Notes for: James 'Otis' Bodine
From: John Everett
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2024
Subject: Bodine Genealogy ( Ruby Bodine)
Hi ! My name is John Everett, I live in Strafford, Missouri, Webster County ( the city of Strafford I'm in Greene County, I live in the rural part of Strafford.
I have only recently began getting interested in family history, and was so excited to see your work! I've always been interested but didn't realize how much info is out there to research. One of the good qualities of the internet!
My grandma was Ruby Pauline Bodine. She passed when I was 16. She was a wonderful grandmother! Her father and mother were Otis and Janie Bodine. Ruby and my grandpa Arthur Hall ( Ruby's husband). All are buried in the cemetery in Niangua, Missouri. My mom, their daughter is buried there as well. So is Robert Bodine... Soon as I can I'll send pictures of them all, as well as the gravesites.
Thanks,
John Everett
From Ronny Bodine (August 18, 2024):
1st marriage-1907-SARAH J. HICKS.
From Jefferson County, Illinois Marriage Records:
James O. Bodine, 26, single, born in Bollinger Co., MO, son of S. A. Bodine & Malissa D. Bryant AND Sarah J. Hicks, 17, single, born in Jefferson Co., Ill., dau. of A. P. Hicks & Josephine Loman, were married 18 July 1907.
James Bodine, age 28 and now widowed, was living and working 1910 on the farm of his parents in Jeff Davis Township, Little River County, Arkansas.
2nd marriage-1911-JANNIE LANSDELL.
From Little River County, Arkansas Marriage Records:
Jas. Otis Bodine, 29, of Foreman AND Janie Lansdell, 18 of Foreman were married 28 May 1911 by James Young.
On 12 Sept 1918, he registered for the World War I draft in Webster County, Missouri. In 1920, as Otis Bodine, he was living with his wife and daughter in Jeff Davis Township, Little River County, Arkansas engaged in farming.
On 27 April 1942, James Otis Bodine of Topeka, Kansas registered for the World War II Draft. He reported he was born 28 Aug 1881 in Marble Hill, Missouri, was unemployed, and named "Miss Harvey" of Topeka as his next of kin.
From the Missouri Death Certificate of James Otis Bodine, husband of Jennie Bodine, born 28 Aug 1881 in Missouri, son of Stephen & Melissa (Bryant) Bodine; died 1 Feb 1947 in Springfield, Greene County; buried in Niangua. Mrs. Jennie Bodine of Springfield, informant.
Obituary, Springfield (MO) Leader and Press of Sunday, 2 Feb 1947.
James Otis Bodine, aged 65 years, died at his home, 734 West Olive, at 3:30 o'clock Saturday morning, following an extended illness. Survivors include his widow Jennie; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Hall of Springfield, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Christian church at Niangua tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will be made in Niangua cemetery under direction of the Rainey funeral home of Marshfield.
From the Missouri Death Certificate of Jannie Bodine, widow of Otis Bodine, born 2 Feb 1891 in Arkansas, dau. of Robert & Annis (Pettigrew) Lansdell; died 1 Nov 1947 in Springfield, Greene County; buried in Niangua. Ruby Hall of Niangua, informant.
Obituary, Springfield (MO) Leader and Press of Sat., 1 Nov 1947.
Mrs. Jennie Bodine, 56, widow of Otis J. Bodine, 734 West Olive, died in a local hospital at 2:45 o'clock this morning. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Hall of Niangua; one sister, Mrs. Hannah Green of Foreman, Ark., three brothers, Frank Lansdell of Texas, Joe and John Lansdell of Foreman, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Niangua Christian church with burial following in the Niangua cemetery under direction of the Rainey funeral home of Marshfield.
Burials in Niangua Cemetery, Niangua, Webster County, Missouri.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 96266974)
BODINE JANNIE Feb. 2, 1891 Nov. 1, 1947 J. OTIS Aug. 28, 1881 Feb. 1, 1947