Notes for: Mary Elizabeth Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
In 1860, Mary E. Smith lived with her 2-year old son Frank in the home of her parents in Nelson County. In 1870, George and Mary Anderson lived in Bardstown, Nelson County where George reported he was a retired farmer. In 1880, the family lived in Taylorsville, Spencer County. In 1900, Mary E. Anderson was 66 years old and a widow, living in Taylorsville. She reported that of her 6 children, 5 were still living.
Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887,
Spencer Co.
GEORGE W. ANDERSON was born May 13, 1814, in Lincoln County, Ky., and at the age of four years moved to Bloomfield, Nelson County. There he remained until 1833 when he moved to Taylorsville, Spencer County, where he has since resided. His father, John Anderson, came to Green County, Ky., from Augusta County, Va., about 1803, with his father, William Anderson, who was a physician. John was born in 1777, and died in 1839. He was a merchant and trader; was a prominent Mason, and instituted many of the first and most noted lodges of that order in Kentucky. He married Charity Elliott, daughter of Capt. George Elliott, who was three years captain in the navy during the Revolution; his eldest son, Alexander, being his lieutenant at the age of sixteen. Mrs. Anderson came from the same county in Virginia as did her husband; she was born in 1779, and died in 1833 of cholera. Our subject is the third of four children, and was educated in a private school in Bloomfield, Ky., under the management of Rev. Mr. Clack. He began for himself at merchandising, which he followed for ten years at Taylorsville; was sheriff of the county seven years, and has also been engaged in farming.
Children of Mary Bodine and Jackson Smith: Alfred Bodine (b. 10 March 1856, d. 20 May 1857), Frank (c1858).
Children of Mary Bodine and George Anderson: Annie M. (Feb 1863), Fred (Feb 1868), Joseph Ray (c1871).