Notes for: Milton Bodine

I only had the name Milton here and no other info. I found a Milton buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery and I am guessing that he must be this Milton Bodine. His parents and many siblings are also buried there.

There is a Milton Bodine in the 1880 Census of Hughesville, Lycoming Co., PA. It is probably this Milton. He is a dry goods merchant, single, age 37, and born in PA. Both his parents were born in PA.

The following biography comes from chapter L of "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: BORORGH OF HUGHSVILLE, AND WOLF (INCLUDING PICTURE ROCKS), SHREWSBURY, AND PENN TOWNSHIPS" in Lycoming County, PA.

CORNELIUS BODINE was descended from Huguenots who settled in New Jersey and New York. He was born in 1757, and settled in the vicinity of Hughesville. He married Margaret Sutphen, and with her migrated to Lycoming county in 1802. They subsequently settled in Seneca county, New York, where Mr. Bodine died on June 12, 1820, and Mrs. Bodine, on November 15, 1824. Their children were Charles, Isaac, Peter, John, Gilbert, George, Abraham, and Cornelius. Abraham was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, and was twice married; his first wife was Mercy Paxon, and to this union were born five children: John; Charles; George; Margaret, and Elizabeth; his second wife was Barbara Cruze, by whom he had one son, Russell. Charles Bodine, son of Abraham Bodine, was a merchant and one of the most prominent and enterprising men of Hughesville during his life. He married Maria Christman, and to them were born five children: Clinton, deceased; C. Christman, deceased; De Witt; Milton, and Mary, who is deceased. Charles Bodine died in 1850, and his wife, February 26,1880.

From Ronny Bodine:

From Pennsylvania Federal Census Records:
1880 Hughesville, Lycoming County: Milton Bodine 37 PA dry good merchant.

From History of Lycoming County, ed. by John F. Meginness, Chicago, 1892, p. 511:
Milton Bodine was appointed postmaster of the Borough of Hughesville, 3 July 1884.

Milton Bodine was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, near Hughesville, Lycoming County.