I hope that you will read my tale of woe here and be able to help me. I have hit the brick wall with my Hodge(s) family but I suspect that Jesse's Hodges who was married to Elizabeth Collins in Tennessee could be my line but I have no proof. In looking at Jesse and Elizabeth on the Mormon DB, I see that amongst other children they have sons Marcus, Harvey and Josiah. Josiah married Mary Wilson and also had a son that he named Marquis DeLafayette Hodges. My Marcus L.(Marquis?) Hodge can be found with his brother Harvey and mother Mary in Lawrence Co. KY in the 1850 census. These I suspect are the same wife and son(s) of Josiah. The dates for Mary (b. 1786)match perfectly with the Mormon and Marcus is off by about 3 years from the census info (1825 vs 1828). However the DOD on Mary doesn't fit and the marriage of Marquis to Susan Tarbottom doesn't fit. My Marcus married Elizabeth Frasher from Wayne Co. WVA. Could they be one and the same Jesse/Josiah/Marcus(Marquis)? My Marcus! was a carpenter and the skills were passed generation to generation. My Marcus also named his sons Marcus and Harvey (not to mention Noah, my line). I know that there are plenty of folks out there descended from Jesse Hodges and Elizabeth Collins so maybe you know what happened to their grandson Marquis. Any info is appreciated. Tammy