Notes for: Elizabeth Bodine

Her age appears to be "7" on the 1860 Hopkins County, Texas Census, but it is not clear. Elizabeth Bodine, age 18, was living 1870 with her mother in Grayson County, Texas.

From Ronny Bodine:

From Social Security Applications and Claims:
Louis Henry Gable, when he applied for his SSN, stated he was born 5 Jan 1871 in Dennison, Grayson County, Texas as the son of Barney and Elizabeth (Bodine) Gable.

In 1870, Elizabeth Bodine, age 18, was her widowed mother in Grayson County, Texas. She was the only Elizabeth Bodine living in Grayson County at the time. It appears she may have died in childbirth. In 1877, Barney Gable married Mary Josephine Oliver with whom he was living 1880 in Collin County, Texas.

1880 Collin Co., TX: Barnabas GABLE 32 MO farmer, Josephine 22 TX wife, Lewis H. 7 TX son, Julia A. OLIVER 44 TX mother-in-law.

In 1900, he was living in Lamar County, Texas reporting he was born November 1846 and he and Josephine had been married 23 years.