Notes for: Mary Eleanor Bodine
I had her death date as May 14, 1832, but that is incorrect. Maybe it is 1932.
From Ronny Bodine:
Portrait and Biographical Record of Hunterdon and Warren Counties, New Jersey, Chapman Pub. Co.: New York, 1898, p. 367-368.
Biography of John D. Cregar:
November 1, 1864, Mr. Cregar married Mary E. Bodine, daughter of Peter and Susan (LeFoy) Bodine. The father was born in Hunterdon County, and was a son of John Bodine, whose home was at Three Bridges. Peter Bodine was a farmer by occupation, and when Mrs. Cregar was born was living in Washington, Warren County, N. J., but soon returned here, settling in Union Township, where he bought a farm and spent the rest of his life. He was a member of the Baptist Church for a number of years prior to his death and was esteemed by all who knew him. His children were as follows: Elizabeth L,., wife of Holloway Van Sickle, of Holland Township; Daniel S., a business man of Stockton, N. J.; John T., deceased; Harriet C, who died in early womanhood; Hettie, who never married; Abraham L., deceased; Catherine, widow of Asa C. Hill, of Medina, N. Y.; Jane, widow of Ezra Dewitt, of Scranton, Pa. ; and Mary E. , Mrs. Cregar.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Hunterdon and Warren Counties, New Jersey, Chapman Pub. Co.: New York, 1898, p. 367-368.
John D. Cregar was born March 4, 1836, near Norton, Union Township, Hunterdon County, and in his youth he acquired practical experience in the duties of a farm. He was educated in the neighborhood schools, at a time when such schools were supported by popular subscription. When he was about twenty years old his father removed to this township, buying the farm now owned by our subject, and which has since been his home. He remained with his father, giving his attention to the cultivation and improvement of the farm, and gradually assuming more and more of the manifold duties until his father's death, in 1867, when he bought the place from the other heirs. He owns one hundred and sixty-three acres here, another farm of one hundred and forty-eight acres adjoining, and sixty-eight acres in Lebanon Township and interests in other estates. For a quarter of a century he devoted much attention to dairying, shipping large quantities of milk to the cities, and he also has been interested in growing fruit and raising stock. He is not a politician, simply doing his duty as a voter, his ballot being given to the nominees of the Republican party. Religiously he is identified with the Baptist Church of Clinton, and for eighteen years has been a deacon in the same.
November 1, 1864, Mr. Cregar married Mary E. Bodine, daughter of Peter and Susan (LeFoy) Bodine. [For balance of this paragraph see under Peter Bodine, father of Mary.]
The only living son of our subject and wife is Peter Bodine, a graduate of the South Jersey Institute, of Bridgeton, N. J., where he completed the scientific course; then graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and is now taking a series of studies in the Philadelphia Medical College. Another son, William Westcott, a young man of great promise, died when in his nineteenth year.
From New Jersey Federal Census Records:
1910 Clinton, Hunterdon Co.: John D. CREGAR 74 NJ farmer married1-45 years, Mary E. 72 NJ wife married1-45 years 2 children born/1 living.
Burials in Clinton Baptist Church Cemetery, Clinton, Hunterdon County.
(For a photograph of their grave marker see Find A Grave Memorial No. 69065147.)
John D. Cregar March 4, 1836 August 18, 1925
Mary Ellen Bodine His Wife Dec. 11, 1837 May 14, 1932