Notes for: Mary Elizabeth Bodine

From: Peter Hahl [peterhahl at yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004
Subject: Mary E. Bodine

Dave,

I am a decendant of Mary E. Bodine, daughter of Adam Dickerson Bodine & Sarah J. Frymire, on whose marriage record their names are apparently misspelled. I put three marriage records, from online indexes, below.

I also have more information on Mary E. Bodine & Samuel Neptune, including obituaries and census records, which give the names of their children, and will send if you want. They are burried in the Chariton Cemetery, in Chariton, Lucas, Iowa, and their tombstone inscription is also below. Their youngest daughter, my g-grandmother, is burried next to them, on the right, I put that below as well. I visited there a few months ago.

Peter Hahl

Marriage Records:

Name: SAMUEL NEPTUNE
Spouse: MARY E. BODINE
Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1867
County: Coshocton
State: OH

Source: Ancestry.com [Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900]
Original data: Coshocton County, Ohio Marriages, 1851-1900. County court records located at Coshocton, Ohio. Family History Library film # (0895286 - 0895289 & 0894318 - 0894320)

Name: ADAM BORLINE
Married: Oct 16, 1843 in: Tuscarawas Co., OH
Spouse: SARAH FRYMIE
More: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0890364.

Source: Genealogy.com [Selected Counties of Ohio, 1789-1850 Marriage Index]

Name: JACOB FRYMIER
Spouse: RACHEL SWANN
Marriage Date: 21 May 1805
County: Washington
State: MD

Source: Ancestry.com [Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899]
Original data: Washington County, Maryland Marriages, 1776-1850. County court records located in Hagerstown, Maryland or Family History Library microfilm #0014643.

Tombstone Inscriptions:

NEPTUNE
SAMUEL
1846 - 1930
MARY E. HIS WIFE
1847 -1885

SARAH E. JACOBS
DAU. OF
S. & M.E. NEPTUNE
1885 - 1919


----Original Message-----
From: Peter Hahl [peterhahl at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Subject: RE: Mary E. Bodine

Hi Dave,

I attached a PDF of census images for Adam Bodine. If it is too big or if you prefer a transcription, just let me know.

An index of the census images that I have for Adam Bodine, follows. For the 1860 Census, I am not certain if it is the correct one. The images are from Heritage Quest Online.

ADAM DICKERSON BODINE

1850; Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas, OH; (Series: M432; Roll: 735; Pages: 346[a] & 347[b])
1860; Washington, Coshocton, OH; (Series: M653; Roll: 950; Page: 187); [Adam BRODWICK; Mary BOLLINE]
1870; Washington, Coshocton, OH; (Series: M593; Roll: 1185; Page: 291)
1880; Jefferson, Coshocton, OH; (Series: T9; Roll: 1003; Page: 109C)

When I went to the Lucas County Genealogical Society in Chariton, there were 2 obituaries indexed for Mary Bodine; the one I found is brief. I didn't get a copy of it, so the words in the parenthesis are the words that were probably missing from my notes.

THE CHARITON PATRIOT, WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 1885

Died in her home in Benton township, Friday, March 13, 1885, Mrs. Mary E. Neptune (was the) wife of Samuel Neptune (and left a) babe, 1 week old.

Adam Bodine and Samuel Neptune apparently both served in the 122nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, during the Civil War and were captured, see website:

I also have censuses for John Blake Bodine, 1830, 1840 & 1850 and Ann (Dickerson) Bodine for 1860, 1870 and 1880.

Peter Hahl

From: Peter Hahl [peterhahl at yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004
Subject: RE: Mary E. Bodine

Hi Dave,

Adam's family, in the 1870 census ends with Sarah. The next page is a new family. I figured that the census taker made a mistake with Adam & Sarah's birthplaces, because the names and ages of the children matched up with previous censuses.

The most that I know about Mary E. Bodine's death is from her obituary and her daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Neptune's obituary, which states that she was 6 days old when her mother died. Her husband, Samuel Neptune's obituary states, "On October 9, 1867, he was married to Mary E. Bodine, of Roscoe, Ohio." and "... On March 13, 1885, he suffered the loss of his wife." I plan to look for her death record the next time I get a chance to go to Iowa or Salt Lake.

There is a book called A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa, and in a biographical sketch for Samuel Neptune, gives Mary E. Bodine's full middle name and names her parents and her children. It reads: "October 9, 1867, in Coshocton County, Ohio, Mr. Neptune was united in marriage with Mary Elizabeth, a daughter of Adam and Mary (Freymeyer) Bodine, both deceased in Coshocton County. To this union were born eight children, namely: Hattie B., Adam D., James S., Clarence H., Bertha M., Alfred M., Estella E. and Sarah E. March 13, 1885, Mr. Neptune suffered a great loss in the death of his beloved wife." Her mother's first name, though, being called "Mary", is a bit confusing.

Peter

From Ronny Bodine:

Like his future father-in-law, Samuel Neptune served during the Civil War as a Private with Company D, 122nd Ohio Infantry Regiment from 20 Aug 1862 until he was captured 15 June 1863 at the Battle of Winchester in Virginia and was transferred 15 April 1864 to Company F, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps, 18th Infantry Regiment and was mustered out on 27 June 1865 in Washington, D.C.

Obituary, The Chariton Patriot of 18 March 1885.
Died in her home in Benton township, Friday, March 13, 1885, Mrs. Mary E. Neptune (was the) wife of Samuel Neptune (and left a) babe, 1 week old.