Notes for: Benjamin Day Bodine
Information on this family first came from Rootsweb's WorldConnect site. The submitter was Lynn B. Carl (lcarl at netscape.net). The source used appears to have been the "Genealogy of the Krieger Family" compiled in 1940. It gave his birth year as 1859. I did have another Benjamin D(ay). Bodine in my data who was listed as a son of Gilbert and Sarah A. Bodine - the same Gilbert and Sarah Bodine listed below (see cemetery info) as being buried near a Benjamin D. Bodine in the Old Methodist Cemetery in Lumberton, NJ and who was married to both an A. Cregar and a Frances Cox. Information from a Bodine Branches article had said that Benjamin, son of Gilbert and Sarah, was born and died in 1859. I think this must have been a mistake. He was born in 1859, but the death date must be a mistake. I am going to go on the assumption that the Benjamin D. Bodine I had here as married to Anna Cregar is the same as the Benjamin Day Bodine who was listed in my data as the son of Gilbert and Sarah Bodine. Therefore, based on the new online information from the Old Methodist Cemetery in Lumberton, NJ, I think we can safely say that Benjamin Day Bodine, the son of Gilbert and Sarah Bodine, was born on January 7, 1859 and died in 1929. He was married to both Anna Cregar and Frances Cox. This would need further proof, but I would be my bottom dollar on it.
Here is some online cemetery information at the USGenWeb Morris Co., NJ site that I found:
BODINE, Benjamin D., 1859-1929;
wife Frances A. Cox, 1862-1885;
another wife, A. Amelia Cregar, 1867-1927.
BODINE, Gilbert, b. Apr. 21,1821, d. Dec. 7, 1906;
wife Sarah A., b. June 25, 1828, d. Dec, 24, 1916;
son Gilbert. b. Sept 15, 1866, d. blank.
BODINE, Gilbert, d. Aug.21, 1838, in 77th yr.;
wife Catharine, d. Feb. 9, 1851, aged 83.4.21.
From Ronny Bodine:
From Hunterdon County, New Jersey Marriage Records:
Benj. D. Bodine, 23 AND Francis A. Cox, 20, were married 26 Aug 1882.
1885 Morris Co., NJ: Gilbert BODINE (20-60), Sarah A. (20-60), Benjamin D. (20-60), Henry (20-60), Maggie W. (5-20), Gilbert (5-20), Carrie (5-20), Georgie M. (5-20).
1900 (2 June) Bayonne, Hudson Co., NJ: Benjamin BODINE Jan 1861 NJ married 12 years, locomotive engineer; Amelia Nov 1868 NJ wife, married 12 years, 2 children born/2 living; Harry Nov 1888 NJ son; May July 1891 NJ dau.
1910 (19 April) Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ: Benjamin D. BODINE 49 NJ married 2, 22 years, locomotive engineer; Amelia 43 NJ married 1, 22 years, 2 children born/2 living; George M. 27 NJ son machinist-Rockdrill Co.; Harry 21 NJ son, locomotive fireman; May 19 NJ dau.
1920 (6 Jan) 140 Chambers St., Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ: Benjaman D. BODINE 59 NJ railroad engineer; Amelia 50 NJ wife; May 28 NJ dau saleslady-dry goods store; Peter H. CREGAR 41 NJ bro.-in-law, contractor laborer.
From New Jersey Death Records:
Anna Bodine died 20 Nov 1927 in Phillipsburg, Warren County.
Benjamin D. Bodine died May 1929 in Morris County.
Obituary, Easton (PA) Express of 21 Nov 1927.
Mrs. Anna Amelia Bodine, wife of Benjamin D. Bodine, died at her home, 140 Chambers street, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from a complication of --------- following a several months' illness, aged 60 years. Besides her husband, she is survived by three children, George Bodine, Lakewood; Harry Bodine, Jackson Valley and Mrs. John Helwick, of Phillipsburg; also by the following brothers and sister: Mrs. Charles Dewey, Jersey City; Peter H. Cregar, Philadelphia; Aaron Cregar, Ottsville; Lemuel Cregar, Yardley, Pa., and Jacob and Andrew Cregar, of Califon. She was a member of the Main Street Methodist Episcopal church.
Burials in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Morris County.
(For photos of their grave markers see Find A Grave Memorials Nos. 12822169, 12822173, 12822172,)
Benjamin D. Bodine 1859-1929 A. Amelia Cregar His Wife 1867-1927 Frances A. Cox 1862-1885