Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, California

Bodie Residents

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  • Joe Beck
  • Lester B. Bell
  • Jno. L. Berry, M.D.
    - Office - New drug store. Formerly of Bellevue Hospital, NY
  • W. S. Bodey
    - W. could have stood for Wakeman, Waterman, or William.
  • Harvey Boone
  • Dr. Frank L. Bosqui
  • Warren Boyd
  • Amasa Bryan
  • Wilson Butler
    - First resident blacksmith
  • Ben Butler
  • James Stuart Cain
    - Businessman, owned many businesses In Bodie.
  • Father Cassin
  • H. L. Childs
  • E. R. Cleveland
  • M.J. Cody
  • J. L. Colman
  • Bob Conway
  • Ed Cox
    - Seriously injured in explosion
  • Coyle
  • J. Emit Dechambeau
  • William Deegan
  • Joseph DeRoche
  • Cordelia Hays Dolan
  • Felix Donnelly
  • Charlie Donnelly
  • Peter Essington
    - At one time, owned the Bunker Hill claim.
  • Joe Farnsworth
    - Nigh watchman in 1880
  • Richard Reynolds Fouke
  • Robert Phillip Fouke
  • Annie C. Fouke
  • Nathan H. Gregory
  • Theodore Hoover
  • Mildred Hoover
  • Daniel Horner
    - First child born in Bodie.
  • Charlie Jardine
  • Eli Johl
  • Lottie Johl
  • "Pioche" Kelley
  • J. W. Kingsley
  • Thomas Leggett
    - Superintendent of the Standard Company.
  • T. H. Leggett
  • Harry Lewis
  • Lewis Lockberg
    - At one time, owned the Bunker Hill claim.
  • William Loose
  • Ed Loose
  • Warren Loose
  • Joe Maquire
  • Ernest Marks
  • Rosa May
  • Mike McGowan
    - 'Bad Man', came from Virginia City. Would bite off ears, noses, thumbs.
  • Dan McMillan
    - One-armed sheriff and manager of the Bodie baseball team.
  • A. E. McMillan
    - Secretary of the Bodie Miners' Union in 1885.
  • Tom Miller
  • Ben Miller
  • Belle Moore
    - Bodie's first school teacher.
  • Muirhead
  • Alex Nixon
    - Elected as first President of the Miners' Union, Jan. 15, 1878. Shot and killed in a saloon gun fight.
  • Billy O'Hara
    - Empire Gold and Silver Mining Company caretaker.
  • Dick O'Malley
    - Nigh watchman in 1880
  • H. Z. Osborne
  • Frank Owen
  • William T. Owens
  • James B. Perry
    - Late Supervisor of Mono Co.
  • R. L. Peterson
    - Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, Conveyancer, office in the Rosedale Saloon
  • R. G. Preshaw
    - Office - Over Salisbury & Richardson's Boot and Shoe store
  • John Pryor
    - Elected as first Vice President of the Miners' Union, Jan. 15, 1878.
  • Frank F. Quinville
    - Blacksmith for the Standard Consolidated Mine and
  • A. C. Raymond
  • Patrick Reddy
  • Gus Renaud
    - Killed in 1884 in the Syndicate mine powder explosion
  • Jack Roberts
    - Nigh watchman in 1880
  • H. D. Robertson
    - Office - Bodie Hotel
  • A. C. Robinson
  • Dr. M. J. Roe
    - Office - Opposite Shannon's, one door north of Cluggage's stage office, Main St.
  • Joe Rouse
  • Charles Rudin
  • M. Schafer
  • James Showers
    - Elected as first Treasurer of the Miners' Union, Jan. 15, 1878.
  • Thomas Smithen
  • George Storey
  • John A. Street, Dr.
  • Black Taylor
    - One of Bodey's buddies.
  • Johnny Treloar
  • John Wagner
    - Took over the Gem Eating House and renamed it to the Bon Ton Eating House in 1880.
  • Dr. Walker
  • C. R. Wedertz
  • J. J. Welch
    - Bought The Tower Restaurant in March 1879 and renamed it to the Nevada Restaurant and Chop House.
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