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Josiah White Bodwell

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Josiah White Bodwell

Birth
Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
16 Aug 1910 (aged 76)
Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Josiah was a son of Nathan Bodwell and his wife, Lucy White Bodwell.

Josiah first married Martha Jane Merrill.
They married on April 15, 1857 in Pelham, NH.
The groom resided in Methuen; the bride in Salem, NH.
Tobias Foss, clergyman, performed the wedding ceremony.

Children:
Joseph H. Bodwell, b 7/4/1860 Methuen, MA
Christie A. Bodwell, b 10/11/1864 Methuen, MA.

He was a lumber dealer.

1860 Methuen, MA Census:
Josiah, 25, Laborer, b MA
Martha, 24, b MA
Joseph H, son, 3 months, b MA

1865 Methuen, MA Census:
Josiah Bodwell, 32, b MA, Butcher
Martha, 31, b NH
Christie A, son, 7 months
Gilman Merrill, 56, b NH, Farmer

1880 Methuen, MA Census:
Josiah, 47, Lumbering
Martha, 46, wife
Christie, 15, son
Lucy, 82, mother

Josiah married Harriet A. Butters, daughter of Elbridge Butters and Lucy Copeland Butters, on June 1, 1897 in Methuen, MA.
Josiah was 64 years old, Lumberman, 2nd marriage.
Harriet was 40 years old, first marriage.
Rev. CH Oliphant, Pastor, Congregational Church, Methuen, officiated.

He died of stomach cancer at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 17 days.
He resided at 9 Gage St, Methuen, MA. The informant on the death certificate was his wife, Hattie Bodwell.
Josiah was a son of Nathan Bodwell and his wife, Lucy White Bodwell.

Josiah first married Martha Jane Merrill.
They married on April 15, 1857 in Pelham, NH.
The groom resided in Methuen; the bride in Salem, NH.
Tobias Foss, clergyman, performed the wedding ceremony.

Children:
Joseph H. Bodwell, b 7/4/1860 Methuen, MA
Christie A. Bodwell, b 10/11/1864 Methuen, MA.

He was a lumber dealer.

1860 Methuen, MA Census:
Josiah, 25, Laborer, b MA
Martha, 24, b MA
Joseph H, son, 3 months, b MA

1865 Methuen, MA Census:
Josiah Bodwell, 32, b MA, Butcher
Martha, 31, b NH
Christie A, son, 7 months
Gilman Merrill, 56, b NH, Farmer

1880 Methuen, MA Census:
Josiah, 47, Lumbering
Martha, 46, wife
Christie, 15, son
Lucy, 82, mother

Josiah married Harriet A. Butters, daughter of Elbridge Butters and Lucy Copeland Butters, on June 1, 1897 in Methuen, MA.
Josiah was 64 years old, Lumberman, 2nd marriage.
Harriet was 40 years old, first marriage.
Rev. CH Oliphant, Pastor, Congregational Church, Methuen, officiated.

He died of stomach cancer at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 17 days.
He resided at 9 Gage St, Methuen, MA. The informant on the death certificate was his wife, Hattie Bodwell.


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