Franklin Pierce Bodwell (1853-1917)

Son of: John 1823

Born	Died	Married	Spouse
2 Jul 1853	5 May 1917	27 Jun 1876	Mallie Mae Hickok
Shapleigh, Me	Bethlehem, Nh	Lincoln, Ne	b. 27 Aug 1861

Children of Franklin and Mallie (Hickok) Bodwell

	Name	Birth Date	Birth Place	Death Date	Death Place
1.	Sara May	9 Apr 1881	Atchinson, Ks	17 Sep 1970	Morrison, Co
2.	Franklin Pierce, Jr	1886	Denver, Co	at 2 months	Denver, Co
3.	Franklin Pierce, II	10 May 1887	Denver, Co	13 Sep 1946	New York, Ny
4.	Helena	24 Jun 1889	Denver, Co	31 Jul 1981	Getzville, Ny
5.	Paul David	2 Feb 1891	Denver, Co	Nov 1953	Wellsville, Pa
6.	Clare Thomas	20 Oct 1893	Riverton, Ne	1 Feb 1976	Pompano Bch, Fl
7.	Eulalia Corinne	6 Apr 1896	Riverton, Ne	26 Jun 1970	Sugar Hill, Nh
8.	Dorothy Patrice *	24 Feb 1905	Bethlehem, Nh	16 Apr 1995	Boulder, Co

Children of Franklin Pierce Bodwell

Sara and her brothers and sisters Frank, Helena, Paul, Tom and Corinne. The picture was taken about 1900 which was before the birth of Dorothy Patricia. Photos courtesy of Leslie Ann Dobson.

· *Mrs. Kennedy's (Dorothy's) late husband, Donald Snow Kennedy, founded the D.S. Kennedy & Co., a radar antenna and radio telescope designer and manufacturer in Cohasset in 1945. The firm built the radio telescope for Harvard University's Agassiz Observatory in the town of Harvard. The Kennedys lived many years on the South Shore and as members of Hingham Yacht Club, often cruised along the coast with their children. Mrs. Kennedy, who wrote an autobiography, "Baked Potatoes in My Pockets," and articles about her extensive travels in Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States. She enjoyed the arts and reading and had many hobbies. Born in Bethlehem, N.H., she grew up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, which she always considered home. She taught school after attending college. Mrs. Kennedy lived in Medford, Ore., 12 years before moving to the Atrium in Boulder six months ago. The wife also of the late John Keith Jaco and William Ernest Nichols Quincy Patriot Ledger April 19, 1995

· Sara Mae Bodwell

Sara Mae Bodwell near Central Park, NYC 1911

In 1911, Sara sold Brand's A-1 Steak Sauce from her electric car to restaurants and tearooms in Hartford, Connecticut. Later on, she sold the steak sauce to railroads for their dining car patrons, thus doing a lot of coast-to-coast train travel from 1912-1913. (Sara's granddaughter: Lesley Ann Hawking Chase Olerud-Dobson.)

· Source: http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/willhawk/HAWKING/d0/i0000054.htm#i54

01/09/97

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