-----Original Message----- From: Christine Hodges <chodges@erie.net> To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 6:09 PM Subject: [HODGES-L] Fw: part lettler written 1903 > >-----Original Message----- >From: Christine Hodges <chodges@erie.net> >To: HODGES-L-@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L-@rootsweb.com> >Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 5:54 PM >Subject: part lettler written 1903 > > >>Lettler written by. >>James M, Hodges Jan 19, 1903 >>I was born Jan 19th 1813 in the town of Ferrisburg addison co. VT. >> In the month of July 1816 Father the late John Hodges with his Theodosia >>Alford >>and their three children of whom I am the youngest, moved from Vt to Erie >>County Pa a distance about 555 miles a very long distance considering the >>meansa of conveyance, and the new roads many times leading through dense >>woods.Our conveyance was a span of horses hitched to a long sled with high >>box and cover in this vehicle was stored our wardrobe beds and bedding, a >>dozen bottles of casteroil and a dozen cast steel hors a set of augurs, a >>grubbling hor and mattock this tools were all made in Vergins Vt. >> When we went My Uncle Richard Gage had a simular out fit and one more >> the small children rode while the older ones would walk along side. >> ( Talks about crossing Lake Champlain and then across Ny, State, >> We had now lived in Pa for about nine years , we had occuoied 6 >>different houses the last a hewed log house on the Acadamy land where we >>accumlated more property than we had in the six years before. we had 11 >head >>of horned cattle 30 sheep and 4 hogs besides 4 or 5 two horse waggon loads >>of household goods. greens, patotes. >> A good pair of horses waggons, sleigh plow,and drag and our family >had >>grown now there was John Orville, Theodosia Lorin Myself and Royal and May >L >> we know have a place of our own located on the turnpike between >>Cambridge and Fort Lebouf. we have built a barn and have cleared all the >>woods for the buildings of a house, Far different from we pulled into >>Grandfather >>Alford"s so many years ago. >> My Note ; This is the Father of Alpheus Hodges civil war 9th new York >>Cav. >>also one of the younger borthers to my grandfather John Orville. This is >>just a small part of the lettler that he left to his grandchildren, but it >>has blessed so many others I thought I'd share it with all. >> What was omited was the death of several of the children, and a short >>story >>about a wild bull at whitesalt, while they were stoped there refreashing >>and >> resting the Horses and oxen. >>John bn,Sep/5/1787 d Aug/12/1880 >>Theodosia his wife- bn Jan/3/1790 d Aug/3/1881 >> other children that belong to John and Theodisia Alford Hodges are >> John Orville bn Aug 5/1809 d.Sep/2/1880 >>married 1 Lousia Rockwell div 2 Lucinda A. >> Parts of Family missing in action/ >>Theodoisa Lorin bn Dec11/1810 d. Apr/22/1861 >>married Cooper Mitchell >> Some of family missing in action, >>James Marshell bn Jan/19/1812 d Mar/2/1907 >>married 1 Lucinda M. Nichols 2. Kezia Hubbard >>most of family accounted for >>Infant Hodges bn Dec 19/1814 >>Harriett Lovina bn Apr,22,1816 d 24/Aug/ 1820 >>Loyal Oliver bn Dec11/1818 d 25/Aug/ 1820 >>Royal Fruman bn Feb/15/1821 d 17/Feb/1826 >>Mary L, bn Mar/18/1823 d Sept/4/1901 >>married James V.H. Jones of Bativia Ny >> Family missing in action >>Platt Delavan bn Mar/28/1826 d Mar/11/1907 >> married Eunice Henry >> Family missing in action. >>Kezia Sarah bn Apr/11/1828 d July//22/1861 >> married John P Odell from New York. >> some of this family missisng in action >>Lucia S bn Nov 21/1830 d Jun30/1924 >>married Seth Peck 1 F.C. Chapin2 >> 1 dau Sylvania >>Wells Bushnell bn Mar/28/1833 d Apr.7/1894 >>married Nancy Culbertson (div) >>parts of family missing in action. >>Matthew Stanley bn Oct /4/ 1838 d. Oct /19/ 1931 >>married Mary Jane Stillman adopted dau. of the James Marshall Hodges >>Family has been accounted for. >> If anyone has infor. on these families or needs info on these >families, >>will >>gladely share what I have. >>ezekielhodges@hotmail.com >> > > >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== >Have you forgotten how to unsub? >Send a message to HODGES-L-request@rootsweb.com >Put one word in the body of the message: >Unsubscribe > > >