Good work Carolyn. There is a HODGE book in the Clayton Library here in Houston (4800 Caroline, across the street from the Holocaust Museum just north of the medical center area) of the William Fields Hodge Family. Gerry HODGES Hackley in Houston (I live in Houston but office in Sugar Land, Fort Bend Co., Tx) At 12:54 AM 3/19/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Here is the second installment of the continuing saga of The Hodge Family >of PA, GA, ARK, AL and TX (information given to me 20 years ago by someone >I can no longer find). > >Children of of William Hodge (son of Alexander and Ruth Hodge) and >Margaret Welch: >WILLIAM FIELDS b. Lawrence Co., Ark. Territory, d. Fayette Co., TX 1853. >Married Margaret McClendon. >MARY b. Lawrence Co., Ark Territory in 1820. Married Ely F. Ross. Lived in >Walker Co., TX. Died in 1855. Buried in Ebenezer Cemetery in Walker Co. >RUTH b. Lawrence Co., Ark. Territory 1822. Married Granville W. Rose first >and later, her sister's husband, Ely F. Ross. Died 1870. Buried in Walker >Co., Ebenezer Cemetery next to her sister. This cemetery is near >Huntsville, TX; it is fenced in, well maintained, and the graves are well >marked. Sisters, Mary and Ruth, were both fairly wealthy. Ruth gave the >land for the cemetery and church. >ROBERT ARCHIBALD - b. January 11, 1842 Fayette Co., TX. Died May 12, (year >cut off) Sherwood, Irion Co., TX - also buried there. He was a Cumber (was >something else cut off?) Presbyterian circuit riding preacher and teacher. >He attended Puttersville and Austin College. He married 1) Mattie P. >Renick February 2, 1861. They had one daugher who died at about >one-year-old. (Matttie's death date is cut off). (NOTE: In another part of >the package, it states that Mattie P. Renick was either a younger sister >or cousin of Robert Archibald's brother, John's, wife. However, there was >no mention of John in this section listing children of William Hodge and >Margaret Welch). Robert Archibald Hodge married 2) Nancy Susan Smith b. >November 26, 1842 in Mo(rest cut off) Co., MS. They were married in >Bastrop Co., TX July 17, 1865. She died January 15, 1886 in Cherokee, San >Saba Co., TX. They had 10 children. > >Children of Robert Archibald Hodge and Nancy Susan Smith: >WILLIAM ETHEL b. June 30, 1866 Bastrop Co., TX, d. 1927 in New Mexico but >buried in Brownwood, TX. (NOTE: Another place in the package states he was >born June 10, 1928 in Brownwood, TX). William Ethel Hodge was a rancher >and Texas Ranger. He married Fannie Miller in 1876 (NOTE: Another place in >this package states they were married August 9, 1885). She was born July >9, 1869 and died March, 1959 in New Mexico, but also buried in Brownwood, >TX. Their childen were: FRANK, CLINT (never married), BRYAN, MILLER, >NANNIE MAE and WILLARD. >JOHN ROBERT b. July 17, 1866, Bastrop Co., TX, d. June 25, 1946 in San >Angelo, Green Co., TX. Buried Sherwood, TX. Married Ida Bruce on November >14, 1891. She was born May 14, 1877, and died July 26, 1895 at Rising >Star, TX. They had two children. >GEORGE NEWELL b. August 16, 1870 Travis Co., TX; d. May 1935 (NOTE: >Another place states May 1936) San Angelo, TX. Buried Sherwood, TX. He was >a rancher and dairyman. He married 1) Bessie Sherril. They had two >children, ROY and TRUDIE. Both died in their early 20s. George married 2) >Myrtle Culp b.1884; d. January 1980. She was a school teacher. They had >five children: CARL, HENRY, LENA, HUBERT and MINNIE MAUDE. >EDWIN FIELDS b. July 12, 1872 Bastrop Co., TX. Died at age 20 being drug >by a horse. Never married. >MINNIE LETTITIA b. September 30, 1874 Bastrop Co., TX (NOTE: Another place >gives birth date of Sept. 29,1874); d. December 2, 1965, Hobart, Oklahoma. >Married Earnest T.Dameron in 1900. Earnest was a farmer, and in the >Oklahoma Land Run. He died August 7, 1957. They had 5 children. EARNEST >JR. and MINNIE are buried near Eldorado, OK. The other three children were >JACK, NINA and