Notes for: Jessie ("Jess") Lee Bodine
He may not be Lewis's son. Lurena said in 1900 and 1910 that she had ten children of whom nine were still alive. This would seem to preclude Jess from being her son; although, the jury is still out.
I did have his name only as Jess Bodine until I got the message below:
From: Frank Cardoza [FCardoza at ATechware.com]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004
Subject: Bodine
Hello,
It may be that we are somewhat related :-). My Grandma is Goldie May Bodine and her father and mother are Jess Lee Bodine and Estalla Mae Richardson. I saw your note that Jess may not be Lewis's son. I was wondering if you ruled his out yet or not? How did you come across Jess's information? I have a copy of my Grandma's birth certificate, which shows Jess and Estalla. I unfortunately don't know who fathered Jess Bodine. I'm also working on collecting genealogical information for my family tree. My website is here: http://cardoza.info. Any information you can provide would be great.
Best Regards,
Frank Cardoza
From Ronny Bodine:
On 5 June 1917, Jessie Lee Bodine registered for the World War 1 draft in Custer County, Oklahoma. He reported he was born 25 Feb 1891 in Dunkin (=Duncan), Oklahoma, was married with one child, and was a farmer. He lived in Barnitz Township, Custer County, OK in 1920 as Jess Bodine 30 farmer, Stella 28 TX, Goldie 4 6/12 OK, Loyal 2 11/12 OK. In 1930 he lived in Washita Township, Custer County as Jess Bodine 39 OK farmer, Stella 38 TX, Goldie 15 OK, Lowell 12 OK, Ira 9 OK, Ivan 5 OK, Billie Joe 1 3/12 OK. In 1920 he did not know where he was born and in 1930 he said he was born in OK of parents born in Texas.