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Pvt William Mason Hodges

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Pvt William Mason Hodges Veteran

Birth
Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Death
14 Apr 1843 (aged 89)
Wolf Springs, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Lawrence County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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PVT SC Militia REV WAR∼William Hodges married Elizabeth Kerby abt. 1775 in Henry County, Virginia. They had the following children: John, Jane, James L., Andrew, Moses, William Mason, Fleming, Frances Elizabeth and Elizabeth B.

After the death of Elizabeth abt. 1824, he married Elizabeth McGlathery.
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THE HODGES

The Hodges were prominent in the first settlement of the county. Fleming was the eldest of two brothers who came together. He first married Miss Johnson of Madison, and secondly, Miss Loony of the same county. Col. Fleming Hodges was a member of the General Assembly (Senate) in 1819, 1820, 1821. He died about 1823. His wife survived him. Col. Wm. Hodges was the younger brother and was a member of the house of Representatives in 1828-29. His eldest son, Fleming, had considerable talent for trade, and moved to Mississippi. Wm. (Buck) Hodges of the Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, who made so much reputation in the late war, was his son. Another, Asa, was a lawyer, he moved to Arkansas. Two sons, Moses and James, moved to Mississippi. A sister of Fleming and William Hodges married Samuel W. Wallace in Shelby county, where she happened to be on a visit. They resided in to Dallas county, and were there when the State was organized and then removed to Shelby county again. Thence to Oakville, in Lawrence county, and, in 1840, to Wolf Spring. The old gentleman is now in his 85th year; but is vigorous in mind, and, having been a school teacher, can still write a fine hand.

Source: EARLY SETTLERS OF ALABAMA
By Col. James Edmonds Saunders
PVT SC Militia REV WAR∼William Hodges married Elizabeth Kerby abt. 1775 in Henry County, Virginia. They had the following children: John, Jane, James L., Andrew, Moses, William Mason, Fleming, Frances Elizabeth and Elizabeth B.

After the death of Elizabeth abt. 1824, he married Elizabeth McGlathery.
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THE HODGES

The Hodges were prominent in the first settlement of the county. Fleming was the eldest of two brothers who came together. He first married Miss Johnson of Madison, and secondly, Miss Loony of the same county. Col. Fleming Hodges was a member of the General Assembly (Senate) in 1819, 1820, 1821. He died about 1823. His wife survived him. Col. Wm. Hodges was the younger brother and was a member of the house of Representatives in 1828-29. His eldest son, Fleming, had considerable talent for trade, and moved to Mississippi. Wm. (Buck) Hodges of the Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, who made so much reputation in the late war, was his son. Another, Asa, was a lawyer, he moved to Arkansas. Two sons, Moses and James, moved to Mississippi. A sister of Fleming and William Hodges married Samuel W. Wallace in Shelby county, where she happened to be on a visit. They resided in to Dallas county, and were there when the State was organized and then removed to Shelby county again. Thence to Oakville, in Lawrence county, and, in 1840, to Wolf Spring. The old gentleman is now in his 85th year; but is vigorous in mind, and, having been a school teacher, can still write a fine hand.

Source: EARLY SETTLERS OF ALABAMA
By Col. James Edmonds Saunders

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