Notes for: Ezra Foster Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
Martha Haring is the daughter of James and Hannah (Doremus) Haring with whom she was living, age 11, in 1850 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York.
From Records of Rockland Lake Methodist Episcopal Church, Rockland County, New York:
Ezra F. Bodine AND Martha M. Herring were married 23 July 1860 at the parsonage at Rockland Lake by E. M. Griffith in the presence of Sarah M. Bodine.
From New York Federal Census Records:
1860 (23 Aug) New York City: Ezra F. BODINE 24 NY Journeyman Mason, Martha M. 21 NY, Sarah M. 50 NY.
On 27 May 1861, Ezra F. Bodine, age 25, enlisted as a Private in Company A, 83rd New York Infantry Regiment (USA). He was mustered out for disability on 19 Sept 1862 at Annapolis, Maryland. The New York Times of 9 Sept 1862 published a list of sick and wounded soldiers belonging to New York regiments in the United States General Hospital at Annapolis, Maryland and on that list is Ezra F. Bodine. On 14 March 1863 he applied for an invalid pension. He must have died in 1864 as on 9 July 1864, his widow, Martha Bodine, applied for a widow's pension. The Rockland County (NY) Journal of 3 June 1871 on the occasion of Decoration Day wrote of the graves at Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, which were strewn with flowers and one of those was that of Ezra Bodine.
From New York City Death Records:
E. F. BODINE, 27, bricklayer, of 286 W. 32nd Street, born in New York, died 1 Jan 1864 in Manhattan and was buried in Oak Hills Cemetery.
From Trenton State Gazette (Trenton, N.J.) of 7 Sept 1865.
The body of Mrs. Martha M. Bodine, of Boundbrook--the lady who was killed by the explosion of the boiler of the propeller Molleson, has been recovered. It was found on Tuesday afternoon, floating in the canal near Baker's Basin. The skull was fractured and she had sustained other injuries sufficient to cause nearly instant death. Joseph F. Bartine, Esq., held an inquest, but no new facts were developed. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts already stated. The body was placed in charge of B. S. Disbrow & Son, of this city, who placed it in ice and sent it to the friends by the Owl line last night.
From The Trenton State Gazette of 5 Sept 1865.
The propellor Joseph B. Molleson, belonging to the Merchants' Transportation Company, of this city, was demolished yesterday (Monday) by the explosion of the boiler. The steamer was bound to Trenton from New York, and as usual stopped at the landings along the canal to discharge freight. She stopped at Princeton Basin and unloaded a quantity of freight, and stopped next at Baker's Basic, about four miles from this city. Here a portion of the cargo was discharged, and about noon, the boat was started ahead, but had not moved from the landing when the boiler exploded with tremendous force. [Balance of lengthy article describes damage and casualties.]