Notes for: Samuel Clark Bodine
His inscription says "Hus of Bertha Son of Samuel C. & Betsey Hill." The 1892 Census of Orleans County, New York gives his name as "Clark S."
I did have his death date as May 1, but Joyce Cook's site says May 2. I'll go with that for now. I have no source for either one.
Marian Hills Parks called him Uncle Clark.
From: marian.parks at syngenta.com
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007
Subject: Joseph Maddison Bodine
I am a descendent of the West Barre Bodines.
Clarissa Bodine Grinnell (1870) was my grandmother. Her father was Samuel C. Bodine (1834) married to Betsey Hill Bodine (1835). They had 6 children: Mary, Esther, Clarissa, Archibald, Edith, Samuel Clark Bodine.
My grandmother didn't marry until she was in her 30s, but she and my grandfather Fred C. Grinnell had 2 children Catherine Grinnell Hill and Roland Grinnell. My father was Wilbur William Hill, son of Wayland F. Hill. The Betsey Hill Bodine (1835) that was married to Samuel C. Bodine was my mother's grandmother and my father's great aunt.
Unfortunately, that's about as much as I can tell you. I knew Clarissa very well, she lived to be nearly 100, as did both of her children. Her brothers and sisters spent many holidays at my mother's home. Mom was the cook of the family, and since I am one of ten children, the gatherings were always at her home. Mary and Esther never married. I don't remember ever meeting Edith or Samuel (we called him Uncle Clark)... His only son was Joseph, who remained a bachelor all his life. He lived in Oakfield, NY on the family farm. It was always fascinating to visit him, as he had no indoor plumbing, no electricity, no running water. I can't remember the name of the road, but there were wetlands on his farm and he "thrashed" his wheat right up until he died. The kids from other farms would help him, just to have had the experience. He did have a tractor.
When I look up the Hill genealogy, there are Bodines married to Hills and Hills with a middle name of Bodine, so they intertwined all through the past apparently.
I have a navy wool and white linen coverlet that was made on a "barn loom" dated 1834 with the name Mary Ann Foster. This was what sparked my interest in genealogy. As kids, we always thought this was a relative of my mother. She was actually a relative of my father.
Thanks for all the work.
Marian Hill Parks
From Ronny Bodine:
From New York Federal Census Records:
1900 (11 June) Barre, Orleans Co.: Mary E. BODINE April 1859 NY single Farmer, Clarissa H. Jan 1870 NY sister Teacher, Hettie E. April 1872 NY sister Teacher, S. Clark Dec 1879 NY brother Farmer.
From Orleans County, New York Marriage Records:
Samuel C. Bodine AND Bertha A. Sheldon were married 29 Nov 1900 in Barre.
Samuel Bodine and family lived 1910 (S. Clark Bodine) and 1920 (Samuel C. Bodine) in Oakfield, Genesee County, New York engaged in farming. Included in the household in 1910 was Samuel's 51-year old spinster sister, Mary. In 1930, Bertha Bodine lived in Oakfield with her son Joseph and though she was still married, Samuel was not with his wife, rather he was living in the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Fred and Clarissa Grinnell in Barre, Orleans County, New York along with his now 71-year old sister Mary.
1940 Oakfield, Genesee Co., NY: Bertha BODINE 60 NY, Joseph 27 NY son.
From New York Death Records:
Samuel C. Bodine, 60, died 2 May 1940 in Barre, Orleans County.
Burials in West Barre Cemetery, Barre, Orleans County.
Samuel Clark Bodine Born Dec. 17, 1879 Died May 20 [sic], 1940