Notes for: Thomas Herbert Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

From The Washington Post of 19 Aug 1904: Charles Bodine and Sarah Redden and Thomas Bodine and Mary Redden, brothers and sisters, all of Cropley, Maryland, were married the previous evening in a private double ceremony at the home of the brides' brother, Oliver Redden, at 1375 F St. NE. Sarah and Mary Redden were the daughters of Thomas William and Isabel (Riggles) Redden. Their father, Thomas Redden, postmaster at Cropley, had died two months previously.

From District of Columbia Marriage Records:
Thomas H. Bodine, 32 AND Mary Olivia Redden, 25, were married 18 Aug 1904.

In 1920-1930, Thomas Bodine lived next door to his brother Charles in Potomoc, Montgomery County. In 1920, he worked as a blacksmith for a steel company.

1940 Montgomery Co., MD: Thomas H. BODINE 68 MD blacksmith, Mary O. 60 MD wife. Residence 1 April 1935: Same place.

From Social Security Applications and Claims:
Thomas Herbert Bodine, born 6 Aug 1871 in Potomac, Montgomery Co., Maryland, son of Joseph & Elizabeth (Stone) Bodine. Applied for a SSN in February 1943.

Obituary, The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.) of 30 Sept 1963.
On Thursday, September 26, 1963, MARY O. (OLIE) BODINE of 9501 MacArthur blvd., Bethesda, Md., beloved wife of the late Thomas H. Bodine, sister of Sarah F. Bodine, Isabell R. Anderson, Dorothy V. Day and J. Russell Redden. Friends are invited to call at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Funeral Home of Robert A. Pumphrey, Bethesda, Md., where services will be held on Monday, September 30, at 11 a.m. Interment Parklawn Cemetery.