Notes for: Sarah Bodine
Some of this info comes from the Charles Fox book on the Joseph Fox family. DAR records, v. 48, say Sarah is the daughter of Samuel Bodine and Mary Fox. The Fox book has a listing of their descendants. She seems to be missing on the 1820 Census of Wayne County, Ohio.
From Ronny Bodine:
From Wayne County, Ohio Marriage Records:
Denison Barnes AND Sarah Bodine were married 12 Oct 1830 by Samuel Wilford, M.G.
1870 Norton, Summit Co., OH: Dennison BARNS 68 MA farmer, Sarah 61 PA.
1880 Norton, Summit Co., OH: Dennison BARNES 78 MA farmer, Sara 71 PA wife.
In the distribution of her father's estate, SARAH BARNES received $604.77 on 3 May 1873 and $57.92 on 11 Sept 1876. [Note: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, $662.69 has a purchasing power of $15,497.72 in 2020.]
Obituary, The Akron (OH) City Times of Wed., 26 Aug 1885.
BARNES---At 114 Coburn street, Akron, O., Aug. 21, 1885, of paralysis, Mrs. Sarah Barnes, wife of Rev. Dinsmore Barnes, formerly of Norton Township, Summit County, O., aged 76 years, 7 months and 28 days.
Obituary, Unidentified Newsclipping - 1890
BARNES.--The Rev. Dennison Barnes was born in Tolland, Hampden County, Massachusetts, September 6, 1801, and died in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, December 20, 1890. When fourteen he moved with his parents to the Western Reserve, lived one year in Trumbull County, and the next year came to Summit County, where he made his home for seventy years, sixty-eight years on the same farm, and the two following in Akron. Five years ago last August, after fifty-five years of wedded fellowship, he buried his wife, since which time he has lived with his youngest daughter, Mrs. J. H. M'Gregor, in Bloomington. In his fifteenth year he was converted, joined the Methodist Episcopal church, and for seventy-five years rejoiced in her communion. He was appointed class-leader in 1825; was licensed to exhort in 1837; received license to preach in 1853; and in 1861 was ordained Deacon by Bishop Edmund Storer Janes. He was the oldest of twelve children, nine sons and three daughters. He married Miss Sarah Bodine, of Wayne County, Ohio, October 12, 1830. Of their six children three have died. This good man represented the best type of American manhood. Regular, honest, the very soul of truth and honor, he lived rejoicing in the friendship of his neighbors, and in the favor of heaven. His religious life was a model. In my last conversation with him he said: "I have great confidence in the Lord. He is my hope; He has been my trust in boyhood, in youth, in manhood, and in old age." Like Enoch he walked with God. While not in the popular literary sense, he was an extraordinary student. His motto was, "Either with my hand or brain will I redeem the time; I will never be unemployed." He had the largest and best private library in the community. He had taken The Christian Advocate from the second volume, the Western Christian Advocate from the second volume, The Quarterly Review, National Magazine, Ladies' Repository, etc. Clark, Benson, Fletcher, Watson, Wesley, Nast, and Whedon complete were found on his shelves, and with them he was familiar. For nearly half a century he read the Bible through every year, and was able to say, "Thy word have I hid in my heart." For many years he traveled widely, holding meetings, dispensing the word, visiting the sick and burying the dead; and wherever he went he was welcomed. He gave to his five children who reached maturity a collegiate education. He was an affectionate husband, indulgent father, kind neighbor, a lover of his country, and of his kind. With gratitude and love his children rise up and pronounce this man's pure character and unstained administration and these human building processes in their hearts to be God's gracious benediction to their lives. "Servant of God, well done." The remains were returned to Ohio and laid in the cemetery at Akron by the side of the mother of his children. Written by Adam C. Barnes
Burials in Glendale Cemetery, Akron, Summit County, Ohio.
(For grave marker photos see Find A Grave Memorial No. 23245505 & 23245560)
Rev. DENNISON BARNER Died Dec. 20, 1890 Aged 89 Ys, 3 Ms, 14 Ds
SARAH BARNES Died Aug. 21, 1885 Aged 76 Ys, 7 Ms, 14 Ds