Notes for: Gertrude Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
From Dunklin County, Missouri Marriage Records:
A. F. Watson of Holcomb, Dunklin County AND Gertrude Bodine of Holcomb were married 6 Oct 1904 at Holcomb by L. T. Cagle, M.G.
The 1900 census reported her birth date as Jan 1888, but her gravestone shows the dates as 1886-1963. Adam and Gertrude Watson lived all of their lives in Holcomb Township, Dunklin County. In 1910, Frank worked as a merchandise salesman and afterwards engaged in farming. Frank and Gertrude Watson were buried in Stanfield Cemetery, Clarkton, Dunklin County. Gertrude's sister Harriet was married to Adam's brother William Watson.
From Missouri Death Certificate of Gertrude Bodine Watson, wife of Frank Watson, dau. of James & Sarah (Miller) Bodine, born 30 June 1886 in Holcomb, Missouri, died 12 Nov 1963 in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, buried in Stanfield Cemetery, Clarkton, Missouri. Informant was Charles Watson of Holcomb.
From the Missouri Death Certificate of Adam Franklin Watson, widowed, born 11 Sept 1880 in Bollinger Co., MO; died 30 Sept 1967 in Poplar Bluff, Butler County; buried in Stanfield Cemetery, Clarkton, MO. Charles Watson of Holcomb, MO, informant.
Children: Vance (c1906), Fern (c1908), Harold (c1909), Homer H. (c1911), Arles G. (c1914), Josephine (c1917), Charles P. (c1919), Elizabeth S. (c1923), Billie J. (c1925), Clyde F. (c1928).