Notes for: Ellis Milton Bodine
His parents were listed at FamilySearch.com.
Here's a message from Cathy:
From: tlcshumway at epix.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Subject: Bodine history, Susquehana Valley & Tioga Co.
Hello Dave,
I have quite a bit of history on our branch of the Bodine family which I have taken from "OTZINACHSON", printed 1889. That was the Indian name for the Susquehana River ... Just up from the Susquehanna and Williamsport, off of Route 15, onto Route 414 is a small village by the name of Bodines. I don't have any history on the origin of the settlement ... just haven't had time to get there. Also, we can trace our roots to Isaac Bodine who settled in Jersey Shore (about one hour south of here). His son Ellis Bodine eventually made his way up Pine Creek, which was one of the main waterways for the Indians between the Lake Country and the Susquehanna River. He settled just outside of Wellsboro, Pa. in Tioga County. Ellis was the only one of Isaac's children that came this way. Other branches of the family moved toward the Lake Country (Finger Lakes) in New York State, about one hour north of here. There is a wealth of documented information in the book that I have mentioned above. I have tried to sort out the Bodine history contained in this book. Hope you can find some of the information helpful in your search.
Sincerely,
Catherine Bodine Shumway
tlcshumway at epix.net
The following comes from the "History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania." W.W. Munsell & Co., NY: 1883 (Wellsboro, pp. 144-159).
Ellis M. Bodine was born in Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, in 1799. He learned the trade of a tanner and currier with Abram Lawshe. He was married in 1827 to Miss Margaret Shearer, of Jersey Shore. Their children were: Sarah, wife of Dr. H. S. Greeno, of Kansas City, Mo.; Isaac M., of Wellsboro; Abram Lawshe, of Morris, Pa.; Ellis B.; Ellen A., wife of Rev. M. F. DeWitt, of Elmira, N. Y.; Lewis T., of Kansas City; Catharine, wife of John W. Wright, of Rochester, N. Y., and Margaret, wife of Charles M. Moore, of Liberty, Pa. Mr. Bodine came to Wellsboro in 1828; purchased of Joseph Fish, who was the first tanner of the place, a small tannery and bark-mill, and for a number of years continued the business at that place. In 1846 he built a large tannery, 40 by 87, two full stories high, and did custom work in sole and upper leather. In 1848 the tannery was burned, and Mr. Bodine suffered a great loss. He was a public spirited gentleman. In 1835 he was chairman of the board of school directors for Wellsboro; he was instrumental in the erection of a school-house in the borough, and did much toward the acceptance of the common school law of 1834. He now resides in the northwestern portion of the borough, at the advanced age of 83.
Here is some more taken from "The History of Tioga County, Pa," Volume #2, found in the Green Free Library, Wellsboro, Pa.; dated 1897. My appreciation to Catherine (Bodine) Shumway and Janet (Murtland) Bodine for this information.
Ellis M. Bodine was born in Jerey Shore, Lycoming county, Pa., January 3, 1801, a son of Isaac and Catherine Casper Bodine. His father came from New Jersey with the Mannings in the last decade of the Eighteenth century, settled in Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, where both he and his wife died.
Ellis M. was the third in a family of (then) seven children. (per record there were a total of 9 children in this family, see above) He grew to manhood in his native town where he attended the public schools in boyhood, and learned the tanner's trade with Abram Lawshe, of that place. In 1827 he married Margaret Shearer, a daughter of James Shearer, an early settler of Lycoming county, and in 1828 came to Wellsboro and purchased the Joseph Fish tannery. Which he conducted until 1846, at which time he erected a larger building which burned in 1848. He then became a farmer and followed agriculture until five years before his death, when he sold the farm to his son, Abram L. and retired from active labor. Nine children were born of his marriage with Margaret Shearer, as follows:
Sarah e., wife of Dr. H. S. Greenough, of Kansas City, then Fairhope, Alabama.
Isaac M. of Wellsboro, born 2-04-1830. Educated in the common schools of the boro. Clerked in the store of C. & J.L. Robinson, then traveled through the South (1850-51). Upon his return to Wellsboro he took the position of superintendent of the mines at Blossburg, Pa. where he had charge of the company store and acted as paymaster for 8 years. now operated by S. A. Hiltbold. The same year he also purchased the farm in the northwestern part of the borough upon which he now lives, and during recent years has devoted his attention to farming. Mr. Isaac M. Bodine was married September 9, 1863 to Mary E. Stowell, a daughter of Hezekiah and Anna Stowell, and has two children:
Anna, wife of Clarence E. Shumway of Corning
Mayne C., employee of the Fall Brook Coal Company
Mrs. Isaac M. Bodine died January 26th, 1876 at age 35. In politics Mr. Bodine was an old line Whig until the organization of the Republican party with which he affiliated. In religion he is an adherent of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He served a number of years as deputy sheriff, 15 years as a justice of the peace, and has filled various boro offices.
Abram L. of Wellsboro, 1832 (our great-grandfather)
* See separate heading below.
Ellis B., (1836 per census of 1860) died at the age of fifty-six
Ellen A., widow of Rev. M. F. Dewitt
Catherine A., (Kate, 1832 per census) wife of John Wright, of Washington, D.C., then Rochester, NY.
Lewis T., (1840 per census) a resident of Chicago (see Bodine Trucking)
Robert W. (1842 per census) of Wellsboro
Margaret A., (1844 per census) wife of Charles M. Moore, Williamsport
Mrs. Ellis M. Bodine (Margaret Shearer Bodine) died 2-03-1845 in her thirty-third year, having been born March 2, 1812.
