Notes for: Hettie ("Betty") Bodine
Her name in the 1860 Census of Delaware Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ is "Betty." She never married.
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.