Notes for: John Augustus Bodine
From Ronny Bodine (May 16, 2020):
From The Daily Home News (New Brunswick, NJ) of 14 Jan 1903.
Miss Bessie R. Griggs and Augustine Bodine, of Franklin Park, will be married this evening at the residence of her father, B. S. Griggs at Franklin Park. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. Clifford P. Case, of the Franklin Park Reformed Church.
1905 North Brunswick Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ: John A. BODINE Dec 1869 NJ carpenter, Bessie G. June 1878 NJ, Lauretta J. Feb 1843 NJ widowed.
1910 North Brunswick Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ: John A. BODINE 40 NJ carpenter, Bessie G. 31 NJ wife, Elisabeth 1 6/12 NJ dau. Married 7 years, 1 child born/1 living.
1915 North Brunswick Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ: John A. BODINE Dec 1869 NJ carpenter, Bessie Aug 1870 NJ, Elizabeth Oct 1909 NJ student, Lurmata [sic] J. Feb 1844 NJ widowed.
By Jan 1920, Bess Bodine was widowed and with her daughter was living with her mother in Franklin Township, Somerset County. In April 1930, Bess Bodine, aged 52, remained a widow living with her mother. Bess (Griggs) Bodine was the daughter of Benjamin Schenck and Sarah A. (Suydam) Griggs.
Obituary, The Daily Home News (New Brunswick, NJ) of Monday, 7 May 1917.
John Augustus Bodine, tax assessor of New Brunswick Township, and formerly tax collector, died suddenly at his home at Franklin Park, Sunday afternoon. While Mr. Bodine had not been in good health for several months, he had not been confined to his bed until the past week, Besides his wife, Mrs. Bessie Bodine, he leaves one daughter, Betty, and a mother, Mrs. Loretta Bodine, of Franklin Park. Mr. Bodine was one of the best known and most popular residents in that vicinity, and was engaged in the general contracting business. He was an active member of the Franklin Park Reformed Church, and had served many years as deacon, and was prominently identified with the Men's Club of the church. His loss will be a keen one to the church. The funeral service will be conducted by Rev. Clifford Case, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., formerly of Franklin Park, and the interment will be in Elm Ridge Cemetery, Franklin Park, Undertaker Hubbard having charge of the arrangements.
Obituary, The Daily Home News (New Brunswick, NJ) of Wednesday, 2 Sept 1953.
FRANKLIN PARK, Sept. 2.---Mrs. Bessie Griggs Bodine died yesterday in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Richard Ginglen, Lincoln highway. She had been ill a long time. Mrs. Bodine was born in this place, June 17, 1878, daughter of the late Benjamin S. and Sarah Ann Suydam Griggs. She was a graduate of New Jersey State Normal School, Trenton, taught at the old Anable School in New Brunswick for many years and retired five years ago after being principal of Franklin Park School. Besides her daughter, she is survived by a brother, Dr. Eugene S. Griggs; two sisters, Mrs. Isaac V. Williamson of North Brunswick and Mrs. George Schlosser of New Brunswick; two grandsons, Richard and Robert Ginglen. Her husband was the late John A. Bodine. A service will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Quackenboss Funeral Home, 156 Livingston avenue, New Brunswick. The Rev. Leonard A. Jones of the Six Mile Run Reformed Church will officiate. Interment will be private.
From New Jersey Death Records:
John A. Bodine: His death was not recorded by the state.
Bess G. Bodine of Franklin Twp., Somerset County, died September 1953 at the New Jersey State Hospital in Marlboro, Monmouth County.
Burials in Elm Ridge Cemetery, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 13879859)
JOHN AUGUSTUS BODINE 1867---1917 BESSIE RACHEL GRIGGS 1878---1953