Mr. Ellis M.Bodine was again married to Aurilla H. Coolidge, a daughter of Amos Coolidge, who bore him two children:
Henry F. (1849 per census of 1860) of Billings, Montana
Ida, (1854 per 1860 census) who died at the age of twenty-five years
Mr. Ellis M. Bodine died in Wellsboro, august 14th, 1889 in his 89th year. His widow, Aurilla Coolidge Bodine, resides with his son Abram L. Bodine, of Wellsboro, and is in her 80th year. Mr. Bodine was active in the cause of education and took pact in organizing the first common schools in the boro.
From Ronny Bodine:
The marriage of Ellis Bodine and Aurelia Coolidge was reported in the Tioga Banner of Jan 1849. Ellis Bodine lived all of his adult life in Wellsboro, Tioga County. In 1900, 'Arilla' Bodine, now widowed, was living in Wellsboro with her son Lawshe Bodine. She reported having borne 2 children of who only 1 was then living.
Obituary, the Wellsboro Agitator of 20 Aug 1889.
Last Wednesday morning Mr. Ellis M. Bodine died at his home in this borough after a long and very painful sickness with kidney disease. He was in his eighty-ninth year.
Mr. Bodine was born at Jersey Shore, Pa., January 4, 1801. He learned the trade of a tanner. In 1827 he married Miss Margaret Sheerer, of Jersey Shore. All their nine children are still living, namely: Sarah, wife of Dr. H. S. Greeno, of St. Louis, Mo.; Ellen A., wife of Rev. M. F. DeWitt, of Elmira, N.Y.; Catherine, wife of Mr. John W. Wright, Rochester, N.Y.; Margaret, wife of Mr. C. M. Moore, of Williamsport, Pa.; Lewis T., of Kansas City, Mo.; Isaac M., Abram L., Robert W. and Ellis B., of this borough.
Mr. Bodine came to this place soon after his marriage--in 1828--and purchased the Joseph Fish tannery, which stood on the lot where Hammond's grocery now stands. In 1846 he built a large tannery on the corner now occupied by the Wellsboro Carriage Company's trimming shop. Two years later the establishment burned, involving a great loss to its owner. Mr. Bodine was President of the School Board in 1835, and he always took an active interest in the cause of education.
In 1845 Mr. Bodine's first wife died, and in 1848 he married Miss U. H. Coolidge, of Delmar, by whom he had two children, Henry F. and Ida, the latter of whom died a few years ago.
The funeral was held last Friday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Chamberlayne conducting the service.
Obituary, the Wellsboro Agitator of 18 June 1902.
Mrs. Aurilla B. Bodine, aged 85, the widow of Mr. Ellis M. Bodine, died Friday evening in Wellsboro of old age. Her death occurred at the home of her stepson's widow, Mrs. A. L. Bodine. For a year past she had been confined to her bed much of the time owing to her increasing feebleness.
The deceased had spent practically the whole of her long life in Wellsboro. She was a daughter of Mr. Amos Coolidge, who died over 50 years ago, and was for many years one of the most active and prominent residents of this place.
Prior to her marriage to Mr. Bodine, which occurred about 40 years ago, Mrs. Bodine served for considerable time and with great efficiency as a teacher in various schools in this section. She became the mother of two children: Mr. Henry F. Bodine, of Billings, Montana, who survives her, and Miss Ida Bodine, who died when 25 years old. She is survived also by five of her nine stepchildren, most of whom she reared. Mrs. Bodine's husband died in 1889, and shortly after she went to reside in the home of her stepson, Mr. A. L. Bodine, where she spent the remainder of her life.
The deceased was from childhood a most devoted member of the Methodist Church. She possessed great force of character and many Christian graces, which had attracted to her numerous friends.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev. Joseph Dennis, assisted by Rev. Dr. A. C. Shaw, were held Sunday, afternoon from the home of Mrs. A. L. Bodine. A quartette of singers from the Methodist choir sang appropriate hymns, in a very edifying manner, and Mrs. A. L. Bodine expresses earnest gratitude for the comfort their music afforded.
From the Wellsboro Agitator of 5 Sept 1923.
NOTICE. In the matter of the estate of AURILLA H. BODINE, late of Wellsboro, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, deceased. In the Orphan's Court of Tioga county, No. 1, January Term, 1923.
And now, August 27, 1923, upon motion of Walter Sherwood of the firm of Sherwood & Owlett, rule is granted upon the heirs of Ellis M. Bodine, late of Wellsboro, deceased, to wit: Nettie Slaughter, issue of Sarah Greenough; Anna Shumway and Mayne Bodine, issue of Isaac M. Bodine; William T. Bodine, Ada Doane, Fred M. Bodine and Harry E. Bodine, issue of A. L. Bodine; Walter De Witt and Mary Lamb, issue of Ellen De Witt; Frances Farnham, Ellis Wright and Alfred Wright, issue of Kate Wright; Frank Bodine, Arthur Bodine and Thomas Bodine, issue of Ellis Bodine, Jr.; Leah B. Muistot, Olean B. Kesson and Camille B. Stevenson, issue of Lewis Bodine; Charles W. Bodine and Nettie McNeil, issue of Robert W. Bodine; Louis Moore and Margaret A. Kahn, issue of Margaret Moore, to accept or refuse the real estate described to the inquisition of the sheriff and jurors thereto attached or show cause why the same shall not be sold. A copy of said inquisition and rule to be served upon all the parties living in Pennsylvania, those living without the state of Pennsylvania and those whose residences are unknown to be served by advertisement published in the successive issues of the Wellsboro Agitator; those living without the state whose residence is known, to be served by a copy of said inquisition and rule by registered mail addressed to their last known residence, returnable the FOURTH MONDAY of SEPTEMBER, 1923, at 2 o'clock p.m. By the Court, Aug. 29, 23 HOWARD F. MARSH, P.J.