Notes for: Thomas ("Tom") W. Bodine
This Thomas must have been the Thomas W. Bodine whose Civil War discharge papers say that he was born in 1834 in Wilson County, Tennessee. He enlisted in May of 1861 from Nashville. He became sick on October 23 of that same year and was discharged on November 25, 1861.
This is a query from bsteely at swbell.net from Sumner County, TN that came from the Internet on 5/10/1998:
BODINE, DAY, DUNCAN, ROBERTSON posted by Billie Curry Steeley on Tuesday, November 4, 1997
I need information on Thomas W. BODINE, b. ca 1825 in TN, maybe Lebanon Wilson Co. He married Sarah J. DAY, daughter of Robert and Nancy J. ROBERTSON DAY, on 26 Nov. 1859 in Sumner Co. He enlisted in Civil War in Lebanon, Wilson Co.. TN. Received disability discharge. He had seven children who removed to Texas. He died ca. 1772. Sarah J. remarried to George DUNCAN. Sarah J. died 10 Nov. 1883, TN. Was John BODINE of Wilson Co., his father?
More information was later found in a reply by Billie Curry Steeley to another query on www.genformum.com/Bodine/ by Jason Clark. This follows below:
Posted by Billie Curry Steeley on September 20, 1998:
In Reply to: Isaac/Gilly Bodine posted by Jason Clark on August 15, 1998:
Thomas W. BODINE was born ca 1825 in Lebanon, Wilson County, TN., died ca 1872. On 16 Nov. 1859, in Sumner County, TN. he married Sarah J. DAY, b. 6 Mar 1841, Sumner County, TN. dau. of Robert DAY and Nancy ROBERTSON.
Issue (all born in Sumner Co.):
Charles C. BODINE, b. 17 May 1861, d. b 1870
Robert T. BODINE, b. 28 Apr. 1863, died 12 Sep 1926, Bexar Co.,TX. married: 1. ca 1888, Emma? 2., 1909 Mable A.
Mary BODINE, b. ca 1865<
Joseph Isaac "Ike" BODINE, b. 30 Sep 1866, d. 8 Oct 1961, Dallas Co., TX, married on 10 Dec. 1893 to Kitty Barkley RANGE born 17 Ar. 1870 died 17 Jul 1937
Lucy J. BODINE, b. 25 Aug. 1868, d. ca 1929, Marshall, Texas, married Henry Guyer.
John Henry BODINE, b. 6 Jun 1870, Bethpage, Sumner Co., TN., died 19 May 1949 in Fort Worth, Texas. Married 6 Jun 1870 to Mary Alice DAY, b. 31 Dec. 1868, d. 8 Apr 1964, Fort Worth, Texas
Willie Ann Bodine, b. 6 Apr 1872
The father of Thomas W. Bodine is not known for sure but could have been John BODINE in Wilson Co., and Isaac may have been a brother, but the relationship has not been proved at this time.
-Billie Curry Steeley, bsteeley at swbell.net
I (Dave) would venture to guess that this Thomas Bodine "could" be the son or nephew of Thomas Bodine, son of John and Penelope Bodine who died in Wilson County, Tennessee.
I later received more information from Billie Curry Steeley saying that she had discovered that Thomas's father was actually Jefferson Bodine. Here is the message:
From: Billie Curry Steeley [mailto:bsteeley at swbell.net]
Sent: Sat, October 06, 2001
Subject: Re: Thomas W. Bodine and Sarah Day
Dave,
As a matter of fact, this last year I found out. Thomas W. Bodine was a son of Jefferson Bodine, b. ca 1805, d. May 1850. Married 20 Dec. 1823, Wilson County, TN. He married Margaret Furgason (Ferguson). b. ca 1812 in TN, She was alive in 1850, in Wilson County, when the census was taken. Children: Abbot, Mirandy, Sarah Bodine (m. John Miles, Miles, Nancy, Elizabeth, Susan, Sophia Melinda, Margaret, Thomas W. Bodine, b. ca 1834, m. Sarah J. Day, 26 Nov. 1859.
Jefferson Bodine was a son of John Bodine, b. 1770 married 22 Dec. 1784 to Penelope Willis (Penny) in Wake Co., NC.
Rudie Slaughter has been a big help sorting Bodines out. I need to get it into my Genealogy program. The name was so badly mis-spelled they were hard to ferret out. I'll try to get that done.
Billie Curry Steeley
From Ronny Bodine:
Thomas Bodine, age 16, was living with his mother in Wilson County in 1850. In 1858, Thomas W. Bodine petitioned for a jury to examine the sanity of mind of his sister, Nancy Bodine (Wilson Co. Court Minutes, 1856-1858, p. 351). On 26 Nov 1859 in Sumner County he married Sarah J. Day, daughter or Robert and Nancy J. (Robertson) Day. In 1860, T. W. Bodine, age 36, carpenter and Sallie, age 20, lived in Sumner County. It is known that Sarah was born 6 March 1841, so that her age of 20 is correct. Yet Thomas, who was 16 in 1850, should have been aged 26 in 1860. And in 1870, he was aged 45 and Sarah was 29.
On 20 May 1861, Thomas W. Bodine, who stated he was born in Wilson County, enlisted at Nashville and was assigned to Company K, 7th Tennessee Infantry, was taken sick 23 Oct 1861 in Lewisburg, Virginia, and was discharged there 25 Nov 1861 for disability. He returned to his home in Sumer County where he was living in 1870 with his wife and 5 children. After his death, his widow married George Duncan on 26 July 1874 in Sumner County.