Notes for: David Monroe Bodine, Jr.

The following could apply to this David Bodine, Jr., but I am only guessing:

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From: Brian D Bodine [deltastyle1 at juno.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003

Hello David,

... St. Michael's Episcopal Church on N. Warren St near Perry St... The Church, by the way, is 300 years old! This particular Church wa s built some time after that. Getting to the point: I walked in, and found a stack of Papers with names. I looked it over and found my Mother's Mother, two Uncles and one Aunt. Then I found two Bodine's. One is David Bodine Jr. who is on your list. The other is Elisabeth Bodine (Elisabeth with an "s" not a "z"). She is not on your list... I would guess that they were all members of this Church. It originally started on the grounds of what is now Trenton Psychiatric Hospital. I am told that part of the Cemetery is on the grounds there. I was bowled over to find these names at this 300 year old Church. Do you know anything about David Bodine Jr.? Or Elisabeth? I would think the Archives in Trenton should. Maybe we are related to David Jr.? And Elisabeth. . .

There are famous people buried there including David Brearely (sp?), one of the signers of the Constitution of The United States. Also, General George Washinton and his troops marched past here! Right up the street is The Battle Monument...

Sincerely, Brian David Bodine. . .

From: Carol Hurt [carolhurt at earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Subject: Bodine family

Hi, Dave! I happened on your website and was astonished. My father is David M. Bodine III, my brother is David M. Bodine IV. They were born in Mercer County, NJ, and they descend from Judiah (Jediah) Higgins Bodine. Very interesting to find all these connections! Is there any information I can give you?

Carol Bodine Hurt

From Ronny Bodine:

On 5 June 1918 in Trenton, David M. Bodine registered for the World War I draft. He reported that he had been born in Trenton on 13 May 1897, that he worked for the U.S. Food Administration in Philadelphia, and that his father, David M. Bodine, was his next of kin. He was a 1918 graduate of Swarthmore College and in 1922 was associated with his father at Bodine's Provision Company. The Trenton Evening Times of 23 May 1922 reported the wedding of David M. Bodine to Gradys E. Bradfield, daughter of Charles Bradfield of Westfield at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Westfield. In 1930, David Bodine lived with his family in Trenton, working there as a meat dealer.

Obituary, Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 13 June 1967.
David M. Bodine Jr., 70, of 225 Beechwood Avenue died suddenly today at Mercer Hospital. A native of Trenton, he was a graduate of Swarthmore College. He was a member of Column Lodge 120, F & AM; Scottish Rite, Crescent Temple. He was formerly associated with D. M. Bodine & Sons. Surviving are his wife, Gladys B. Bodine; two sons, Charles Bradfield of Greensboro, N.C., and David M. 3d of Trenton; a brother, Robert P. of Trenton, and six grandchildren. Services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in All Saints Chapel of Trinity Cathedral with the burial office offered by Dean Lloyd G. Chattin. Interment will be in Ewing Church Cemetery under direction of Ivins & Taylor. There will be no calling hours and contributions may be sent to the donor's favorite charity.

Obituary, The Evening Times (Trenton, N.J.) of 11 Feb 1974.
Mrs. Gladys Bradfield Bodine, 73, of the Beechwood Gardens Apartments, 225 Beechwood Avenue, died Sunday at the Morris Hall Rehabilitation and Health Center. Mrs. Bodine attended State Normal School in Trenton, was active for many years in the American Red Cross, Mercer Auxiliary and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Union Industrial Home. She was the widow of David M. Bodine Jr., who was a partner of the D. M. Bodine and Sons Pork processors. Surviving are two sons Charles Bradfield Bodine of Greensboro, N.C. and David M. Bodine 3d of Trenton, and six grandchildren. The burial office will begin at 11 a.m., Tuesday at All Saints Chapel of Trinity Cathedral. Dean Lloyd G. Chattin will officiate. Interment will be at Ewing Church cemetery under the direction of Ivins and Taylor. Friends may call on Tuesday from 10:30 until 11 a.m. at All Saints Chapel. Contributions may be made to the Trinity Cathedral or the American Cancer Society.

From New Jersey Death Records:
Gladys B. Bodine of Trenton, Mercer County. died 10 Feb 1974 in Lawrence Township, Mercer County.