Here is a picture of the Paddy Bodine farm taken in about 1911. It was taken looking southwest. The man standing in the center is Paddy. The little girl on the left is his daughter Kate Bodine (about seven years old). The little boy in the center is Paddy's son Harold (about five years old). The little girl on the right is Lura Bodine (about four years old). The man on the bench is Allan Songer. A horse-powered feed grinder is visible on the right.
Ed Bodine, Paddy's grandson, sent me a picture of some of Paddy and Gertie's children. The date of the photo is about 1917 or 1918. Gertie took the picture. It was taken at their farm in the front yard looking north toward where the barn was located.
Back Row L to R: Kate Bodine, Schuyler Latourette, and Ralph Graham. Front Row L to R: Paul Martin, Helen Martin, Mary Louise Martin, Irene Bodine, Lura Bodine, and Harold Bodine.
Irene was about two years old at the time of this picture. The Martins were children of Sam and Violet Martin. Schuyler LaTourette is the man with a beard. He was a captain in the Civil War. The Martins and Latourettes married into the Bodine family in Fountain County. The LaTourette family is linked to the Bodines all the way back to New York and the early origins of the two families in America. My appreciation to Ed Bodine for sending me this photo. Ed is the son of Marvin Bodine. Marvin was a younger brother to the Bodines in this picture. This farm is where Ed and his father were raised. The house and barn were torn down in 1999. Jim Coffing, Ed's nephew, now owns the place.
Here is a message about the Bodine and LaTourette families:
From: IDGAS51 at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Hello Dave,
I have found something that may be of some interest to you!!! I have found a family tree for Schuyler La Tourette - I am still checking this out, but had to share this with you right away - I believe it would have been Schuyler's Uncle (brother to his Father, John L. La Tourette): Abraham La Tourette (b. 4 NOV 1794 Somerville, New Jersey d. 9 JUNE 1875 in Seneca, New York) who married a Phoebe Bodine (b. 21 MARCH 1793 d. 1881). But what makes this so exciting is that they were married in, and lived their entire lives in Seneca, New York - Abraham died in New York, and Phoebe probably did as well because Abraham was remarried there in 1849 to Mary E. Johnson. I wonder if perhaps some of the other Bodines of Phoebe's family may have come with the La Tourettes when they moved into Fountain County? I will look into that timing for both families.
http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=7832595
Best Wishes, Jan Bodine
From: IDGAS51 at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Hello Dave,
OK - I have put together a few scraps of information that may or may not represent an actual clue - I will let you decide. My theory is that the Bodine family and the La Tourette family emigrated together from New Jersey to Ohio - and then together on into Fountain Co, IN.
The genweb bio for Henry La Tourette (Schuyler's brother) lists that the parents (John and Sarah (Schenck) La Tourette) were married in New Jersey (Phoebe's mother and father were born in New Jersey, but I just cannot connect our family branch to that area yet)- but his father's family had originally settled and lived in Staten Island) and emigrated to Montgomery Co, Ohio in 1820. However, their first child (Garret) was listed in an Ancestry.com family tree as having been born in Montgomery Co, Ohio in 1817.
The genweb bio for James Bodine lists that his parents (William and Rebecca (Marlatte) Bodine) were natives of Virginia and came to Warren Co, Ohio about 1817. Montgomery Co and Warren Co are right next to each other in upper NW corner area of Ohio.
The La Tourette bio goes on to say the family then emigrated to Fountain Co, IN in October of 1829. (That same family tree shows one child (Ellen) was born in Ohio in 1828 and the next child (Mary) was born in Fountain Co, IN in 1830.)
The Bodine bio has that family moving into Fountain Co, IN in 1829.
There were a few instances throughout the years where Bodines and La Tourettes married each other. I just do not think this many coincindences should be ignored - I think there is something important in here - just not quite sure exactly what. If they were indeed traveling together, then that speaks of some sort of uncommon bond of friendship and respect that lasted over many, many years and several states. Perhaps the type of very special bond that you see between soldiers who have served together through battle? In Henry La Tourette's bio, it goes on to say that Henry's father - John La Tourette - served in the New York Militia under Capt. Trubridge throughout the War of 1812. And John Bodine served one year as Sergeant in Capt. Hugh Stephenson's Virginia Company, and served under Major Caleb Gibbs in General Washington's Life Guards - he enlisted January 22, 1777. I am wondering if perhaps John La Tourette's father (John G. La Tourette) might have served along with John Bodine??? Or some such thing??? My earliest memory of an explanation of why Schuyler La Tourette was in that photo taken on the old farm place, was that the Bodines and La Tourettes were related/connected "way, way back there somewhere along the line". I wonder if it might in fact be a reference to the marriage between Phoebe Bodine and Abraham La Tourette? Anyway, here is what I could find so far - I hope it is somehow helpful. We will be going up to see Marvin this weekend - weather permitting - I will borrow some other old photos to scan, and I will pick his memory for any other possible clues from his family stories.
