STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1901, page 5, column 4

NANCY OTTILINE (CONGER) BODLEY, 20 Nov 1822 - 19 Apr 1901

   Nancy O. Bodley was born Nov. 20th, 1822, and died April 19, 1901, 
aged 78 years and 5 months.  She was united in marriage with John 
Conklin Bodley, at Plymouth, Ohio, in 1844, and soon after moved to 
Salem township in this county and settled on a farm.  Here they 
lived for many years and then removed to Angola where they remained 
until the husband's death.  Some time after this she removed to 
Toledo, Ohio, making her home with her only daughter, Mrs. Sarah 
Lang.  Mrs. Bodley was the mother of seven children.  Five of these 
had preceded her to the grave.  Two only remain-Greenwood N. Bodley, 
of Angola, and Mrs. Sarah Lang, of Toledo.  She was a life-long 
member of the church and trusted in Christ for salvation.  Her last 
sickness was severe and lasted for many months.  Funeral services 
were held at the Block church near Salem on Tuesday morning, 
conducted by Rev. A. G. Neal, and surrounded by neighbors and 
friends of other years.  Her body was laid to rest in the sacred 
ground where husband and children sleep.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Nancy Ottiline (Conger) Bodley, 20 Nov 1822 - 19 Apr 1901, 
daughter of Silas Conger, 07 Jan 1800 - 25 Nov 1869, and 1st wife, 
Hannah (Titus) Conger, 30 Oct 1803 - 30 Sep 1843 or 1844.  Silas 
Conger's 2nd wife died in Salem Township, no other information 
available.  On 25 Dec 1844, in Toledo, Ohio, Nancy married John 
Conklin Bodley, 16 Oct 1821 - 25 Aug 1879.  He is buried with Nancy 
at Block Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

Children:

   Alice Hannah Bodley, 02 Feb 1846-17 Mar 1851, aged 5 years, 1 
month and 18 days.
   Myra Bodley died 16 Jan 1871.  Steuben County Genealogy Society 
Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2, page 8, states she was 14 years of age at 
death.
   Loando Emerson Bodley, 09 Feb 1851 - 25 Aug 1866.
   Greenwood Newton Bodley, 1853 - 1938, on 17 Dec 1873, married 
Elva Philena (Lamoreux) Bodley, 1854 - 1934.
   Sarah Adell/Adele (Bodley) Lang, 1858 - 11 Feb 1944, on 09 Mar 
1882, married Augustus Howe Lang, 1857 - 1940, in Toledo, Lucas 
County, Ohio.
   Infant Bodley, 08 Mar 1861 - 09 Mar 1861.  Another child died 
between 1879 and 1901.
   All of the above are buried at Block Cemetery except Greenwood 
and Elva Bodley who are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, 
Steuben County, Indiana.

   Nancy Ottiline (Conger) Bodley's sister, Albina Leslie (Conger) 
Butler, 07 Jan 1837 - 04 Aug 1916, on 25 Nov 1858, married Seymour 
Stevens Butler, 31 Jan 1832 - 20 Apr 1882.  They are buried at Block 
Cemetery. 

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, pages 167, 168, 169, 253, 258; Vol. II, page 1093.
"History of Steuben County, IN - 1885" page 650, biography of John 
Conklin Bodley; page 740, biography of brother-in-law, Seymour S. 
Butler.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net