Melissa Joanna Patterson (Widney) Bodine (1844 - 1886)

Born 14 Aug 1844 in DeKalb County, Indiana, USA

Ancestors

Wife of David Cotton Bodine — married 6 Nov 1869 in Dekalb County, Indiana, USA

Died 25 Nov 1886 at age 42 in Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas, USA

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Biography

Melissa is found in the 1850 and 1860 census, ages 5 and 15 respectively, living with her parents in Concord Township of DeKalb County, Indiana.^[1][2]

Research Notes

Fern, daughter of Eva Louise (Horn) Miller (1911-2010), is an mtDNA matches to Kirby (Mullenberg) Drake. I'm adding the mtDNA category to female line associated with this connection. -Mullenberg-4 16:50, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census, Concord Tshp., DeKalb Co., IN, p. 277
2. ↑ 1860 Census, Auburn, Concord Tshp., DeKalb Co., IN, p. 64-5

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVG-9DF : 12 April 2016), Melissa Widney in household of John P Widney, Concord, De Kalb, Indiana, United States; citing family 96, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FV-3WC : 13 December 2017), Melissa J P Widney in entry for John P Widney, 1860.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXRD-SXR : 8 December 2017), Isaac Warden Engle and Melissa J P Widney, 31 Dec 1864; citing Dekalb, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,863,082.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXT1-D6L : 8 December 2017), David C Bodine and Melissa J Widney, 06 Nov 1869; citing Dekalb, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,863,083.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXX-T4H : 12 April 2016), Melissa Badine in household of David Badine, Indiana, United States; citing p. 40, family 316, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,808.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5R-C8H : 12 August 2017), Malissa Bodine in household of David C Bodine, Neodesha, Wilson, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 184, sheet 113A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0399; FHL microfilm 1,254,399.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLM-DJPK : 11 July 2016), Melissa Joanna Patterson Widney Bodine, 1886; Burial, Neodesha, Wilson, Kansas, United States of America, Neodesha Cemetery; citing record ID 85870894, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24ZN-SGQ : 10 February 2018), Mellsia Widney in entry for George Murray and Grace Bodine, 27 May 1899; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,504,063.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXT7-MWP : 8 December 2017), Widney in entry for Delbert S Hull and Carie Bodine, 08 Oct 1890; citing Dekalb, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,863,342.