Notes for: Mary 'Louise' Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
In 1850, she was Mary Louisa Bodine, age 5 and in 1860, Louisa Bodine, age 14. In 1863, Mary Louisa Bodine of Ovid, attended Elmira Female College as a member of the Second Academic Class.
Marriage Records of Kane County, Illinois.
Josephus Davenport AND Mary L. Bodin were married 26 Dec 1868.
1870 Batavia, Kane Co., IL: Josephes DAVENPORT 25 IL farmer, Louisa 24 NY
1880 Batavia, Kane Co., IL: Josephus DAVENPORT 34 IL farmer, Hellen 33 IL wife, Nina 9 IL dau.
Burial Records of Spring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois.
MARY LOUISA BODINE DAVENPORT died 23 May 1875 and was buried 25 May 1875 in plot GE-62.
Obituary, The Morning Oregonian (Portland, OR) of Thurs., 4 March 1926.
Josephus Davenport, resident of Portland since June, 1909, died at the family residence, 1076 Cleveland avenue, yesterday. Funeral services will be held from Chambers' parlors tomorrow at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in the Rose City cemetery. Mr. Davenport was born in Dupage county, Illinois, March 30, 1845. He moved with his parents to Kane county, 40 miles west of Chicago when three years of age. Mr. Davenport was married to Helen I. Niles June 22, 1876. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. E. E. Givens of Huron, S.D. who was present during his last illness; four grandchildren: Harold W., Joseph D., William E. and Helen L. Given. There is also one sister, Mrs. Jennie BoDine, and three nephews. Oregonian, March 4, 1926
Funeral Notice, The Morning Oregonian (Portland, OR) of Thurs., 4 March 1926.
Davenport---At 1076 Cleveland avenue, March 3, Josephus Davenport, aged 80 years, beloved husband of Helen Davenport. Deceased is also survived by his daughter, Mrs. Nina Given, of Huron, S.D.; four grandchildren, Harold W., Joseph D., William E. and Helen L. Given, and one sister, Mrs. Jennie BoDine of this city. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Friday, March 5, at 2 P.M., at the parlors of Chambers company, Inc. Killingsworth avenue. Interment at Rose City cemetery.
From Biographical Record of Kane County, Illinois, by S. J. Clark, 1898.
p. 753-754. JOSEPHUS DAVENPORT, who resides on section 19, Batavia township, is a native of Du Page county, born in Downer's Grove, March 3, 1845. His father, Theron Davenport, was born in Seneca county, New York, in 1825. He there married Deb orah Swarthout, who was born in the same year, and in the same county and state, and who was the daughter of James Swarthout. The Swarthouts are of Holland ancestry, and one of that name was of the first four families to locate in Ceneca county, New York. The Davenports are of English ancestry, and were also among the early settlers of that county. Stephen Daven port, the grandfather of our subject, lived to be over one hundred years old. With his son Theron, he came to Illinois, in 1844, and first located in Du Page county, where they took up a half section of land, and opened a farm. The following year Theron Davenport came to Kane county, Illinois, and located near Aurora, where he engaged in farming, and where he resided some years. He later moved to South Dakota, locating at Washington Springs, where he now resides. Josephus Davenport grew to manhood in Kane county, near where he now resides, and had fair school advantages, attending first the common school, then the Aurora High School and Jennings Seminary. He remained with his father for several years after attaining his majority and assisted him in the farm work. He was first married in Aurora in 1868, to Louise Bodine, of Seneca county, New York, and who died on the farm in May, 1875, leaving one daughter, Nina L., now the wife of Elmer Given, a railroad conductor, residing at Huron, South Dakota. They have one son, Harold W. In Sugar Grove township, June 22, 1876, Mr. Davenport married Helen Niles, a native of Kane county, born in Sugar Grove township, and a daughter of Williams Niles, one of the first settlers of Kane county. She was educated in the common schools and Aurora Seminary, and was a teacher for twelve years previous to her marriage. In 1876 Mr. Davenport bought the farm where he now resides, which was the old homestead of his father, and has here since been actively engaged in farming and dairying. Since residing here he has built a substantial residence, good barn, and various outbuildings, and has now one of the best improved farms in the township. Politically he is a lifelong Republican, his first presidential ballot being cast for U. S. Grant in 1868. While always taking a commendable interest in political affairs, office seeking has not been to his taste. He is a farm er pure and simple, and is recognized as one of the best in Kane county. Religiously Mrs. Davenport is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Batavia, and fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of that place. A life-long resident of the county, he is well known, especially in the southern part and wherever and by whoever known he is held in the highest esteem. He is a man of good . business ability, of exemplary habits and upright character.
From Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, vol. 2, by Newton Bateman Stevens, 1904.
p. 771. JOSEPHUS DAVENPORT, farmer, Batavia Township. Kane County, was born in Downers Grove, March 30, 1845, the only son of Deborah Swarthout and Theron Davenport, who were born in Seneca County, N. Y., in 1823, and at this writing (1903) are living in South Dakota. In 1846, Theron Davenport and his family moved to Aurora, and shortly after to a farm in Sugar Grove Township, five miles from Aurora. Here Josephus grew to manhood. His memory goes back to the time when there were no fenced roads leading to Aurora, now a city of 30,000. As there were no school houses in the town, school was held in a gravel barn, horses occupying one end of the structure. He had fair school advantages, having attended the Aurora High School and Jennings Seminary of that place. He has never aspired to any political position, but has been a life-long Republican. He is a farmer pure and simple. Through industry and frugality he was, in 1878, enabled to purchase the old homestead, where he now resides. He has a choice farm consisting of 224 acres. and the best farm buildings in his neighborhood. He also owns a large tract of land in South Dakota. Mr. Davenport has been twice married; first, in January, 1868, to M. Louise Bodine, of Aurora, to whom was born Nina Louise, now the wife of Elmer E. Given, of Huron, S. D. The second marriage was celebrated June 22, 1876, with Miss Helen I. Niles, of Sugar Grove, who is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Davenport attend the Methodist church at Batavia, and are counted among the substantial people of the vicinity.