People of Bodie

A list of Bodie residents, or other people associated with Bodie, taken from various books and other sources. Check out the gallery of people.

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Name	Birthdate	Deathdate	Cemetery Marker	Occupation	External Cemetery	Age	Birthplace	Source	Source Year	Marital Status	Race	Gender	Notes	BodieID
"Pioche" Kelley												Male		10202
A. C. Raymond														10001
A. C. Robertson		February 1880											Explosion while trying to thaw frozen powder.	10002
A. C. Robinson														10003
A. E. McMillan													Secretary of the Bodie Miners' Union in 1885.	10004
Agnes Dolan	1888	1919	Miners Union Cemetery									Female		10005
Alatia Dolan	1889	1890	Miners Union Cemetery			1 Years 0 months & 0 days								10006
Alex Nixon												Male	Elected as first President of the Miners' Union, Jan. 15, 1878. Shot and killed in a saloon gun fight.	10007
Alexander Nixon	1847	June 13, 1878	Miners Union Cemetery			31 Years 6 months & 14 days						Male		10008
Alfred E. Tye	1864	1934	Wards Cemetery									Male		10009
Alleia Mattos	February 26, 1901	December 13, 1902	Alleia Mattos			1 Years 9 months & 17 days								10010
Almond Parks		October 1879											Fell down mining shaft at Black Hawk Mine.	10011
Amasa Bryan														10012
Andy Hagerday		October 4, 1878										Male	Killed by falling timber in the Champion Mine.	10013
Anna Leslie McDonell	October 9, 1891	March 8, 1893	Miners Union Cemetery			1 Years 4 months & 27 days						Female		10014
Anna Maria Petralli	June 24, 1852	June 30, 1915	Miners Union Cemetery									Female		10015
Annie C. Fouke	July 19, 1859	April 27, 1896	Wards Cemetery			36 Years 9 months & 8 days						Female		10016
Anthony Jackson	1832	November 9, 1880	Miners Union Cemetery			48 Years 11 months & 10 days						Male		10017
Anthony Thurnann		November 14, 1883	Wards Cemetery			1883 Years 2 months & 28 days						Male		10018
Antone Valencis		1878											Shot by Jesus Revis.	10019
Arthur E. Barlow	July 24, 1899	November 11, 1899	Miners Union Cemetery			0 Years 3 months & 18 days						Male		10020
Arthur Jackson		November 8, 1880										Male	Died in fire at Goodshaw Hoisting Works.	10021
Arthur McQuaid	1848	May 18, 1899	Miners Union Cemetery			51 Years 5 months & 18 days						Male		10022
Arthur McQuaid		December 26, 1890	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10023
Baby Boy McInnis			Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10024
Baby Girl McDonell		1908	Miners Union Cemetery									Female		10025
Belle Moore												Female	Bodie's first school teacher.	10026
Ben Butler												Male		10027
Ben Miller												Male		10028
Bert Dolan												Male		10029
Billy O'Hara												Male	Empire Gold and Silver Mining Company caretaker.	10030
Black Taylor												Male	One of Bodey's buddies.	10031
Bob Conway												Male		10032
Bob Whiteacre		September 2, 1880										Male	Assasinated by George Watkins.	10033
C. R. Wedertz														10034
Caroline Faure McMillan	1861	1937	Miners Union Cemetery									Female		10035
Catherine Cook Gregory	May 14, 1854	March 31, 1912	Catherine Cook Gregory									Female		10036
Charles Dolan	1886	1890	Miners Union Cemetery			4 Years 0 months & 0 days						Male		10037
Charles Rudin												Male		10038
Charlie Donnelly												Male		10039
Charlie Jardine												Male		10040
Chatto Encinos		July 1880										Male	Killed by Sam Chung for stealing from his garden.	10041
Clarence C. Burks	1897	1961	Wards Cemetery									Male		10042
Cordelia Hays Dolan	1881	1943										Female		10043
Coyle														10044
Dan McMillan												Male	One-armed sheriff and manager of the Bodie baseball team.	10045
Daniel Horner												Male	First child born in Bodie.	10046
David McKinney	May 1881	May 1881	Wards Cemetery			0 Years 0 months & 0 days						Male		10047
David Scanavino	December 15, 1903	November 8, 1921	Miners Union Cemetery			17 Years 10 months & 24 days						Male		10048
David Victor Cain												Male	One of J. S. Cain's sons. Married Ella Cody. His home is located on Green Street.	10049
Dick O'Malley												Male	Nigh watchman in 1880	10050
Dolan family plot			Miners Union Cemetery											10051
Dolan family plot			Miners Union Cemetery											10052
Dolan family plot			Miners Union Cemetery											10053
Donald John	1855	1927	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10054
