Notes for: Stogden (Stockton) Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
In 1867, Stockton Bodine claimed employment as a lawyer and in 1870 as a sash and blind maker. In 1900, the family was living in Bordentown, Burlington County, where he now worked as a carpenter. Sarah Bodine reported she had borne 4 children, all then living. On 21 July 1939, the Bodentown "Register" reported "On Tuesday, July 25, Mrs. Sarah Bodine, widow of Stogdan Bodine, will celebrate her 93rd birthday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cornelia Dunn of Farnsworth Ave., with whom she resides. Her late husband was a contractor and builder." Her death was also reported in the Bordentown "Register" of 30 April 1943.
Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 31 Jan 1922.
BORDENTOWN, N.J., Jan. 31.---After a month's illness, Stogden Bodine, one of Bordentown's oldest and most respected citizens died at his home on Farnsworth Avenue yesterday morning in the seventy-sixth year of his age. Mr. Bodine, up until the time of his death, was the oldest active member of the Humane Fire Company, having been a member of the company for 55 years. He had also been a member of the Senior Order of American Mechanics for over 51 years. Mr. Bodine, a carpenter and buildre by trade, engaged in active work up until about a year ago when failing health necessitated his retiring. He and Mrs. Bodine only recently celebrated their fifty-eighth wedding anniversary. Besides his widow, he is survived by four children: two sons, Harry and Howard, and two daughters, Miss Emma Bodine and Mrs. Cornelia Dunn, all of this city. Also by five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bodine were pupils of Clara Barton at the little school house on Crosswicks Street, which was recently restored and dedicated to the memory of Miss Barton, the founder of the Red Cross in America. The funeral will take place from his late home on Farnsworth Avenue Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Sanford, rector of Christ P. E. Church, this city. Interment under the direction of Clark B. Rogers, will be in the family plot in the Bordentown Cemetery. Members from both the Humane and Hope Hose Fire Companies will act as bearers.
Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 26 April 1943.
BORDENTOWN, April 26.---Bordentown's oldest resident, Mrs. Sarah Bodine, died yesterday at the age of 97 at her home, 404 Farnsworth Avenue, where she had resided for the past 55 years. She had been ill for some time. Second oldest of eight children of the late Joseph Napoleon and Letitia Herbert Newell, Mrs. Bodine was the last surviving member of Clara Barton's first school class here. She was only seven years old when the school building on Crosswicks Street was dedicated. Her parents and grandparents were all reared in this community. Her paternal grandfather was employed as a carpenter for 16 years at Bonaparte Park by Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, and her father was named after the famous French visitor. During the Civil War Mrs. Bodine, as a member of the Good Samaritan Society, made thousands of bandages, collected provisions for hospitals from house to house, and devoted all of her spare time to making slippers and robes for wounded soldiers. Seventy-five years ago she married Stogdon Bodine, a carpenter, who learned his trade from her father and who built their home on Farnsworth Avenue. Mr. Bodine died several years ago. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Ida Lee, of Irvington; two daughters, Miss Anna Bodine and Mrs. Cornelia Dunn, of Bordentown; a son, Harry, of Dunn's Mills, Bordentown; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Another son, Howard, died last February 15. The funeral will be private at the convenience of the family Wednesday morning, with services in charge of the Rev. Alfred L. Banyard, rector of Christ Episcopal Church. Interment will be Bordentown Cemetery, under direction of Roland R. Bodine for the Rogers Funeral Service.