Chris (new email: hankinschris@hotmail.com) later sent me a photo in September of 2000 of Watson and Ann's gravestone. It appears below:
In the 1850 Census of Delaware Township, Watson Bodine (age 6) appears in the household of Watson Rittenhouse (age 39) and Sarah (age 32). This might be Sarah Wilson. Watson Rittenhouse is probably Watson Bodine's uncle, but that is just a guess.
Carol says that his headstone does look like it says he died in 1919.
From Ronny Bodine:
In 1900-1910, Watson and Ann Bodine lived in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri where Watson worked as a commercial traveller for a rubber company. In 1900, recorded as Watson R. Bodin, he reported that he and his wife Elizabeth had been married 29 years, but had had no children. In 1910, he reported that he and his wife, now named Ann, had been married 39 years but had had no children. According to her Missouri death certificate (no. 1916-21399) Ann Bodine suffered with asthma which contributed towards her death of angina pectoris. She was returned to Stockton, New Jersey for burial and it seems likely that is when Watson relocated back to New Jersey as well. Watson and Elizabeth Bodine were buried in Sandy Ridge Baptist Cemetery, near Stockton, Hunterdon County. Elizabeth (Sharp) Bodine was the daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Vandolah ) Sharp.
Funeral notice, Trenton Sunday Times-Advertiser (Trenton, N.J.) of 25 June 1916
The body of Mrs. Anna E. Bodine, wife of Watson R. Bodine, who died in Kansas City, Mo., arrived here Friday and was taken to the home of S. R. Bodine, near Sandy Ridge. The funeral was held yesterday morning from the Sandy Ridge Baptist Church.
Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 2 May 1919. "Watson R. Bodine Apoplexy Victim"
LAMBERTVILLE. May 2.--Watson R. Bodine, 75 years old, died yesterday at his home, 67 York Street, of heart trouble. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Sandy Ridge Baptist Church. Interment will be in Sandy Ridge Cemetery under direction of Horner. Mr. Bodine is survived by two brothers, Harold and Samuel Reading Bodine, both of Delaware Township. He was for many years a salesman for the Lambertville Rubber Company. Friends may view the body Sunday evening.