Harry Horton Bodwell (1829-1914)

Son of: Samuel 1783

Harry and his wife and son, Harry W. Bodwell, aged three years, came to California across the plains in a covered wagon in 1863. He was a pioneer windmill builder in San Francisco.

The San Francisco CityDirectories give the following information about Harry Horton Bodwell:

1867-68 - With Atwood & Bodwell Company; resident Bartlett street between 24^th and 25^th Streets

1877-78 - Owned and operated the Excelsior Windmill, Pump, Horse-Power and Tank Manufacturing Company, 211-213 Mission Street; res. Bartlett Street.

1886-87 - Operated with his son Harry W. Bodwell the same windmill company, 211 Mission Street; resident 331 Bartlett Street.

DAR Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 24, p. 13.

The 1889 San Francisco Directory lists son Frank L. Bodwell, cashier for Goodyear Rubber Co. as living at 504 seventeenth Street.

Born	Died	Married	Spouse
14 Apr 1829	19 Dec 1914	ABT 1859	Marianna (?)
Constable, Ny	Alameda, Ca		b. 15 Jul 1832

Children of Harry and Marianna (?) Bodwell

	Name	Birth Date	Birth Place	Death Date	Death Place
1.	Harry Washington	2 Jan 1860	Ny	25 Mar 1933	Burlingame, Ca
2.	Lincoln A.	ABT 1861	San Francisco, Ca	14 Feb 1926	Ca
3.	Frank Lyon	13 Mar 1862	San Francisco, Ca	18Apr 1906	San Francisco,Ca
4.	Edna M.	Jun 1867	San Francisco, Ca	AFT 1914

Per the DAR Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Edna's name is Etta, and an additional child Rita M., a teacher, living with her parents in 1886, is listed in the 1886 San Francisco Directory.

02/12/97

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