John married (Leona in Texas)(Dont have her last name)
& Sam Bodie
& Sheila K. Bodie (Sheila died a few days after birth.)Eleanor (Nana) liked me to call her "Nana" it was a term of endearment she used for her grandmother too! In the summer when I visited her she let my Aunt Lucille curl my hair, and spoil me. We used to spend Sunday dinners at Clara's house and Clara's daughter "Katherine" spoiled me rotten. "Sundays boiling water to fill up a claw foot bathtub with water for me to wash in. She took me to Catholic Mass every day (noon hour), She also had a sister, Sister Mary Margaret who was a teacher and a nun. "
My uncle Sam and I would chow down on Blueberry Cheesecake ice cream (5 cent ice cream cones (double dip in Parkersburg WVA)and potato chips in the summer.
Nana always made the best of everything good or bad, I think I inherited that, she also made the bestest crabapple jelly (great for Peanut butter & jelly samwichs, and chocolate chip cookies from scratch. ) They always had a family cat, Queenie was my favorite. Nana used to rent out the Apartment out back, to make extra money, she cleaned houses even for Aunt Ada & I got to go with her. My mom used to babysit for family to bring home money for bread and milk. They had it rough. My mom remembers one time her mother was hit by a car and it was a really scary time.
Eleanor Elizabeth Bodie born February 10th, 1910 died December 22nd, 1998. "Peace be thine"
Nana was blessed with grandchildren (2) Linda Kristie North & David Norman North and (two) Great Grandchildren Jeanne Marie Branton Wrenne/Herndon Branton Family & Christopher James Branton Wrenne, also Branton/Herdon/Branton family line. Mother Linda Divorced 1994. All of us loved Eleanor Elizabeth Bodie (Nelson Hickman Line) and will remember. Jesus said the one commandment to remember and none other: "Love one Another!" Nana always did. Nana's mother was Jennie Idell Hickman born 1 Sep 1886 Doddridge county in Grove WVA she died on 30 Jan 1981 in Parkersburg WVA. Gramma Jennie liked being called Nana too!!!! Her husband was Samuel Leviticus Bodie born 15 Sep 1979 and they married on the 24th of December 1905 . Samuel L. Bodie died 10 Feb 1961. Grama Jennie Idell Hickman Bodie was the daughter of E.R.Ve Hickman born 31 July 1957 (son of Richard Hickman and Maxamelia Thomas. Richard Hickman was the son of (Hickman and Margaret Bird & Maxamelia Thomas was the daughter of Thomas and Love Vance. ERV Hickman married on 23 Dec 1880 to Margaret Madora Van Horn (born 27 Jan 1865 & died 27 June 1900). Magaret Madora VanHorn was the daughter of John Van Horn and her mother was Adline Emily Stout who was born on 22 June 1828 and died on 9 April 1916. (Adline Emily Stout was the daughter of Job B. Stout and Sarah Johnson.) E.R. V. Hickman died 25 March 1948 in Belle Plain, Kansas. His wife Margaret Madora VanHorn was the daughter of John Waldo VanHorn (born 2 Feb 1824 and died 23 May 1912) son of William Vanhorn ( 14 Aug 1791)and Jane Maxon. M
Her father was John Howard Nelson, son of Harry Nelson and Katherine Hosey, born 18 Feb 1864 in Burning Springs WVA.
He married on 18 October 1901 in Wood County, WVA Alicia (Alice Bargeloh who was born in Cincinnatti, Ohio on the 8th of March 1873.
Her mother was Alicia (Alice) "Bargeloh" Nelson.
I have my grandmothers first Bible, and �lice's"Bible and Alicia Bargeloh's mothers bible.
(Alice's mother was Anna Helena Gaetje(Gaedjeus) (Dorgeloh)she was born Aug 3rd, 1848 in Hamburg, Germany.
(Anna's parents were Auguste Gaedjeus & Wilhemenia Gaedjeus.)
Anna died on Sept 2, 1892, in Wood County WVA.
Anna married Frederick Henry Bargeloh, in Hamburg, WVA, Born May 26th 1838 in Germany and he died January 1907.
Anna had 3 beautiful daughters:
Sophia Wilhelemina Bargeloh (Renner) B: 2-19-1886 D: 4-2-1976 and she married Frederick Christian Renner Born 10-23-1882-Died 1-24-1954.
Her sister was Clara Louise Bargeloh "Smith" Born 7-8-1888-Died 10-20-1970 she married on 6-23-1920 to Raymond Robert Smith.
The last sister is Hertha Augusta Bargeloh "McAvoy"born 7-19-1890 and she died 2-7-1971. She married in 1915 to Allen L. McAvoy.
More family info to come:
