Notes for: William Bodine

In 1860, this William Bodine was in the Census of Logansport, IN. I was checking into this Bodine possibly being the father of the Rosen Delmain that Stephanie Mansfield wrote to me about. The year 1860 is about the year Rosen was born and according to his own words, he was born in Logansport. That Rosen Delmain is actually been determined to be a Bodine by DNA evidence. However, without some documentation, one cannot know which Bodine was Rosen's ancestor. It is all speculation at this point. See Stephanie's research on Rosen Delmain on Ancestry for all the details on this.

Fom Ronny Bodine (Oct. 20, 2020):

In June 1870, William Bodine, 37, a horse trainer, lived in Middletown, Orange County with his wife Mary 30 and stepdaughter, Georgianna Kirby, 10. In June 1880, William Bodine, horse trainer, reporting his age as 56, lived in Middletown with his wife Mary 40, their son William, 9, (step-)daughter Georgianna Perry, her husband John Perry and their son Frank, 5, stepson Ira Kirby 19. In June 1900, Mary Bodine, age 55 (born March 1845) and widowed, lived in the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Georgianna and John Perry. In April 1910, Mary E. Bodine, 70, lived in Middletown and was head of a household that included her widowed daughter Georgianna Perry. In Jan 1920, Mary E. Bodine, age 75, lived with her daughter Georgianna Perry in Middletown. Georgianna died in 1928.

The Sunday Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) of 8 Jan 1882.
William Bodine, the first trainer and driver of Goldsmith Maid, Gloster, Midnight and other trotters, which have attained celebrity, died at Middletown, N.Y, on Friday, 30th ult, of pneumonia, aged 51 years.

When his son, William Hunt Bodine, applied for a SSN in January 1937, he reported his mother was named Mary Wells. This is supported by the obituary of Mrs. Esther Stewart published in the Middletown (NY) Daily Argus of 6 Feb 1895. Therein it stated "Mrs. Esther, widow of the late Enoch Stewart, died at the residence of her sister, Mrs. William Bodine, on West Main street." Her named survivors include three brothers, Robert H. Wells, Gabriel L. Wells and Abner S. Wells, all of Middletown, and two sisters, Mrs. Keziah L. Doane, of Springside and Mrs. Wm. Bodine." Gabriel L. Wells died 3 Oct 1896 and in his obituary appearing in the Middletown Daily Argus of the same date, sister Elizabeth, widow of William Bodine, of this city, is named as a survivor.

From New York Death Records:
William Bodine died 30 December 1881 in Middletown, Orange County.
Mary E. Bodine died 21 September 1920 in Middletown, Orange County.