Vienna Meader, daughter of Lemuel Meader (1771-1839) [0056] and Mary Kimball (1779-1845), was born in Rochester, NH March 28, 1822. On September 18, 1845 she married James Bodge of Barrington, Stratford, NH. He was born October 29, 1815 and died October 24, 1874. They settled in Rochester. In 1853 or 1854 they moved to Pawnee, Sangamon, IL, where her siblings [0145], [0146], [0151] were living. James Bodge and his son Frederick were partners in a dry goods and groceries business in Pawnee.
| i. | Frederick Bodge, born in Rochester August 6, 1846 and died in Pawnee April 3, 1872. He married Lucy D. Vermillia. Their child died young. | |
| ii. | Mary Bodge, born in Rochester October 7, 1848 and in 1875 married Caleb Elmer Mower, born in 1848. They were probably married in Pawnee. They had a son. | |
| iii. | James H. Bodge, born in Rochester January 13, 1851. | |
| iv. | Frank M, Bodge, born in Rochester February 28, 1853 He married Sarah Field. | |
| v. | Harriet Bodge, born in Pawnee January 8, 1855. | |
| vi. | Carrie Bodge, born in Pawnee May 5, 1856. | |
| vii. | Vienna Bodge, born in Pawnee January 10, 1859 and died there January 9, 1866. | |
| viii. | Sarah A. Bodge, born in Pawnee May 23, 1861. | |
| ix. | Charles W. Bodge, born in Pawnee July 13, 1864 and died October 25, 1865. | |
| x. | Walter Bodge, born in Pawnee October 26, 1867. |