Notes for: Laforest John ("Tide") Bodine, Jr.

The following info was sent to me by Dottie Keegan (djk21889 at sbcglobal.net):

CENSUS: 1910: 2-WD SUMNER, LAWRENCE Co., Illinois Series: T624 Roll: 297 Part: 2 Page: 126B

Laforest Bodine Relationship to head of household: Self; Gender: Male; Race: White; Age: 41; Marital status: Married; Years married: 23; Place of birth: New York; Father's birthplace: Don't know; Mother's birthplace: Don't know; Language spoken: English; Occupation: Driller; Nature of profession: Oilfield; Reads or writes: Yes; Ownes or rents home: Rents; Military service: ?
Minnie Bodine Relationship to head of household: Wife: Gender: Female; Race: White; Age: 41; Marital status: Married; Years married: 23; Number of Children born to mother: 6; How many living: 5; Place of birth: New York; Father's birthplace: Don't know; Mother's birthplace: Don't know; Language spoken: English; Occupation: None; Reads or writes: Yes.
- Robert Bodine Relationship to head of household: Son; Gender: Male; Race: White; Age: 21; Marital status: Single; Place of birth: Ohio; Father's birthplace: NY; Mother's birthplace: NY; Language spoken: English; Occupation: Painter? Reads or writes: Yes.
- LaForest Jr. Relationship to head of household: Son; Gender: Male; Race: White; Age: 17; Marital status: Single; Place of birth: Ohio; Father's birthplace: NY; Mother's birthplace: NY; Language spoken: English; Occupation: Tool Dresser; Nature of profession: Oilfield; Reads or writes: Yes.
- Gertrude Bodine Relationship to head of household: Daughter; Gender: Female; Race: White; Age: 13; Marital status: Single; Place of birth: Ohio; Father's birthplace: NY; Mother's birthplace: NY; Language spoken: English; Occupation: None; Reads or writes: Yes.
- Nellie Bodine Relationship to head of household: Daughter; Gender: Female; Race: White; Age: 10; Marital status: Single; Place of birth: West Virginia; Father's birthplace: NY; Mother's birthplace: NY; Language spoken: English; Occupation: None; Reads or writes: Yes.

From Ronny Bodine:

His birth was recorded as Laforest Bodine Jr., born 31 Dec 1893 in Jackson, Monroe County, Ohio, son of Laforest John Bodine and Minnie Ola June. On 15 June 1917, La Forest John Bodine registered for the World War 1 draft in Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma. He reported he was born 31 Dec 1894 in Shyre, West Virginia, was married, and worked as an oil field driller for L. J. Bodine Sr. on the Blackwell Field.

From Kansas Federal Census Records:
1940 (20 April) Great Bend, Barton Co.: BODINE, L. J. 44 IL Contractor-Oil Drilling, Edna 43 KS wife.

Obituary, The Hutchinson News-Herald (Hutchinson, Kansas) of 18 Sept 1947.
Great Bend--L. J. (Tide) Bodine, 52, widely known independent oil operator and drilling contractor, died at his home in Great Bend Tuesday of a heart attack. As head of the Bodine Drilling company he operated in a number of western Kansas counties, but two years ago he sold the business to his brother-in-law, H. W. Tomlinson, and Charles Hulme, Great Bend. Eight years ago, Bodine established
a modern Hereford ranch as a hobby near Newkirk, Okla. Surviving in addition to the widow are two sisters and two brothers, all of whom live in Oklahoma. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Presbyterian church with burial In Great Bend cemetery. Rev. J, C. Page jr. will officiate.

Obituary, Hutchinson News (Hutchinson, Kansas) of 26 March 1976.
GREAT BEND - Edna I. Bodine, 77, died Wednesday at Great Bend Manor. Born Dec. 2, 1898 at Topeka, she was married to Tide Bodine. He died in 1947. She lived here since 1935. She was a member of First United Presbyterian Church, Great Bend and Garden Club. Survivors are brothers: R. E. Jones, Broomfield, Colo.; Virgil Jones, Pasadena, Calif.; Mrs. Zelah Tomlinson, Loveland, Colo.; Mrs. Cleo Ball, Ponca City, Okla. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Monday at Bryant and Fryberger Mortuary, Great Bend; Rev. Lars Hamerson. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. Family suggests memorials to the church.

Burials in Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.
(Find A Grave Memorial # 79092749 & 79092727)
L. J. Bodine 1894-1947 Edna 1898-1976