Best Wishes, Jan Bodine
I later received the message below about the picture above:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark A. Walter" (markwalter at xspedius.net)
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002
Subject: Picture of Paddy Bodines children
Dave,
I really enjoyed coming across your website and this particular picture. Paul Martin is my maternal grandfather. At that time they lived on what we called the Trent Farm. (circa) 1965 When I helped gather sugar water for Marvin Bodine and Paul Summers, we would take the tractor and water wagon up to the Trent place and gather sugar water. I suspect that the Martins were neighbors visiting at the time this picture was taken.
I used to play basketball on the side of that barn with Eddy for many years while growing up in Wabash township. Schuyler Latourette and the Grahm boy were most likely neighbors also. Schuyler Latourette, Grahm, and John D. Walter ( my great-great grandfather ) all married Cooper sisters in Warren County Ohio circa 1842. Does this location sound familiar? It is next door to Butler county Ohio.
About seven years ago, I too got interested in genealogy and researched a lot of the family names. Between the Walter and Martin families, everyone in Fountain county is at least my third cousin!! Oh well. Hope you are doing fine.
Sincerely Mark A. Walter
Mark later added:
The Graham boy standing next to Schuyler is probably Schuyler`s nephew. The boy's mother and Schuyler`s wife were sisters. To clear things up a little. My grandfather lived on the Trent farm circa 1912 and I gathered sugarwater on the Trent farm to boil into maple syrup circa 1965.
Below is a picture of Gertrude (Lewsader) Bodine when she was younger. It may be her highschool graduation photo. Marvin Bodine said that Gertrude's parents were less than pleased with this particular suitor for their daughter's hand in marriage. Paddy had to work long and hard to win them over as he was quite smitten with the beautiful and intelligent Gertrude. The 1920 Census verifies Gertrude as being born about 1884. Jan Bodine has her death date listed as 05 JAN 1948 in Fountain Co, IN - buried in the Mt Hope Cemetery in Covington.
Here is a picture of Paddy Bodine feeding the chickens on the farm:
And here is one of Paddy gathering sugar water to make maple syrup:
Here is a picture of Paddy and Gertrude Bodine below.
From left to right in the picture below: Dorothy (Stine) Bodine, her husband Marvin Bodine, Marvin's sister Lura (Bodine) Smith, and father Manford "Paddy" Bodine. Irene Bodine, Paddy's daughter, is standing on the porch behind the others. Irene was afflicted with Polio and so was a bit crippled as a result.
From left to right in the picture below: Lura Bodine, her father Manford "Paddy" Bodine, and his daughter-in-law Dorothy (Stine) Bodine.
Mark Walter (MarkWalter at usunwired.net) told me that he was raised in Fountain County, Indiana and grew up with Eddie Bodine down on Graham Creek. Eddie was the son of Marvin and Dorothy Bodine and the grandson of Manford. Walter helped them make maple syrup in the spring and often played basketball out in the barnyard. He said that Marvin's sister Lura Bodine was his great-aunt. Her husband, Loran Smith, was Walter's grandmother's brother. Aunt Lura was a school teacher at Rabb Elementary School, a little country school that had eight grades and four rooms for them. She was the 1st and 2nd grade teacher there for many years. Marvin and Dorothy were also school teachers. They taught at Covington (IN) Elementary. It was a little larger than the four classroom school of Rabb Elementary.
From Jan Bodine:
The following comes from Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties, Indiana, edited by Thomas A. Clifton of the Covington Republican (that must have been the local newspaper), B. F. Bowen and Company Indianapolis, Indiana: 1913.
Manford B. Bodine (pages 638-639)
Among the honorable and influential citizens of Fountain County, Indiana is the subject of this review, who has here maintained his home all his life, winning a definite success by means of the agricultural industry, to which he has devoted his attention during the years of an active business life. His career has been that of a fair-minded and straightforward man of affairs, and thus Mr. Bodine has ever commanded the respect and esteem of his fellow man, and he is deserving of a representation of his county's history.
Manford B. Bodine was born in Wabash township, this county, in 1865, and is the son of John and Caroline (Brewer) Bodine. The father was a native of Ohio where he spent his childhood years, coming to Fountain County, Indiana, in the early days and establishing his permanent home, spending most of his time in Wabash township, successfully engaged in general farming, in which pursuit he met with much success and was thus enabled to spend the last fifteen years of his life in retirement in a pleasant home in Covington, where his death occurred on March 8, 1909.
Ten children were born to John Bodine and wife, six of whom are living at this writing.
Manford B. Bodine grew to manhood on the home farm and there he worked when a boy. He received a very fair practical education in the common schools. He farmed on the home place for a period of thirty three years, then purchased a place in Wabash township, five miles from Covington, consisting of one hundred acres, sixty of which he placed under a fine state of agriculture and improvements, and here he has since been successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising, handling graded stock of a fine grade, cross between the Poland and Chester White hogs, also Red Polled and short horn cattle, and his fine stock has always found a ready market whenever offered for sale. He has also devoted much attention to raising poultry, being a breeder of Ancona chickens, and at this writing he has over eight hundred on his place. They are admired by all who see them, and have been a source of great profit. He has made a careful study of livestock and poultry raising and he is not surpassed in these lines of effort by anyone in the county.
