Notes for: Elton M. Berdine

From Ronny Bodine (June 13, 2020):

In 1850, he was recorded as Elting Bodine, age 1, a male, but in 1860 was Ellen, age 11, a female and in 1870 was Elten M. Berdine, aged 21, again a male, living with his parents in Trivoli, Peoria County, Illinois.

Ida May Cramer was the daughter of Jacob Benjamin and Jane (Shepard) Cramer and was living 1870 in Trivoli, Peoria Co., Illinois.

In the biographical sketch of his brother, George Berdine, in "Portrait and Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kansas" [Chapman Bros., 1888], p. 1025, wherein were named the children of Vincent and Louisa Berdine, he was called Ellen M., yet must be identical with Elton M. Bodine, born Dec 1848 in Illinois of parents born in New Jersey, living in Logan Township, Peoria County in June 1900. He reported his occupation as horseman and that he was widowed.

From Peoria County, Illinois Death Records:
E. M. Berdine, 61, widower, died 5 Jan 1910 in Peoria of cancer of the jaw and was buried in Trivoli.