Notes for: Sarah Ann Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
From Hunterdon County, New Jersey Marriage Records:
John S. Chamberlain AND Sarah Ann Bodine were married 5 March 1831.
1850 Readington, Hunterdon Co., NJ: John S. CHAMBERLAIN 40 NJ tailor, Sarah 44 NJ, Esther Ann 18 NJ, Elmira 14 NJ, George 12 NJ.
1860 Readington, Hunterdon Co., NJ: John L. CHAMBERLIN 49 NJ farmer, Sarah A. 54 NJ, Hester A. 25 NJ, George T. B. 22 NJ
From U.S. Army Register of Enlistments
John S. Chamberlain, 37, born Hunterdon Co., NJ, enlisted 1 March 1851 at Sonoma, Calif. in 1st Drgs. of C. [1st Dragoon of Cavalry], discharged 1 March 1856 for exp. of service
1870 Readington, Hunterdon Co., NJ: John CHAMBERLAIN 59 NJ tailor, Sarah A. 63 NJ, Hester Ann 39 NJ.
1880 Readington, Hunterdon Co., NJ: John S. CHAMBERLAIN 69 NJ farmer, Sarah A. 74 NJ wife, Elmira MITCHELL 43 NJ dau widow, Sarah MITCHELL 15 NJ gdau.
1885 Readington, Hunterdon Co., NJ: Sarah A. CHAMBERLAIN over 60, Hester A. SMITH 20-60, Jacob W. M. SMITH 20-60, Elmira MITCHELL 20-60, Ella B. MITCHELL 20-60, Sadie M. MITCHELL 20-60.
Sarah Chamberlain is not listed in the 1895 New Jersey census and likely had died by this time as she would have been in her mid-80s.