Notes for: Laura ("Loll") V. Bodine
In the 1930 US Census, Laura Bodine and son Robert, and his wife Polly are living as boarders in the Parson household in NYC. Arthur is living in Atlantic City, NJ as a boarder and traveling salesman.
From: Phyllis Stehm [mailto:pstehm at houston.rr.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005
Subject: Re: Laura Bodine of Paris, MO and New York City
Hello David,
Thank you for your response.
... You may use my sources for the births of Robert and Muriel as I have received copies of the birth certificates from New York City Archives this past week.
I wonder about the supposed Parsons marriage. M. Douglas Parsons was 40 years old in 1930 and Laura was 50 years old. The census definitely says that her name is Mosher and that she is a boarder along with her son and daughter-in-law. Arthur Mosher and Parsons are both in the insurance business. I had originally assumed they might be in business together. But I did find on the NYC groom's list a marriage for an Arthur B. Mosher in 1931. So I do not know, it will be a mystery to solve, I guess... If you ever find the source of the Parsons info, please let me know.
...
Sincerely,
Phyllis Stehm
From Ronny Bodine:
1st marriage--1898--ARTHUR BYRON MOSHER.
From Monroe County, Missouri Marriage Records:
Arthur V. Mosher of New York City AND Miss Laura V. Bodine of Paris, MO were married 9 Aug 1898 in Paris by Chas. A. Creigh, MG.
On 12 Sept 1918, Arthur Byron Mosher registered for the World War I draft in Westchester County, New York. He said Laura Mosher was his next of kin.
From New York Federal Census Records:
1920 Manhattan, New York City: Aurthur B. MOSHER 42 KS, Laura B. 37 Paris, MO wife, Milton Parsons 30 NY.
From New York Death Records:
Arthur D. Mosher died 10 Dec 1941 in Marcy, Oneida County, aged 65 years.
2nd marriage--1930--MILTON D. PARSONS.
From New York City Marriage Records:
Milton D. Parsons AND Laura B. Mosher were married 3 Dec 1930 in Manhattan.
1940 Lake George, Warren Co.: M. Douglase PARSONS 50 NY Insurance Broker, Laura B. 60 MO wife.
From New York Death Records:
Laura B. Parsons died 4 Jan 1946 in Lake George, Warren County, aged 66 years.
Milton D. Parsons died 30 Sept 1951 in Lake George, Warren County, aged 62 years.
Newspaper Obituary, The New York Times, 2 Oct 1951.
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y., Oct. 1---M. Douglas Parsons, former member of the Caldwell town board and former village police judge, died last night at his home after a long illness. He was sixty years old. He was a vateran of the first World War and a recipient of the Croix de Guerre.
Burials in Glen Falls Cemetery, Glen Falls, Warren County, New York.
PARSONS Milton D. 1889-1951 Laura B. 1879-1946