Notes for: John Moore Bodine
John and Kate Bodine are in the 1903 picture of his parents' 50th wedding anniversary.
From: Pete and Linda Mahler [pmahler at garden.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005
Subject: genealogy
I went to the Locust Grove Cemetery in Quakertown, New Jersey and copied the following information from the tombstones. Let me know if you need anything else. I know my mother has more specific birthdates and possibly dates of death for some of these people but she is moving out of Quakertown next month and those papers are going with her so we may dig them out after the move.
From your page on John H. Bodine page 1 of 3
M child 1 John M. Bodine
Born: Sept 26, 1856
Died: 1936
Buried in Quakertown, NJ
Spouse: Sarah Catherine (called Kate) Bloom
Born: 1855
Died: 1939
Buried in Quakertown, NJ
From your page on John M. Bodine page 1 of 2
F Child 1 Pauline F. Bodine
Born: 1891
Died: 1948
Buried: Locust Grove Cemetery in Quakertown NJ
Spouse: ________ Johnson of Plainfield
F. Child 2 Olive Bodine
Spouse: _________Osmun of Whitehouse Station NJ
M Child John Richard Bodine
Born: 1886
Died: 1962
Buried: Locust Grove Cemetery in Quakertown, NJ
Spouse #1 Ila Mae Garrison
#2 Bertha _______
Ila Mae Garrison was born in 1894 and died within days of the birth of her 2nd son, John D. Bodine in 1930. She is buried in Locust Grove Cemetery in Quakertown, NJ.
The marriage to Bertha took place during WWII and she died prior to 1962. She is not buried in Quakertown.
John R. and Ila had two sons:
M child 1 Richard William Bodine
Born: July 4, 1924 in Quakertown, NJ
Died: December 12, 1972
Buried in Locust Grove Cemetery in Quakertown, NJ
Married: Mary S. Compton in the Methodist parsonage in Quakertown, NJ on April 20, 1946
Mary's parents were Marion Wright Compton and Wilson Metler Compton of Pittstown, NJ. They are buried with other members of the Wright family in the Mt Pleasant Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant, NJ. Mary was born on October 5, 1923 in Pittstown and is still living in Quakertown, NJ (Daughters: Linda, Jean and Susan)
M child 2 John D. Bodine in Quakertown, NJ
Born: 1930
Died: 1978
Buried: Locust Grove Cemetery in Quakertown. NJ.
Married: Shirley Wilton of Somerville, NJ on May 9, 1953 (Denise and Sharel are their daughters.)
Divorced
I have quite a bit of information on the Bloom family because they are also buried in the Locust Grove Cemetery. That name came with John M. Bodine's marriage to Sarah Catherine Bloom. I have her parents and siblings. Let me know what you want.
The only question I have for you concerns John M. Bodine and John H Bodine. Do you have proof that the John M. buried in Quakertown is the son of the John H buried in Sand Brook? We did go to Sand Brook and found all the information you had recorded and nothing more we could relate to.
Ooops! do have a second question. There is a Jacob born in 1806 married to a Catherine Fauss and a Jacob born before 1755 married to a Catherine/Nancy, but I would assume there must have been at least a generation between those Jacobs. Did I miss something in your records at that level?
In the 1930 Reunion List which got me hooked on your web site, I see a Mrs. Samuel Lawshe is described as probably Sarah Catharine Bodine, daughter of John H. Bodine and Clara Sine. Isn't it funny that John M. had a sister named Sarah Catharine and married a woman named Sarah Catherine. I see that Mrs. Lawshe was called Sally and Sarah Catherine Bloom Bodine was always called Kate.
his has been quite interesting and I look forward to more correspondence with you. By the way, where do you actually live? I am in Sussex County and my mother will be moving here at the end of August.
Linda
From Ronny Bodine:
From Hunterdon County, New Jersey Marriage Records:
John M. Bodine, 22 AND Sarah Bloom, 23, were married 16 Nov 1878 in Delaware Township.
From The Hunterdon County (NJ) Democrat of 26 Nov 1878:
Married. Nov. 16, by Rev. Fred. Bloom, John M. Bodine, of Sand Brook, to Sarah C. Bloom, of Everittstown, sister of the officiating clergyman.
In 1900, John, a farmer, and Sarah Bodine, a dressmaker, lived in Franklin Township, Hunterdon County. John Bodine reported that in 22 years of marriage his wife had borne 3 children all of whom were then living with them. In April 1930, John and Sarah still lived in Franklin Township.
From Plainfield (NJ) Courier-News of 22 Nov 1939.
Quakertown--A birthday party is being given Mrs. John Moore Bodine at her home here today. Mrs. Bodine is 84 years old. The party was arranged by her children, Mrs. Alfred Osmun, Whitehouse; Mrs. Gilbert Johnson, Plainfield; and John R. Bodine, this place, with whom she resides. Mrs. Bodine was born in Everritstown, Nov. 22, 1855. In 1877 she married John Bodine, who died about four years ago.
Obituary, Plainfield (NJ) Courier-News of Monday, 11 Dec 1939.
Quakertown---Last rites will be held today at 2 p.m. for Mrs. John Moore Bodine, 84, who died Friday morning following a brief illness. Service will be conducted at her late home by the Rev. R. Wesley Smith, pastor of the local Methodist Church, of which Mrs. Bodine was a member. Burial will be in Locust Grove Cemetery, Quakertown. Mrs. Bodine had celebrated her 84th birthday on Nov. 22. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alfred Osmun, Whitehouse; and Mrs. Gilbert Johnson of Plainfield; and one son, John R. Bodine, with whom she resided. She also leaves seven grandchildren.
Burials in Locust Grove Cemetery, Quakertown, Hunterdon County.
(Find A Grave Memorial # 13224292 & 13224366)
John M. Bodine 1856-1936 Sarah C. Bodine His Wife 1855-1939