Nathan Bodie, Jr. in 1860

We've already seen Nathan's household in 1870, and also in 1850 (when daughter Jane was part of it). So the remaining piece is 1860. In the Saluda Regiment section of Edgefield County (or District), we find the household of "N.A. Bodie" (53), Nancy (40), Virginia (11), Daniel (7), female E.C. (4), and one-month-old Emma.

We'll now have to push Nathan back into the 1840 timeframe, when he should be in his thirties.

Nathan Bodie, Jr. in 1870

In 1870, 66-year-old Nathan Bodie appears in the census in the Saluda section of Edgefield County, SC with his third wife, Nancy Warren, and three children: 19-year-old Virginia and 16-year-old Daniel (children of his second wife, Elizabeth Warren, who was Nancy's twin sister), and 12-year-old Elizabeth (his daughter by Nancy).

Jane Belle Bodie in 1850

Jane isn't hard to find in 1850. Although there are several different Jane Bodies located in Edgefield District in 1850, only one is of the right age. The family is split across 2 census pages. In the second page, Jane appears with her older sisters Susan, Amanda, Elizabeth, and Anne, as well as a younger half-sister, Virginia. On the previous page are head of household Nathaniel (47), Elizabeth (32), Russell (20), and Mary (18).

The focus now switches from Jane to her father, Nathan(iel).