Notes for: William Bodine
From: Joe Klett [joe.klett at gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Subject: Re: William and Eliza (Horner) Bodine Family
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Joe Klett wrote:
Dear Mr. Bodine:
I wanted to thank you for posting data on the family noted above in your site. I am related to Eliza Horner, wife of William Bodine (1840-1914). Eliza is a descendant of my ancestor, Frederick Weaver, who died in 1782 in Pilesgrove Twp., Salem Co., NJ. I have been tracing Frederick's descendants as a supplement to a series of articles for publication about the early generations of the Weavers. Your site was very helpful, and I was glad to find it. If by chance you have any contacts with the William and Eliza (Horner) Bodine family, I would be glad to get in touch with them to share what I know about Eliza's ancestry.
Meanwhile, I did want to let you know about one error in your data, and also ask a question:
In your site, you include a daughter Alice G. Horner (born Sep 1877) in this family based on the 1900 Census. However, Alice was William's and Eliza's daughter-in-law (as is shown in the census record). You do show Alice again (correctly) as Alice Grace Bancroft (born about 1878) with her husband William H. Bodine. I thought you would like to make that correction in your database.
Also, you list the father William Bodine, Civil War veteran, with a middle initial "H." I haven't seen his name this way in census and military records, though I have not seen his gravestone or checked his death record. I wondered if you might check your files to see what documentation there is of a middle initial.
Hope to hear from you, and thanks again for making your research available.
Joe Klett
Hopewell, NJ
(and NJ State Archives)
P.S. I meant to tell you that Eliza (Elizabeth M.) Horner, wife of William Bodine, was that daughter of Andrew and Mary B. (Mayhew) Horner of Stow Creek Twp., Cumberland Co., NJ. -Joe
Another P.S. (sorry!): The 1900 Census does indicate that Eliza (Horner) Bodine had been mother of 4 children, of whom 3 were then living. So there was a fourth child who had died young. But I don't know the name or vital dates. The parents were married 10 Sep. 1867 in Roadstown, Cumberland Co., according to familysearch.org 's index to NJ Marriages. I haven't check the original marriage record yet.
From Ronny Bodine (Aug. 11, 2020):
William Bodine served during the Civil War as a Private with Company H., 24th New Jersey Infantry from 2 Sept 1862 until 29 June 1863 when he was mustered out at Beverly, New Jersey. On 7 April 1891, he filed for an invalid pension in Philadelphia that was granted under certificate no. 854,372. On 25 Feb 1914, Eliza M. Bodine filed for a widow's pension in New Jersey, which was granted under certificate no. 773,367. Elizabeth (Horner) Bodine is the daughter of Andrew and Mary B. (Mayhew) Horner.
From New Jersey Federal Census Records:
1870 (26 July) Stow Creek Twp., Cumberland Co.: Wm. BODINE 28 NJ Wheelright, Eliza 24 NJ, Andrew H. 3/12 NJ.
From Pennsylvania Federal Census Records:
1880 (2 June) Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co.: Wm. BODINE 37 NJ Carriage Builder, Eliza 33 NJ wife, Andrew 10 NJ son, William 5 PA, Eleanor 1 PA.
1900 (9 June) Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co.: William BODINE Oct 1840 NJ married 34 years Wheelright, Eliza M. April 1847 married 34 years wife 4 children born/3 living, William H. Sept 1874 PA Electrician, Alice G. Sept 1877 PA dau-in-law, Ella V. July 1878 PA dau.
From New Jersey Federal Census Records:
1920 (22 Jan) Bridgeton, Cumberland Co.: Anna B. SMITH 84 NJ widowed, Eliza M. BODINE 73 NJ widowed sister.
In May 1910, he was an inmate of the New Jersey Home for Disabled Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in Landis Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
Death Notice, Bridgeton (NJ) Evening News of Tues., 24 Feb 1914.
BODINE.---In the Soldier's Home, Vineland, N.J., on February 22, 1914, William Bodine in his 74th year. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services on Thursday afternoon at the Soldiers' Home. Interment at Soldiers' Home Cemetery.
Burials in New Jersey Memorial Home Cemetery (aka Soldiers Home Cemetery), Vineland, Cumberland County.
(For grave marker photos see Find A Grave Memorials Nos. 42261444 & 42261387)
William Bodine Co H 24 NJ Inf 1840 1914 Eliza wife of William Bodine 1846--1928
From Records of Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Penn.
Bapt. 5 June 1881 William Heise Bodine, born 7 Sept 1874, son of William & Eliza M. Bodine
Bapt. 5 June 1881 Ella Virginia Bodine, born 28 July 1878, dau. of William & Eliza M. Bodine
Bapt. 5 June 1881 Andrew Horner Bodine, adult
From New Jersey Death Records:
Eliza Bodine died April 1928 in Cumberland County.