Dr. Frank L. Bosqui												Male		10055
Dr. John A. Street												Male		10056
Dr. M. J. Roe												Male	Office opposite Shannon's, one door north of Cluggage's stage office, Main St.	10057
Dr. Walker												Male		10058
Duncan McIntyre	1848	April 4, 1902	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10059
Duncan McRay		November 8, 1880										Male	Died in fire at Goodshaw Hoisting Works.	10060
E. R. Cleveland														10061
Ed Cox												Male	Seriously injured in explosion	10062
Ed Loose												Male		10063
Edith Richards	April 9, 1876	January 23, 1906	Miners Union Cemetery									Female		10064
Edwin John	1894	1918	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10065
Efrod Ryon		February 6, 1879											Slipped on ice and fell 450 feet down a mine shaft.	10066
Eleanor "Madame Mustache" Dumont		October 7, 1880											Suicide by poison.	10067
Eli Johl												Male		10068
Ella Cody Cain	June 9, 1872	January 25, 1966			Bridgeport Cemetery							Female	Wrote "The Story of Bodie" and "The Story of Mono County." Married David Victor Cain.	10069
Ernest Campana	1855	1923	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10070
Ernest Marks												Male		10071
Eugene Markey												Male		10072
Eva M. Lockwood	October 10, 1880	March 12, 1892	Miners Union Cemetery			11 Years 5 months & 2 days						Female		10073
Evelyn Myers	May 1, 1894	April 5, 1897	Wards Cemetery			2 Years 11 months & 4 days						Female		10074
Father John Cassin												Male		10075
Felix Donnelly												Male		10076
Frank F. Quinville												Male	Blacksmith for the Standard Consolidated Mine.	10077
Frank McDonell												Male		10078
Frank Owen												Male		10079
G. C. Wood	1848	1917	Miners Union Cemetery											10080
George McMillan	January 18, 1884	June 7, 1884	Miners Union Cemetery			0 Years 4 months & 20 days						Male		10081
George Storey												Male		10082
George W. Conway	February 22, 1900	May 20, 1901	Miners Union Cemetery			1 Years 2 months & 28 days						Male		10083
George W. Dolan	April 4, 1884	November 21, 1905	George W. Dolan									Male		10084
George Watkins		September 3, 1880										Male	Suicide by poison, while in jail for killing Bob Whiteacre.	10085
Gus Renaud												Male	Killed in 1884 in the Syndicate mine powder explosion	10086
Gustav A. Seiler	1888	1891	Gustav A. Seiler			3 Years 0 months & 0 days						Male		10087
H. D. Robertson													Office at the Bodie Hotel	10088
H. L. Childs														10089
H. Richards		October 9, 1879											Died in falling mine shaft elevator, when the brakes failed.	10090
H. Z. Osborne														10091
Harry F. Dolan	1880	1936	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10092
Harry Lewis												Male		10093
Harvey Boone												Male		10094
Hugh McQuaid		September 7, 1883	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10095
Hugh Smith		November 8, 1880										Male	Died in fire at Goodshaw Hoisting Works.	10096
I. N. Mkean	March 24, 1860	May 30, 1923	I. N. Mkean											10097
J. E. Boone	March 6, 1843	October 20, 1881	Wards Cemetery			38 Years 7 months & 14 days								10098
J. Emit DeChambeau	November 6, 1900	April 23, 1905	J. Emit DeChambeau			4 Years 5 months & 17 days						Male		10099
J. J. Welch													Bought The Tower Restaurant in March 1879 and renamed it to the Nevada Restaurant and Chop House.	10100
J. L. Colman														10101
J. R. Cassidy		October 9, 1879											Died in falling mine shaft elevator, when the brakes failed.	10102
J. W. Kingsley														10103
Jack O'Hara		August 27, 1878										Male	Shot after jumping a mining claim.	10104
Jack Roberts												Male	Nigh watchman in 1880	10105
James A. Garfield		July 19, 1881	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10106
James B. Perry	1833	June 9, 1896	James B. Perry			63 Years 6 months & 10 days						Male	Late Supervisor of Mono Co.	10107
James Blair		January 18, 1878										Male	Died in a duel.	10108
James Cordon	June 28, 1906	September 19, 1907	Miners Union Cemetery			1 Years 2 months & 22 days						Male		10109
James Doyle		June 19, 1878										Male	Killed in the Bodie Mine.	10110
James Edwin Dolan	1916	1917	Miners Union Cemetery			1 Years 0 months & 0 days						Male		10111
James Kennedy		July 5, 1880										Male	Died in gunfight	10112
James P. Dolan												Male		10113
James S. Dolan	January 1, 1841	March 11, 1904	Miners Union Cemetery			63 years 2 months & 10 days						Male		10114
