Notes for: Minerva ("Minnie") West Bodine
I did have her name as Ann ("Minnie/Annie") West Bodine, but I don't see any great proof for her name being "Ann."
Here is some info on this family:
BODINE Family
First Generation
1. David1 Bodine was born in New Jersey 1841.
He married Emily Lair in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey, about 1869. Emily was born in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey June 16, 1844. Emily was the daughter of William Lair and Elizabeth Rittenhouse. Emily died 1894 in Locktown, Delaware Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, at 50 years of age. In the 1870 census Deleware Twp Hunterdon Co NJ page 139, David (age 28) is recorded with Emily (age 26) and William (age 3m). David is a farmer born in NJ.
In the 1880 census Deleware Twp Hunterdon Co NJ page 14, David (age 38) is recorded with Emily (age 36) William (age 10) and Minnie (age 8). David is a farmer born in NJ.
David Bodine and Emily Lair had the following children:
2 i. William2 Bodine was born Delaware Twp, Hunterdon Co, NJ March 1870.
3 ii. Minnie West Bodine was born in Locktown, Delaware Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey May 14, 1872. Minnie died July 14, 1950 Flemington, Hunterdon Co, NJ, at 78 years of age. She married Robert Holcombe Eick in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey, December 29, 1892. Robert was born Kingwood Twp, Hunterdon Co, NJ May 26, 1866. Robert was the son of John Thatcher Eick and Elizabeth Chamberlin. Robert died February 24, 1903 in Locktown, Delaware Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, at 36 years of age. (See Robert Holcombe Eick for the continuation of this line.)
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From: Peter Goodell [pgoodell at embarqmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 2, 2020
Subject: Bodine information
Hello, my name is Peter Goodell, and I am a Bodine descendant. I am reasonably certain of the following lineage: My great-grandmother, Minerva West Bodine (B 5/14/1872, D 7/14/1950) was the daughter of David Bodine (B 1/12/1842, D 12/2/1921) and Emily Lair. David was the son of Jacob Bodine of Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, NJ (B 8/31/1806, D 8/8/1867) and Catherine Fauss. His death records record his father's name as John Bodine. Here is where it gets murky.
I believe John may have been the John Bodine born in Alexandria Township in 1788, D 3/27/1858 in Lewis, Lycoming County, PA. And his father may have been Jacob Bodine (B 1760, D 1801 in Alexandria, NJ), M to Mary Pickell. I have conjectured this Jacob's father to be a Pvt John Bodine, (B 1/1/1741 in Hunterdon County, D 12/24/1836 in Wayne County, Ohio). He perhaps was the son of John Jacob Bodine ( B 8/22/1716 in Somerset County, NJ, D 1757 in Hunterdon). And I have his parents listed as Jacob Bodine (1684-1750) and Elizabeth Sebring. And Jacob's father may have been Jean Bodin.
If you have ANY information that may help me corroborate this line, I would appreciate it. And if this helps you at all, please let me know. Thank you for taking the time to look this over!
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Peter Goodell
pgoodell at embarqmail.com
Note on the above message: I highly doubt John Bodine, b. 1788, was David's grandfather. That John Bodine would have been too young to be the father of Jacob Bodine born in 1806.
From: Peter Goodell [pgoodell at embarqmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 2, 2020
Subject: Re: Bodine information
Dave- Thanks for your speedy reply! The date of David's death is from Find a Grave. I'll try to get to the cemetery today, but I seem to remember the stone being difficult to read. My tree, and all my records, list my great-grandmother as "Minnie W"; there was one place I saw her listed as Minerva, but I can't seem to find it today....... As for Peter Bodine, and Isabella Ent, my early research did, in fact, lead me to think he was an ancestor, but for some reason, I thought this was erroneous. Delaware Township historian Marfy Goodspeed has some 8 Jacob Bodines in her Delaware Township database, so it is VERY confusing! Her website, Goodspeed Histories, has a Bodine Family Tree, but Jacob, son of Peter, seems to be a dead branch........
From Ronny Bodine (Oct 19, 2018):
From Hunterdon County, New Jersey Marriage Records:
Robert H. Eick AND Minnie W. Bodine, 21 were married 29 Dec1892 in Locktown.
1900 Kingwood, Hunterdon Co., NJ: Robert H. EICK May 1866 NJ farm laborer, Minnie W. May 1872 NJ wife, William March 1894 NJ son, Emily B. Feb 1898 NJ dau. Married 7 years, 3 children born/3 living.
In 1910-1920, Minnie Eick, now a widow, lived in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County in the home of her father.
Obituary, Easton (PA) Times of 15 July 1950.
Mrs. Minnie Bodine Eick, 78, widow of Robert H. Eick, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Richard Goodsil Sr. of 17 Mine street, Flemington, after a long illness. Born in Locktown near Flemington on May 14, 1872, she was a daughter of the late David and Emily Bodine. Mrs. Eick was a member of Locktown Christian Church. Surviving, besides Mrs. Goodsil, are a son, William, of Three Bridges; another daughter, Mrs. Clinton Simpson of Bernardsville, N. J.; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, and a brother, William Bodine, of Allentown, N. J. The funeral will be held on Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. with services in the Holcombe funeral home, Flemington. Charles Hurst, student pastor of Locktown Christian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Locktown cemetery.
Burials in Locktown Christian Cemetery, Locktown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 40064404)
EICK ROBERT H. 1866---1903 MINNIE B. 1872---1950