The Bodman Memorial Library is also home to our villages collection of historical memorabilia. Our collection consists of Scrapbooks from 1904 and on, school and church records, genealogy files, pictures, Quaker artifacts, tools, clothing and textiles, Jefferson County histories. The library has four computers with Heritage Quest, a searchable database with census records back to 1790. Our village Historian Gwen Acheson has been a resident of Philadelphia for over 90 years and would be happy to assist you with any inquiries.

The Bodman Family
Standing: Miranda "Minnie" Bodman (1858-1946)
                 Releif "Leafy" Bodman (1873-1918)
Seated: Mother, Mrs. Martin ( Anna E. Morse) Bodman
               Susie Bodman (1868-1945)

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