James Showers												Male	Elected as first Treasurer of the Miners’ Union, Jan. 15, 1878.	10115
James Stuart Cain	April 17, 1853	October 28, 1938				85 years 6 months & 11 days	Rockburn, Hinchenbrooke, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada	Ancestry.com				Male	Businessman, owned many businesses In Bodie.	10116
Joe Beck												Male		10117
Joe Farnsworth												Male	Nigh watchman in 1880	10118
Joe Maquire												Male		10119
Joe Rouse												Male		10120
Joe Scanavino	May 21, 1896	April 19, 1955	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10121
Joe Scanavino	1842	1909	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10122
John B. Kennedy	1863	July 11, 1902	John B. Kennedy									Male		10123
John Blake		November 8, 1880										Male	Died in fire at Goodshaw Hoisting Works.	10124
John Dolan Deignan	1851	September 19, 1889	Miners Union Cemetery			38 Years 9 months & 20 days						Male		10125
John Enright		September 3, 1878										Male	Shot by James Harrington in Teagues Saloon.	10126
John Goff		August 23, 1879										Male	Shot during claim jumping dispute.	10127
John Jeffery	1867	January 18, 1914	Masonic Cemetery									Male		10128
John L. Berry, M.D.												Male	Had an office and drug store. Formerly of Bellevue Hospital, NY.	10129
John McMillan	December 5, 1882	June 10, 1884	Miners Union Cemetery			1 Years 6 months & 5 days						Male		10130
John Pryor												Male	Elected as first Vice President of the Miners' Union, Jan. 15, 1878.	10131
John S. McCracken	1860	April 19, 1905	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10132
John Scanavino	August 22, 1889	September 5, 1904	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10133
John W. DeChambeau	1875	1918	John W. DeChambeau									Male		10134
John Wagner												Male	Took over the Gem Eating House and renamed it to the Bon Ton Eating House in 1880.	10135
Johnny Treloar												Male		10136
Joseph Brodrier		October 9, 1879										Male	Died in falling mine shaft elevator, when the brakes failed.	10137
Joseph DeRoche												Male		10138
Kenneth L. McKeough	October 18, 1908	October 11, 1992	Kenneth L. McKeough			83 Years 11 months & 23 days		Email from grand daughter				Male	As of June 24, 1994, only 140 of the grave sites had been located. The last burial to take place in the Bodie cemetery was on August 14,1994, when Kenneth L. Mckeough – born in Bodie in 1908 – was interred. Due to Bodie’s status as a landmark, there are only about a dozen citizens left who may be buried here. Kenneth was born in the Seiler house and was raised in Aurora.	10139
L. H. Arrild	August 29, 1883	April 29, 1903	Miners Union Cemetery											10140
Leslie S. Nicholls	June 18, 1908	October 4, 1908	Wards Cemetery			0 Years 3 months & 16 days								10141
Lester B. Bell												Male		10142
Lester F. Bell	1920	1977	Wards Cemetery			57 Years 0 months & 0 days						Male		10143
Lester L. Bell	January 24, 1888	July 5, 1950	Wards Cemetery									Male		10144
Lewis Lockberg												Male	At one time, owner of the Bunker Hill claim.	10145
Lottie Johl			Miners Union Cemetery									Female		10146
Louis Scanavino	1891	1918	Miners Union Cemetery									Female		10147
Louisa May McIntyre	December 20, 1898	April 17, 1899	Miners Union Cemetery			0 Years 3 months & 28 days						Female		10148
Louise Bell	May 23, 1884	July 19, 1976	Wards Cemetery									Female		10149
Lucille Edna Dolan	August 27, 1906	September 14, 1909	Masonic Cemetery			3 Years 0 months & 18 days						Female		10150
M. J. Cody														10151
M. Schafer														10152
Manuel Garcia		October 9, 1879										Male	Died in falling mine shaft elevator, when the brakes failed.	10153
Margaret C. McDonell	1897	1899	Miners Union Cemetery			2 Years 0 months & 0 days						Female		10154
Maria McQuaid		October 10, 1909	Miners Union Cemetery											10155
Martha B. Lockwood	March 29, 1889	April 13, 1892	Miners Union Cemetery			3 Years 0 months & 15 days								10156
Martha Letcher	April 20, 1882	1917	Miners Union Cemetery											10157
Mary Dolan	April 10, 1851	February 3, 1917	Miners Union Cemetery											10158
Mary Elizabeth Butler	March 16, 1848	November 24, 1878	Wards Cemetery			30 Years 8 months & 8 days								10159
Mary Louise Moore	March 23, 1871	April 26, 1891	Miners Union Cemetery			20 Years 1 months & 3 days								10160
Mary Wood	1847	1908	Miners Union Cemetery											10161
