Jul-28-2018
Husband: William Bode Census name: William Bodey
Born: ca 1813 in Germany 1,2 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Baltimore, MD Occupation: farmer, blacksmith 2 Father: Mother:
Wife: Margretta Mary ___ 3 Also known as: Margaret 4,3
Born: ca 1820 in Germany 4,1 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Baltimore, MD Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Ellen Bode Born: ca 1839 in Maryland 4 Census: 1850 in Baltimore, MD
M Child 2: Lewis A. Bode Also known as: Lewis A. Bodie 5 Born: 1840 in Baltimore, MD 6,7 Died: 1922 6 Buried: in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 8 Resided: 1912, 1913 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 9,10 Resided: 1866 in Harrison Co, WV 7 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Baltimore, MD Wife: Mary Catharine Flesher b. Jul-15-1849 d. Jun-29-1928 Married: Dec-20-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
F Child 3: Elizabeth Bode Born: ca 1843 in Maryland 4 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Baltimore, MD
F Child 4: Margaret Mary Bode Census name: Mary Bode Born: ca 1845 in Maryland 4 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Baltimore, MD
M Child 5: William H. Bode Also known as: W. H. Body 11 Born: Aug- -1848 in Baltimore, MD 12,6,4,13 (see note 1) Died: Oct-20-1912 6,14 Buried: in Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Grove-Summers Rd (CR 19), Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1900, 1910 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1868 in Gilmer Co, WV 11 Wife: Rachel Spurgeon b. Aug-12-1847 d. Mar- 5-1924 Also known as: Rachiel 15 Married: 1868 in Gilmer Co, WV 16 (see note 2)
F Child 6: Sophia C. Bode Born: Sep- 6-1849 in Maryland 4,1 (see note 3) Died: Mar- 9-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 5,14 Buried: in Point Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Fallen Timber, Doddridge Co, WV 17,14 Resided: 1900, 1910 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Baltimore, MD Husband: Henry U. Wanstreet b. Aug-15-1838 d. Aug-29-1921 Married: May-17-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
F Child 7: Mary C. Bode Also known as: Mary C. Body 7 Born: ca 1850 in Baltimore, MD 7 (see note 4) Died: Nov-22-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 19 Cause of death: child bed fever 19 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Luther C. Cole b. Nov-15-1847 d. Oct-11-1926 Married: May-26-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
M Child 8: Frederick Bode Born: Apr- 4-1853 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 15 (see note 5) Died: Jan-22-1930 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 20 Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1900 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 15 Wife: Martha A. Sponaugle b. ca 1862 d. Feb-20-1885 Married: Nov-23-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 21 Wife: Rebecca Ann Holden b. Aug-12-1861 d. May-16-1931 Married: Jul-22-1888 in Ritchie Co, WV 22
M Child 9: Henry Charles Bode Born: Feb- -1861 12,18 Died: Jan- 9-1941 in Ohio Wife: Mary W. Reed b. Aug- -1860 Married: Sep- 7-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
Sources: (1) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (2) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). (3) Marriage record of daughter. (4) 1850 Census. (5) Headstone. (6) Headstone (year only) (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (8) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Lewis A. Bodie. (9) Obituary of brother. (10) Death record of daughter. (11) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) (13) Death record of son. (14) Obituary. (15) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (16) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as W. H. Body, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Rachel Spurgeon, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co. Married Oct 3 1868 in Gilmer County. (Note: Husband's birthplace is given in 1850 Census as Maryland, and in his son's death record as Baltimore, Md. Husband's obituary states marriage date as December 1868. Although the typewritten ledger-style marriage record states Oct 3 1868, the entry is out of sequence, placed between marriages for Nov 12 and Dec 17 1868. The October date may thus actually be a clerical error.), MR p. 14 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12408&Type=Marriage. (17) Findagrave.com. (18) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (19) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 23, Line 7 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5050969&Type=Death. (20) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Names of parents "not known." Father's birthplace: Germany. Informant: W. F. Bode, Jane Lew. (21) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Frederick Bode, 27, of Doddridge Co; and Martha A. Sponaugle, 20, b. Pendleton Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Nov 23 1882. (22) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Frederick Bode, widowed, age 32, of Doddridge Co; and Rebecca A. Holden, 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Jul 22 1888. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in obituary as Aug 6 1847, which also conforms to his stated age 65y 2m 14d. But date on headstone is 1848, and 1900 Census states birth date as Aug 1848.. Note (2) Identified as W. H. Body, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Rachel Spurgeon, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co. Married Oct 3 1868 in Gilmer County. (Note: Husband's birthplace is given in 1850 Census as Maryland, and in his son's death record as Baltimore, Md. Husband's obituary states marriage date as December 1868. Although the typewritten ledger-style marriage record states Oct 3 1868, the entry is out of sequence, placed between marriages for Nov 12 and Dec 17 1868. The October date may thus actually be a clerical error.) Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1852, and birth date on headstone is Sep 6 1850. But she was age 11 in the 1860 Census and age 10 months in the 1850 Census, enumerated on Aug 21 1850. Note (4) Age 27y 4m in death record would put birth in about July 1847. But age 20 in her marriage record puts it in about 1850. Middle initial given as M in death record, but as C in marriage record and in daughter Elizabeth's birth record. Note (5) 1900 Census shows birth date as April 1856, age 44, but death record states Apr 4 1853.Name Index