Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

02' WEST JERSEY TOWNSHIP. 687 ,
I,., born March 11, 1881. Politically, Mr. Bocline is a Greenbacker,
antl has been active in political matters, and has filled several of the
to~vnship offices creditably. He mTns 173 acres of clloice lancls in this
to~vi~sllil), ~ith B home considetaed one of the finest in tile county.
Dmitl J. BocZine, son of Josepll and Rebecci~ M. (Painter) Bodine,
was born in Warren county, N. J., in 1845. A conlplete sketch of his
parents' lives is given in this IVOY~;. In 1846 he cnlne to Illinois with
his ~~a~ents and lived for the 1170st of the time in West Jersev townshi
$. When about ei~htoen y ears of age he entered Lo~nb;~lul 'university,
antl t \~o years after went to &It. Ple;ls;~ut, IR., wllere he remained
11ema1y two !;ears ; then retu~netl to his 11onle i ~t Rochester, Peoria
coonty, nntl engaged in stock-buving \vhich he followed for eleven
years. On Dece~nbe~ I, 1875. he" married Miss Mary Ann, dau~llter
of Alesai~tler and Susi~nnall (Ilue)&IcCc)y. She nrns born in lCLyne
county, near Woostel*, 0.. in 1847, ~vhere her parents, Pennsylvanians,
had settlecl. Some years later they relnovetl to Auglaize county, Ohio.
where September, 1859, lier f;~ther (lied. After her husbancl's death
Mrs. McCoy remained on the farm about two gears, when she relnovecl
to Knox county, Ill., whel*e she remainecl tell years, then settled at
French G~ove, Peoria county, \\-here she purclli~sed a farm. After
nine years she solcl this far111 and inatle l1er horue with her daughter,
Mrs. I