MELVA. >DONALD REED b. July 11, 1876 Bastrop Co., TX (NOTE: Another place states >he was born July 1, 1876); d, 1932 in California. He married in Georgia >(last name unknown) in California and had two children, ADDIE and CARL. >Both died in 1960. Both were married, but had no children. Donald and >Georgia both died in 1931. George was a tailor. >MARY EULENA b. September 30, 1878 San Saba Co., TX; d. 1963 San Angelo, >TX. Buried Sherwood, TX. Married J. Earnest Lackey September 21, 1901. He >was born March, 1878 and also died 1963. He is buried in Sherwood, TX. >They had four children: NANNIE and MARK, and ENSLEY and ROBERT who died as >young men. (NOTE: Mark's middle name may be HODGE - that was unclear). >BURNEY b. May 11, 1881, 9:00 p.m. - twin of Neely (NOTE: Burney and Neeley >are twins, yet they have different birthdays) San Saba Co., TX; d. as a >young child. >NEELY B. b. May 13, 1881 9:30 p.m., San Saba Co., TX. He never married. >Died 1932 at Vernon, TX and is buried there. >ADDIE ALICE b. December 26, 1885; d. as a child. Buried San Saba, TX. > >Children of John Robert Hodge and Mary Ida Bruce: >ADDIE LEE (NOTE: Another place in this package states her name was LAURA): >b. November 2, 1893; d. 1893 (NOTE: It says 19/30/1893 - obvious typo, I >would bet the person was trying to reach "0" when they hit "9"). >MINNIE IDA b. July 2, 1895; d. March 26, 1958. Married Willie Roy Kight in >1915. He died March 27, 1929. Minnie Ida and Willie Roy Kight are buried >in San Angelo, TX. They had four children, one of whom is the person who >gave me this information. Minnie Ida finished achool when she was 15 years >old and went to college in Brownwood, TX. She was also an accomplished >pianist. Willie Roy Kight was a Texas Ranger. > >Johnnie stated that this Hodge family went from Ireland-Scotland to >England, and then to America, and there are still descendants of this >Hodge line living in Columbus, GA. > >I recently returned from San Antonio, TX (my first trip to Texas). I was >there during the anniversary of the seige of the Alamo. I learned a great >deal about Texans' fight for Independance, Sam Houston, David Austin, the >Battle of San Jacinto, the Alamo, Goliad, etc. So now, reading this Hodge >information again after 20 years, I understand so much more - and I'm sure >all you native Texas Hodges will appreciate this: William Hodge (husband >of Margaret Welch) was a camp guard for Sam Houston during the Texas fight >for independence. Also serving under General Sam Houston were Archibald, >James and Robert Hodge. They were ordered to stay at the Texas Army Camp >opposite Harrisburg in April, 1836. Those staying in camp were the rear >guard of the main army. William, Archibald and Robert Hodge settled in >(current day) Fort Bend Co. around 1822 or a little later, and (it appears >from these notes) that they were on the list of the "Three Hundred" first >colonists. > >William Fields Hodge (son of the William who served under Sam Houston) was >a 1st Sargent in Company C of the Texas Cavalry during the Civil War). > >I have much more to post, but it's after 1:00 a.m. and I've run out of >steam. I'll try to do a little each night. > >CAROLYN HODGE > > > >==== HODGE Mailing List ==== >Faye Dyess fdy13@home.com Listmanager >Thou shalt not curse, flame, spam or USE ALL CAPS. >Researching the following families: Arnold, Alsobrook, Benton, Booth, >Bradwell, Colson, Curles, Dailey, >Davis, Dyess, Etheridge, Fort, Fuller, >Gregory, Hodge, Hooks, Hudnall, Jackson, Mitchell, >Shinholster, Thigpen, Thompson, Treadwell, Wall > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library Gerry Bosma Hackley, GRI [] Prudential Gary Greene Realtors 2323 Town Center Blvd. Sugar Land, TX 77478 Ofc: 281/980-5050 Fax: 281/980-5426 Res: 281/495-6680 Fax: 281/495-9395 Pager: 713/318-1951 Cell: 281/414-5211 http://www.hackley.com gerry@hackley.com Specializing in residential properties in Fort Bend County, West and SW Houston since 1972.