Notes for: Aloysius ("Losh") I. Bodine
This must be the Elisha Bodine in the 1850 Census of Vermillion Co., IN. He is five years old and born in IL.
He died of pneumonia at the age of 85. The Brown/Bodine site gives his name as A. J. Bodine.
I have an obituary from 1929 that was sent to me about this man, "A. I. Bodine." He died at his home in Velva on a Thursday afternoon and was buried in the Velva Cemetery. He suffered a great deal from asthma, but the cause of death was listed as heart failure.
The obituary says that when he was a young boy, he and his family went from Paris, IL to Austin, MN by covered wagon. He lived there until his marriage to Ellen Creegan. She was also from Paris. After they married, they moved west in a covered wagon and settle in Flandreau, SD and homesteaded there until coming to the "Bergen country" in 1906. I guess this is in the Velva area of ND. Their four children were born in SD.
Aloysius helped to haul recruits from Austin, MN to Fort Snelling during the Civil War. He did this by wagon with spring seats. The trip took three days.
From Ronny Bodine:
Aloysius and Ellen Bodine were buried in Velva Cemetery, Velva, McHenry County, North Dakota.
(For grave marker photos see Find A Grave Memorials Nos. 19262630 & 19262631)
Aloysious I. 1844 + 1929 Father Ellen 1856 + 1951 Mother
From Freeborn County, Minnesota Marriage Records:
Aloysius Bodine, 27 AND Ellen Cregan, 22, were married 28 April 1879.
1895 Freeborn Co., MN: Ellen BODINE 36 IL house keeper, Chas. 14 MN, Francis 12 MN, Pearl 10 MN, Mary 8 MN.
1900 Newry, Freeborn Co., MN: Ellen BODINE Dec 1856 IL farmer, Charles July 1880 SD son farm laborer, Frank Feb 1882 SD son farm laborer, Pearl Jan 1884 SD dau house maid, Mary E. Nov 1885 SD dau. Ellen was married 21 years and bore 4 children, all now living.
1905 Newry Twp., Freeborn Co., MN: Ellen BODINE 48 MN farmer, Charles 24 NY, Frank 20 MN, Mary 20 MN.
1910 Voltaire, McHenry Co., ND: Charles BODINE 29 SD farmer, Frank P. 27 SD partner, Ellen 54 IL married mother. Ellen bore 4 children, all living.
1920 Voltaire Twp., McHenry Co., ND: Aloysious BODINE 73 IL farmer, Ellen 64 IL wife, Charles 38 SD son.
1925 Voltaire Twp., McHenry Co., ND: Charles BODINE 44, Alosius A. 79, Ellen 69.
1930 Velva, McHenry Co., ND: Ellen BODINE 74 IL, Patrick CREEGAN 62 MN single brother.
1940 Voltaire, McHenry Co., ND: Charles BODINE 59 SD, Alice 36 MN wife, Lorraine 13 ND dau, Mary Lou 9 ND dau, Ardlea 7 ND dau, Ellen 84 IL mother widowed, Pat CREEGAN, 75 MN uncle.