Charles Bodwell (1788-1862)

Charles served in the Massachusetts legislature as a representative from Middlesex County in 1821 and 1822. (The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. IV, p. 95.)

He was a successful farmer and millwright of Dracut, Mass (Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography page 125)

Son of: Parker 1750

Born	Died	Married	Spouse
25 Aug 1788	7 Jul 1862	10 Mar 1810	Sarah Varnum
Methuen, Ma	Dracut, Ma	Dracut, Ma	b. 21 Oct 1791

Children of Charles and Sarah (Varnum) Bodwell

	Name	Birth Date	Birth Place	Death Date	Death Place
1.	Mary Varnum	9 Aug 1810	Dracut, Ma	23 Oct 1834
2.	Sarah Ann	11 Jan 1813	Dracut, Ma	15 Mar 1885	Lowell, Ma
3.	Jane	24 Feb 1815	Dracut, Ma	19 Nov 1894	Cheney, Wa
4.	Phebe Varnum	3 Dec 1823	Dracut, Ma	2 Feb 1876	Lowell, Ma
5.	Hannah Poor	26 Jul 1825	Dracut, Ma	10 Aug 1903	Lowell, Ma
6.	Elizabeth Baldwin	30 Jun 1828	Dracut, Ma	9 Mar 1907	Lowell, Ma

Jane Bodwell married John D. Robbins who owned a livery stable. In his mid-fourties (c. 1858) they moved to Minnesota and engaged in farming. After 10 years he moved to Missouri for 3 years, returning to Minnesota until 1878 when they moved to Washington. They went first to the Sound country, but shortly afterwards went to Spokane county and took a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres at Deep Creek Falls. They resided there for two years, then sold out and went to Cheney, where they were among the first settlers of the town. Jane had been educated at Woburn Academy and in early life was a successful teacher. She was a prominent temperance woman and stanch abolitionist. After coming to Cheney she continued active in temperance and religious work, identifying herself with the Congregational Church, the W.C.T.U. and the Band of Hope. History of Spokane, p. 355-6.

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