Mr. Bodine was married in 1904 to Gertrude Lewsader, daughter of John and Laura (Harris) Lewsader. The father was a resident of Vermillion County, where he was killed some time ago on a railroad. Three children have been born to the subject and wife namely: Katie, Lura and Harold, all at home with their parents.
Mr. Bodine is independent in politics, preferring to vote for the best man rather than for the party. He has never sought political office. He is a self-made man and is deserving of much credit for the large success which has been his as a result of his indomitable efforts.
From Ronny Bodine:
From Indiana Marriage Records: Manford Bodine married Gertrude Lusadderon 24 Jan 1904 in Fountain County.
From Indiana Federal Census Records:
1910 (20 April) Wabash Twp., Fountain Co.: Manford BODINE 44 IN married1-6 years farmer, Gertrude 26 IN wife married1-6 years 3 children born/3 living, Katie 6 IN dau, Lura 4 IN dau, Harold 2 IN son.
1920 (21 Jan) Wabash Twp., Fountain Co.: Manford BODINE 54 IN farmer, Gertrude 36 IN wife, Katie 15 IN dau, Lura 13 IN dau, Harold 11 IN son, Irene 4 1/12 IN dau, Marion 2 4/12 IN son.
1930 (14 April) Wabash Twp., Fountain Co.: Manford BODINE 64 IN married@38 farmer, Gertrude 49 IN wife married@23, Harold 22 IN son farm laborer, Irene 14 IN dau, Marvin 12 IN son.
1940 (15 April) Wabash Twp., Coal Creek, Fountain Co.: Manford BODINE 74 IN Farmer, Gertrude 59 IL wife, Irene 24 IN dau, Marvin 22 IN son Teacher-Private School.
Obituary, local newspaper.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home for Manford (Paddy) Bodine, age 82, who died at 4:10 p.m. Monday at his home south of Covington. The body remained at the Lee Rennick home in Covington until the hour of the services. Burial was made in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mr. Bodine was born May 16, 1865 in Fountain County, and was married January 24, 1904. His wife preceded him in death in June 1942. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Catherine Rennick, Covington Route 3; Mrs. Lura Smith, Covington, and Irene Bodine at home; two sons, Harold, Veedersburg, and Marvin, at home; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
From: Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties, Indiana, edited by Thomas A. Clifton of the Covington Republican, B. F. Bowen and Company Indianapolis, Indiana: 1913, p. 638-639.
Manford B. Bodine
Among the honorable and influential citizens of Fountain County, Indiana is the subject of this review, who has here maintained his home all his life, winning a definite success by means of the agricultural industry, to which he has devoted his attention during the years of an active business life. His career has been that of a fair-minded and straightforward man of affairs, and thus Mr. Bodine has ever commanded the respect and esteem of his fellow man, and he is deserving of a representation of his county's history.
Manford B. Bodine was born in Wabash township, this county, in 1865, and is the son of John and Caroline (Brewer) Bodine. The father was a native of Ohio where he spent his childhood years, coming to Fountain County, Indiana, in the early days and establishing his permanent home, spending most of his time in Wabash township, successfully engaged in general farming, in which pursuit he met with much success and was thus enabled to spend the last fifteen years of his life in retirement in a pleasant home in Covington, where his death occurred on March 8, 1909.
Ten children were born to John Bodine and wife, six of whom are living at this writing.
Manford B. Bodine grew to manhood on the home farm and there he worked when a boy. He received a very fair practical education in the common schools. He farmed on the home place for a period of thirty three years, then purchased a place in Wabash township, five miles from Covington, consisting of one hundred acres, sixty of which he placed under a fine state of agriculture and improvements, and here he has since been successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising, handling graded stock of a fine grade, cross between the Poland and Chester White hogs, also Red Polled and short horn cattle, and his fine stock has always found a ready market whenever offered for sale. He has also devoted much attention to raising poultry, being a breeder of Ancona chickens, and at this writing he has over eight hundred on his place. They are admired by all who see them, and have been a source of great profit. He has made a careful study of livestock and poultry raising and he is not surpassed in these lines of effort by anyone in the county.
Mr. Bodine was married in 1904 to Gertrude Lewsader, daughter of John and Laura (Harris) Lewsader. The father was a resident of Vermillion County, where he was killed some time ago on a railroad. Three children have been born to the subject and wife namely: Katie, Lura and Harold, all at home with their parents.
Mr. Bodine is independent in politics, preferring to vote for the best man rather than for the party. He has never sought political office. He is a self-made man and is deserving of much credit for the large success which has been his as a result of his indomitable efforts.
Burials in Mount Hope Cemetery, Covington, Fountain County, Indiana.
(Find A Grave Memorial # 19586905)
BODINE Gertrude L. 1881-1942 Manford 'Paddy' 1865-1948