides being prominent in the Eastern Star, was identified with the Ladies' Auxiliaries of the G.A.R. and the P.R.R.Y.M.C.A. Captain Bodine was formerly department commander of the New Jersey State G.A.R.
Obituary, the Philadelphia Inquirer of 6 March 1917.
Pneumonia caused the death yesterday of Captain John W. Bodine, one of Camden's best-known citizens, at his home at 628 Benson street. He contracted a cold on the day of the funeral of Brigadier General John A. Mather. Captain Bodine had been seriously ill since last Thursday. He was born at Mount Holly in September, 1842, and had been a resident of Camden twenty-seven years. He entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1864 as a brakeman and worked his way until he became station master at Camden in 1890, a position he held twenty-two years. Captain Bodine was a veteran of the Civil War, having served three years and four months with Company H, Third Regiment, N.J. Vols. He was discharged as a quartermaster sergeant. He was a past state commander of the G.A.R. and for years had addressed the school children on Memorial Day; he was patriotic instructor of T.M.K., Lee Post, No. 5, G.A.R., a member of the board of managers of the Vineland Home for Soldiers, a past commander of Mount Holly Lodge of Masons, past patriarch of the Order of Eastern Star, at whose tenth anniversary last October his wife was fatally stricken; a member of Mount Holly Lodge of Odd Fellows and past chief conductor of the Order of Railway Conductors. He was an ex-Councilman. Over six feet tall, Captain Bodine's commanding appearance was one of the familiar figures in Camden. A daughter and two sons survive him.