Mateo Petralli	November 10, 1850	February 2, 1915	Miners Union Cemetery											10162
McDonell family plot			Miners Union Cemetery											10163
McMillan family plot			Miners Union Cemetery											10164
McQuaid family plot			Miners Union Cemetery											10165
Michael J. Cody												Male	U. S. Land Agent; Died in explosives accident.	10166
Mike McGowan												Male	a "Bad Man", who came from Virginia City. He would bite off ears, noses, and thumbs.	10167
Mildred Hoover												Female		10168
Mrs. A. J. Johnson	February 24, 1828	November 25, 1905	Masonic Cemetery											10169
Muirhead														10170
Name Unknown			Miners Union Cemetery											10171
Nathan Cook Gregory	January 12, 1887	September 22, 1890	Nathan Cook Gregory			3 Years 8 months & 10 days						Male		10172
Nathan H. Gregory												Male		10173
Nathan Hall Gregory	November 19, 1841	April 9, 1926	Nathan Hall Gregory									Male		10174
Pagdin			Miners Union Cemetery											10175
Patrick Reddy				Attorney								Male		10176
Peter Essington												Male	At one time, owner of the Bunker Hill claim.	10177
Peter Noonan	February 25, 1848	July 10, 1894	Miners Union Cemetery			46 Years 4 months & 15 days						Male		10178
R. G. Preshaw													Office over Salisbury & Richardson's Boot and Shoe store	10179
R. L. Peterson													Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, Conveyancer, office in the Rosedale Saloon	10180
Richard Reynolds Fouke												Male		10181
Robert "Bobby" Tenneson Bell												Male		10182
Robert Phillip Fouke												Male		10183
Rod McInnis												Male		10184
Rosa May												Female		10185
Rosa May Oalaque	January 1855	November 1912	Rosa May Oalaque											10186
Sam Leon												Male		10187
Sam Martin		October 9, 1879										Male	Died in falling mine shaft elevator, when the brakes failed.	10188
Solomon G. Stebbins	1825	October 20, 1881	Masonic Cemetery			56 Years 10 months & 20 days						Male		10189
Steven A. Scanavino	April 19, 1895	December 20, 1970	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10190
T. H. Leggett														10191
Theodore Hoover												Male		10192
Theresa Dolan	1888	1888	Miners Union Cemetery			0 Years 0 months & 0 days						Female		10193
Thomas Leggett												Male	Superintendent of the Standard Company.	10194
Thomas Smithen												Male		10195
Thomas Travis		January 1, 1880										Male	Stabbed by Tom Dillon, although Dillon was released for lack of evidence.	10196
Thomas Treloar		January 15, 1881										Male	Shot in the back by Joseph DeRoche.	10197
Tom Miller												Male		10198
U. P. Jack		January 15, 1878											Died in a duel.	10199
W. H. Wereley	December 20, 1848	February 9, 1890	Miners Union Cemetery			41 Years 1 months & 20 days								10200
W. J. O'Brien		July 10, 1879											Died in powder magazine explosion at Summit Mine.	10201
W. S. Bodey												Male	W. could have stood for Wakeman, Waterman, or William.	10001
Warren Boyd												Male		10203
Warren Loose												Male		10204
Warren R. Loose	August 6, 1848	August 19, 1917	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10205
William "Billy" O'Hara		1880										Male	African American. Owned the Bunker Hill mine at one point.	10206
William "Billy" T. Owens												Male		10207
William Deegan												Male		10208
William Hick	1847	November 24, 1901	Masonic Cemetery									Male		10209
William Loose												Male		10210
William S. Bodey	1814	1859	Wards Cemetery			45 Years 0 months & 0 days						Male		10211
William T. Owens	1855	1933	William T. Owens									Male		10212
William T. Williams		1880	Miners Union Cemetery									Male		10213
Wilson Butler				Blacksmith								Male	Bodie's first resident blacksmith. Arrived in town August 1, 1864.	10214
Wood family plot			Miners Union Cemetery											10215
Wood Larson	February 11, 1834	September 29, 1900	Masonic Cemetery									Male		10216
Mary McDonnell												Male	On September 4, 1932 the U.S. Post Office was moved to the Lottie Johl house, with Mary McDonnell as postmistress.	10217
								Photos of the cemetery, information from headstone.				Male	"AGED 49 YEARS, 16 DAYS - A native of West Virginia"	10218
								Photos of the cemetery, information from headstone.				Female		10219
								Photos of the cemetery, information from headstone.				Male		10220
								Photos of the cemetery, information from headstone.				Female		10221