Notes for: Hannah Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
From Eastern State Journal (White Plains, N.Y.) of Friday, 12 July 1849.
In Peekskill, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. D. M. Halliday, Mr. Henry Steele, of Sing Sing, to Miss Hannah, daughter of Mr. John Bodine, of Peekskill.
From New York Federal Census Records:
1880 (8 June) Peekskill, Westchester Co.: Henry STEEL 54 NY iron moulder, Hannah 52 NY wife, John B. 27 NY son painter.
Burials in Presbyterian Ground, Yorktown, Westchester County, New York.
Henry Steele died June 15, 1899 age 72 yrs 7 mos
Hannah Steele Steele wife of Henry, Oct. 26, 1828 - Nov. 12, 1914
From The Highland Democrat of 16 May 1903:
[Partial abstract] John Bodine Steele is a native of this village, having first seen the light of day in a house on Washington street opposite the entrance to Drum Hill school on the 16th day of May, 1859, and is celebrating the 44th anniversary of that event to-day. He is the son of the late Henry and Hannah Bodine Steele. He comes from a lighting stock, his great-great grandfather, Colonel John Hyatt, being a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His great uncle, George McChain, and grandfather, John Bodine, served their country in the war of 1812 with Great Britain, and his father, Henry Steele, helped save the union in the civil war.
Obituary, The Highland Democrat (Highland, N.Y.) of Sat. 21 Jan 1899.
A good citizen, an upright man, an excellent neighbor, a loving husband, a kind father and a Christian gentleman passed away at 1:30 o'clock last Sunday morning when Henry Steele died at his home, No. 207 Union avenue. Mr. Steele was attacked with grip a week before Christmas and was believed to be on the mend up to the Thursday before his death when heart weakness developed and he continued to grow more feeble up to the time of his death. Heart failure was the immediate cause of death. He was a native of Peekskill, having been born in this village, May 21st, 1826. He was the son of William and Sarah Steele, and was one of three sons, only one of whom, Charles K. Steele, of Bayonne, N. J., now remain. He also leaves an aged mother and three sisters. He learned the trade of a moulder and worked in the Peekskill foundries all his life until October, 1897, when failing strength compelled him to stop all active work. When he ceased work he was employed in the foundry of Southard, Robertson & Co., where he had been for the past twelve years. On tho 1st day of July, I849, he was united in marriage to Hannah Bodine, of Peekskill. The fruit of this union was thre children, all of who m preceded the father to the spiritland, except one son, John B. Steele, for the past twenty-thre e years a faithful employee in the composing room of the DEMOCRAT office. 13th day of August, 1861, Mr. Steele enlisted as a musician in the band of the 9th Regiment, New York Volunteers, (Hawkins Zouaves,) and served until Aug. 25th, 1862, when he was honorably discharged from the service at Falmouth Station, in Virginia. After the war he was for some time a member of the Peekskill Cornet Band, then as now under the leadership of Thomas Flockton. He was for many years a member of the First Presbyterian church and faithful in his attendance and to his church vows. He wa s highly esteemed and respected in the community in which his whole life had been passed, as was attested by the very large concourse of people present at the funeral services. These services were held at the late residence on Tuesda y afternoon at 1 o'clock and were in charge of Rev. A. O. Fessenden, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, who spoke feelingly and to the point. He was not a member of tho Grand Army Post, but many veterans attended the services. The cornet band, under the leadership of Mr. Flockton, attended in a body and played a funeral hymn as the casket containing the remains was carried from the home to the hearse. The interment was in the family plot in the Presbyterian cemetery at Yorktown, beside the loved ones gone before.
Obituary, The Highland Democrat (Highland, N.Y.) of 14 Nov 1914.
Hannah, widow of Henry Steele, died at her home, 207 Union avenue, Thursday night, in her eighty-seventh year. She had been in poor health for some years, but was only confined to her bed a few days. Mrs. Steele was born in Yorktown, November 26, 1828, the daughter of John and Susan McChain Bodine. The family moved to Peekskill when she was a child. In early girlhood she became a member of the First Presbyterian Church and for more than thirty years was a teacher in the primary department of the Sunday school of that church and was an active worker in the church. The deceased was married to Mr. Steele about sixty-five years ago. He died in 1899. She is survived by one son, John R. Steele, with whom she resided. The funeral services will be held from her late home Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, the Rev. B. H. Everitt officiating. The interment will be at Hillside.