Notes for: William Francis Bodine
He is ten years old in the 1850 Census (NJ).
From Ronny Bodine:
He was mustered in as a Private in Company B, 4th New Jersey Militia on April 27, 1861. He served with his unit as it participated in the First Bull Run Campaign, and was honorably mustered out on 31 July 1861 at the expiration of his enlistment. The marriage of William F. Bodine, of Mount Holly, Company B, 4th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers and Miss Susan Elmira Camburn, of Waretown, New Jersey was announced in the "New Jersey Mirror" of 18 Aug 1861. He soon rejoined the Union war effort, being mustered in as a Private in Company I, 4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on 17 Aug 1861. Wounded at the 1 July 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill, he eventually was discharged due to disability at the Camden Street United States Army General Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland on 13 Oct 1862. In 1870, William and Elmira Bodine were living in Burlington, Burlington County where he was serving as a constable and she was engaged as a seamstress. The couple had no children. See their obituaries in the "New Jersey Mirror" of 11 June 1874 and 18 Dec 1907. William and Elmira Bodine were buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery and Mausoleum, Burlington, Burlington County. The joint grave marker shows William died on 4 June 1874 whereas the newspaper obituary reports the date as 7 June 1874. The death of Susan also differs by one day between the grave marker and her newspaper obituary.