Notes for: Charles Drake Bodine
From Ronny Bodine;
On 30 Sept 1862, Charles D. Bodine enlisted in NYC as a Private in Company A, 1st Engineer Regiment. He was appointed Artificer on 1 Sept 1863 and was discharged 3 July 1865 at Hilton Head, SC. The record of his service notes he was born in Ulster County, NY, was 26 years of age and a Carpenter.
Death Notice, New York Herald of Sunday, 19 Oct 1873.
BODINE.--On Tuesday, October 14, Emma, wife of C. D. Bodine, and eldest daughter of Nathaniel M. Requa, aged 29 years, 6 months and 12 days. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral at her late residence, No. 254 East Thirty-third street, New York city, on Sunday, October 19, at four o'clock P.M. The remains will be interred at New Hurley, Ulster county, N.Y. [Note: Born 2 April 1844 based upon her calculated age at death.]
From New York City Death Records:
Emma S. Bodine died 14 Oct 1873 in Manhattan aged 29 years.
New York Marriage Records:
Married 28 June 1876 in Manhattan: Charles D. Bodine, son of Levi Bodine and Alletta Ann Phillips to Ella Van Vorst, daughter of John Van Vorst and Elizabeth Robinson.
From New York Federal Census Records:
1870 (25 June) New York City, 25th Ward: Charles BODINE 35 NY Clerk-Express.
1880 (1 June) New York City: Charles D. BODINE 44 NY Secy-N.Y. & PA _ Co., Ella 41 NY wife, Archie 7 NY son.
1900 (2 June) Manhattan: Chas. D. BODINE Dec 1835 NY married 30 years Clerk-City Office, Ella May 1838 NY married 24 years
1910 (19 April) Manhattan, 18th Ward: Ella G. BODINE 71 NY widowed Millinery-Hats
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, N. Y.) of 21 Sept 1902.
Charles D. Bodine, a messenger of the Bureau of Buildings, was accidentally killed yesterday afternoon in front of the Eagle Building and just a few steps from the corner of Washington and Johnson streets. Mr. Bodine had been in the editorial rooms of the newspaper with a notice of the obituary of Thomas Bruen Stewart, the father of Superintendent Perez M. Stewart of the Department of Buildings, who died at Upper Dam, Me., recently. Bodine had just left the obituary notice in the news department and was hurrying out of the building to catch a car for Manhattan, for his home was at 116 East Twenty-fourth street, in that borough. As he reached the street he saw a Putnam avenue car passing on its way to the bridge. He did not signal to the conductor to stop, for the car was proceeding slowly but nimbly for his 60 years he made a spring for the step. There had been a truck on the street between the curbstone and the car track, and the space had been so small that the step of the open car had been hooked up. Bodine had not noticed that and instead of securing a foothold, as he expected, he slipped. But he held firmly to the side rails of the car and swung free as it passed on. There was another truck between the curb and the track and a little in advance of the first, the man was crushed between this vehicle and the car as he swung, vainly trying to get a safe foothold. The conductor saw that Bodine had been severely injured and he pulled the bell violently to stop the further progress of the conveyance. As the car came to a standstill Bodine fell limp to the ground. He was picked up and carried to the sidewalk and a message was sent from the Eagle office for an ambulance. The call was sent to local police headquarters, but to those who were waiting it seemed a very long time before the ambulance appeared. Finally Surgeon Pier, from the Brooklyn Hospital, came and looked at the victim of the accident, who had shown no signs of life while he lay there. It took a minute for the doctor to say that the man was dead, and those who saw the mishap believe that death was instantaneous. The body was removed to the Adams street station and late last night friends took charge of the remains. Mr. Bodine was a veteran of the Civil War and a member of John A. Dix Post, G. A. R., a Mason and a member of Palestine Commandety. He leaves a widow and one son, the latter being the aassistant cashier of the Garfield National Bank of Manhattan. Coroner Flaherty will hold an inquest to determine the responsibility in the matter. Michael Dunn of 530 Putnam avenue, the motorman, was arrested and was locked-up in the Adams street station.
Charles Bodine, age 23 and single, lived with his parents in June 1860.
Legal Notice, The Sun (New York City, N.Y.) of 11 June 1913
ELLA BODINE.---Nine nephews and nieces of Ella Bodine, who died in Stamford, Conn., and left her entire estate to her stepson, Archer Bodine filed notice of contest, yesterday.