Bodley, Rebecca B., Mrs.

BODLEY, DAVIS

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Date: 12/3/2008 at 19:41:07

BODLEY, Rebecca B., Mrs.
She is the daughter of John R. DAVIS and widow of L. W. Bodley. She resides Main Street. He was born in 1800, in New York and died 17 Jun 1867. She was born 3 Sep 1812 in Adams Co., PA. They were married in 1835 and came to Jasper Co., in 1857 and settled on their farm in 1858. She owns 128 acres in Sherman Twp., also her residence and a grocery in the city, and 280 acres in Adair Co. She has eight children---Amanda, Eliza Jane, William F., Joseph, Mary, Anna, Everett and Eva. John D. was killed at the battle of Iuka on 19 Sep 1863, Charles lost his leg in the service. William and Joseph were also in the war. ~ "Newton Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)