Bodley family.

This collection of papers spans three generations of Bodleys, beginning with Thomas Bodley, then William Steward Bodley, and concluding with Temple Bodley. Thomas Bodley was born on July 4, 1772 near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. His family moved to Lexington where he spent most of his life. He served in the War of 1812. On June 11, 1833, he died in Lexington of cholera. William Stewart Bodley, the son of Thomas and Katherine Harris Shiell Bodley, was born on June 6, 1806 in Lexington. He received a law degree from Transylvania University in 1825, practiced law in Maysville, Kentucky, and New Orleans, Louisiana, undtil 1830, when he moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi. In 1835, he married Ellen Pearce, and in 1849, they moved to Louisville. William served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1855 to 1857. He died in Louisville on April 8, 1877. Temple Bodley was born in Louisville in 1852. After attending the University of Virginia, he graduate from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1875. He practiced law until his retirement in 1903, when he turned his attention to Kentucky history. He died in Louisville in 1940 and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.

From the description of Bodley family papers, 1773-1939. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 86072194