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Martha Rebecca Cowger Bodkin

Birth
Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA
Death
19 Apr 1919 (aged 74)
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Brookfield Township, Clinton County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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The funeral of the late Mrs. William Bodkin, who passed away at her home in the Scott rooming house, Saturday morning, was held from the home Monday afternoon, Rev. J. J. Kidder officiating.

Martha R. Cowger was born at Sweedlin Hill, Pendelton County, West Virginia, October 20, 1844, and was united in marriage to William Bodkin, March 1, 1866, they coming to Iowa in 1869 and locating in Clinton County, where after
remaining a short time they removed to a farm two and a half miles southwest of Maquoketa, residing there twenty-seven years when they removed to
Maquoketa.

Mr. Bodkin passed away April 21, 1912. To this union seven children were born, one son passing away in infancy, and another son, George, on
December 10, 1918.

Those surviving are Jack of Muscatine, Howard, Henry, and Mrs. Fortis Current of Maquoketa and Anna of home.

Deceased united with the Methodist Church when quite young and was a faithful member until death. In early days her West Virginia home was located on the boundary line between the north and south, and one of her chief enjoyments was
to converse with her old Virginia friends, recalling the many stirring incidents of the civil war. She was a faithful wife and a kind mother and highly respected in the community which for so many years had been her home.

Interment was made in the Union Cemetery south of Maquoketa.

Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, April 5, 1919
The funeral of the late Mrs. William Bodkin, who passed away at her home in the Scott rooming house, Saturday morning, was held from the home Monday afternoon, Rev. J. J. Kidder officiating.

Martha R. Cowger was born at Sweedlin Hill, Pendelton County, West Virginia, October 20, 1844, and was united in marriage to William Bodkin, March 1, 1866, they coming to Iowa in 1869 and locating in Clinton County, where after
remaining a short time they removed to a farm two and a half miles southwest of Maquoketa, residing there twenty-seven years when they removed to
Maquoketa.

Mr. Bodkin passed away April 21, 1912. To this union seven children were born, one son passing away in infancy, and another son, George, on
December 10, 1918.

Those surviving are Jack of Muscatine, Howard, Henry, and Mrs. Fortis Current of Maquoketa and Anna of home.

Deceased united with the Methodist Church when quite young and was a faithful member until death. In early days her West Virginia home was located on the boundary line between the north and south, and one of her chief enjoyments was
to converse with her old Virginia friends, recalling the many stirring incidents of the civil war. She was a faithful wife and a kind mother and highly respected in the community which for so many years had been her home.

Interment was made in the Union Cemetery south of Maquoketa.

Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, April 5, 1919

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