Elizabeth Poynor Bodwell, Biography/Obituary - Rowan Co., NC

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(source: Dallas newspaper clipping, 1920/1 provided by Robert Glenn Bodwell of Avinger, TX.) 
 Early Pioneer of Dallas, TX Dies Early Wednesday 
 Mrs. B. H. Bodwell, 95 years old, 1200 South Harwood Street, died at her home at 2:30 o'clock
Wednesday morning, following a brief illness. 
Mrs. Bodwell was born February 14, 1826 in Raleigh, Rowan County, N. C. She was, before
her marriage, Elizabeth POYNOR. Her father, Henry POYNOR, a distinguished man of his day,
moved to Paris, Henry County, Tenn., where the family was intimately acquainted with John W.
Crockett, son of Davy Crockett of early Texas fame. 
 Mrs. Bodwell spent her girlhood days in Tennessee and was married to B. H. Bodwell at Paris,
Tenn., October 26, 1847, where they lived until coming to Texas. In 1874 they came to Dallas and
bought a residence lot near the Houston & Texas Central station from John Murphy of the firm of
Murphy and Bolanz. Later they moved to the present home, 1200 South Harwood Street, where
she had lived for the last 40 years. Mr. Bodwell died there February 9, 1904. At the time he came
to Dallas he had retired from the mercantile business. 
 Mrs. Bodwell is survived by two daughters, Mrs. A. E. Graham and B. A. Bodwell of Dallas; Mrs.
M. T. Purcell of Fort Worth, and C. P. Bodwell of Avinger, and six grandchildren. She is also
survived by one sister, Mrs. A. E. Hamilton, of Dyersburg, Tenn. 
 For the last forty-two years Mrs. Bodwell had been a devout member of the Seventh Day
Adventists' church. 
 Funeral services will be held in the Seventh Day Adventist church, 2900 Live Oak Street, at 5
o'clock Thursday afternoon, with the Rev. G. H. West, pastor of the church, officiating. The body
will be taken to Keene in Johnson County, at 8 o'clock Thursday night via the Santa Fe. Burial will
take place in the cemetery at Keene Friday morning. 




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