Notes for: William Addison Bodine
I think this is the William Bodine who Ovelia M. Sheffield referred to in a query at the Bodine Genealogy Forum. She said that Martin was a Revolutionary War veteran (sic?) and that his son, William, was born February 15, 1850. His daughter, Mary Leta, was born December 7, 1882 in Clinton, Missouri. And Ovelia's father, William Bodine NewKirk, Mary Leta's son, was born in Moberly, Missouri in 1909.
I did have his name as William R. Bodine. I asked Ovelia where she got the middle name "Addison" from. She said that it came from the family Bible she got from her grandmother, Mary Leta (Bodine) Newkirk. Mary Leta was William's daughter and should know what his middle name was. In addition, Ovelia has a narrative history of the family written by her grandmother that gives his name as Addison. The initial "R" I had for his middle name must have been a misreading of "A."
From Ronny Bodine:
In 1900, William Bodine, a grocer, lived with his family in Salisbury Township, Chariton County, Missouri. He reported that in 19 years of marriage his wife had borne 5 children of whom 4 were then living. In 1910, he lived in Moberly, Randolph County reporting that in 29 years of marriage his 4 children were still living. William and Mary Bodine were buried in Oakland Cemetery, Moberly. See their Missouri death certificates nos. 1911-3041 and 1928-24804. Mary (Terry) Bodine was the daughter of DeWitt and Matilda (Allison) Terry.
From Henry County, Missouri Marriage Records:
W. A. Bodine, of Clinton, Henry County AND Miss Ella Terry, of Clinton, were married 8 Nov 1881 at Clinton by W. M. Ragland, M.G.
Funeral notice, Moberly Weekly Monitor (Moberly, Mo.) of 31 Jan 1911.
The funeral services over the remains of the late W. A. Bodine were held yesterday morning at ten o'clock from the family residence southeast of the city, conducted by Rev. S. Boyd White. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. Interment was in Oakland Cemetery.
*End of info from Ronny.
From: Connie Abel [mailto:cabel at columbus.rr.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010
Subject: RE: correction to webpage
Hello again,
Thank you for your quick response!
When I was looking last night, I had only seen one little page from your website; this morning I found the rest of it. Wow. I cannot begin to imagine the hours of work it represents.
I believe Lorena Bodine died in Decatur, Illinois, but I am not sure. I believe Helen Bodine died in Jefferson City, Missouri sometime in the early 1970's. My husband and I visited her in her home when our oldest child was a baby, which would have been the summer of 1969, and she died a little while after that.
I have a very vague memory of my grandmother mentioning "Baby Ruth", which makes me wonder if she might have died very young. The only siblings I heard of consistently were my father's Aunt Lorena and Aunt Helen, whom I knew (there was never a reference to an "Aunt Ruth"), and Uncle Terry, named for my great grandmother Mary Ella Terry, and whose name my father and brother continued. Uncle Terry died before I was born.
I have quite a bit of information on my mother's side of the family, and in 1974, my father put together a few pages about the Newkirk/Bodine side for the family. I learned a little before her passing that my cousin, Ovelia Mae (Newkirk) Sheffield, was interested in genealogy and had done some research. I think she mentioned that she had the family Bible. We corresponded a little in the last few years of her life; we had only met briefly a time or two when I was small. The last I had heard, her brother William was living in Chicago.
The pages my father assembled are largely about the family of Talitha C. Woods, who had eleven brothers and sisters, showing the descent from Adam Loftus, "Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland…born at Swineshead in Yorkshire in 1534." If any of this information would be helpful to you, please let me know. The information covers several pages and would probably best be mailed to you. Most of the information regarding dates which my father gave were for marriages-no dates of birth or death.
Here is the information I have regarding the descendants of Talitha:
Talitha C. Woods married first Martin Bodine December 27, 1842, and had children Robert, Katie, Mary T., William A., and Ashby Bodine. Talitha Woods Bodine married William H. Dulaney and had one son James G. Dulaney.
William A. Bodine married Mary Ella Terry and had children Mary Leta, Ruth, Terry A., Lorena and Helen.
Mary Leta Bodine married William Milo Newkirk and had children William Bodine, and Terry Franklin.
Terry Franklin Newkirk married Betty Jo Stevens on August 9, 1942, and had children Terry Franklin, Jr., Marc Stevens, and Connie Maria.
Here is some information that you may find of interest from the preface to the material my dad provided:
My mother, Mary Leta Bodine Newkirk, often mentioned her Grandma Dulaney whom she would visit in the summer and at whose house she attended many parties. This was the house in Hannibal, Missouri, that Aunt Helen describes as a "mansion", and the house and grounds covered a city block. Grandma Dulaney's maiden name was Talitha Woods. She was a direct descendant of Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin and Chancellor of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I of Britain. Talitha Woods first married Martin Bodine and they had a son, William Bodine, my mother's father. Martin Bodine apparently died young and Talitha then married William H. Dulaney. It is said that Talitha was wealthy and that William Dulaney used this money to build a lumber business which further prospered; they were considered to be millionaires. The Dulaney's [sic] gave the house in which I was born in Moberly, Missouri to my Grandmother Bodine. (Her husband, Talitha's son, was considered to be a poor business man.) We lived in this house until I was eight years old as my mother took care of her mother who was an invalid for 22 years. Of the Dulaney estate, only $2000 was inherited by my mother. The majority of the estate passed to William Dulaney's children by a previous wife. My great grandmother and William Dulaney were married for over 50 years. After she died, he built a big library at Paris, Missouri, in memory of his first wife in the town where my great grandmother and her children were born, using the money he inherited from my great grandmother! William Woods College in Missouri was founded by Talitha's Woods' brother, William Woods. He gave the money to keep it going and they still have Dulaney and Woods scholarships. [signed] Terry F. Newkirk December 24, 1974.
I have a few very early pictures of the family, given to me by my great aunt Helen. As I recall, one is of my great grandmother, Mary Ella Terry, and one may be of my great-great grandmother, Talitha C. Woods.
One question occurs to me that perhaps you could answer: how did the Bodines in your branch pronounce their last name? Long "i" or short "ee"?
Thank you for all of your good work on your website!
Connie