Notes for: Commodore Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
From Pennsylvania Federal Census Records:
1900 (9 June) Danville, Montour Co.: Commda BERDINE May 1876 PA stone cutter, Lillie F. April 1879 PA wife, Harold J. Jan 1899 PA son. Commda & Lillie were married 2 years and had 1 child.
In 1910, Commodore Bodine lived with his family in Berwick, Columbia County where he worked as a marble cutter. He reported that in 12 years of marriage his wife had borne 3 children, all then living with them. On 12 Sept 1918, Commodore Bodine and his son Harold registered for the World War 1 draft in Berwick. Commodore reported he was born 28 Oct 1876 and that his nearest kin was his wife, Lily Bodine. In Jan 1920, Commodore Bodine lived with his wife and four children in Berwick, working there as a granite cutter. By April 1930, Lilly Bodine was married to Daniel Webster Billig (1875-1937) and living in Berwick with her husband, his 2 children, and her daughter Catherine E. Bodine, age 14. Commodore and Lillian Bodine were buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Berwick. Lillie (Bankes) Bodine was the daughter of Jacob and Susannah (Dalius) Bankes.
From Columbia County, Pennsylvania Marriage Records:
Commodore Bodine, 22, stone cutter, of Danville, Montour Co. AND Miss Lillie F. Bankes, 19, of Main Twp., Columbia Co. were married 2 June 1898 at Mifflinville by J. H. Dubel, M.G.
From the Records of Trinity Reformed Church, Bloomsburg, Penn.
Died-Commodore Bodine August 31, 1926 49 years, 10 Months, 2 Days.