Notes for: Sylvanus / Venus Bodine
He was called Sylvester in a short town history of Walden. He is buried in the Segar Cemetery in Steuben County, New York. This is on the Smith farm in Prattsburg.
He and his wife are in the 1830 Census of Montgomery, Orange Co., NY.
Bodine, Sylvanus
1 Male of 20 & under 30
1 Female of 20 & under 30
Total 2
From Ronny Bodine:
From Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County, New York, Chapman Pub. Co., New York, 1895, p. 729.
Biography of Hon. Frederic Bodine. The father of our subject, Sylvanus Bodine, was also born on the old homestead, near Walden, and on reaching maturity married Sally Ann Horton, a daughter of John Horton, of Goshen, N.Y. After his marriage the father located on a farm in the vicinity of his old home, where his two sons were born, the brother of Frederic being Amasa H., now a resident of Prattsburg, Steuben County, N.Y., where the father also removed in 1866. His death occured at the age of seventy-three years, March 23, 1879, and his wife died at the age of eighty-three, July 3, 1890.
From Dutch Reformed Church of Montgomery, Orange County, Marriages:
29 Sept 1829: Sylvanus Bodine and Sally Ann Horton.
From New York Federal Census Records:
1830 Montgomery, Orange Co.: Sylvanus BODINE males 1(20-29), females 1(20-29).
1850 (27 Sept) Montgomery, Orange Co.: Sylvanus BODINE 42 NY Farmer, Sarah 40 NY, Amzi (male) 19 NY, Frederick 15 NY.
1860 (9 Aug) Montgomery, Orange Co.: Frederick BODINE 25 NY Farmer, Sylvenus 55 NY, Sarah A. 53 NY.
1870 (19 July) Prattsburgh, Steuben Co.: Silvenous BODINE 62 NY Farmer, Sarah 59 NY.
Burials in Segar Cemetery, Smith Farm, Prattsburg, Steuben County, New York
Sylvenus Bodine Born Jul. 10, 1807 Died March 23, 1879
Sarah A. Bodine Born Feb. 27, 1810 Died July 3, 1890