Carolyn Is it possible that Leroy was his middle name. as because of so many John's in our lines the men would often use their middle name,that was one of the reasons we had a very hard time trying to find a Orvilee Hodges, well it turned out that Orville was John Orvilee Hodges son of John son of Ezekiel. ,well to make a long story short, it turns out that a lot of the boys did that.and it is making it very hard to find them, they even used this middle name of some of the deeds recorded chodges -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Hodges <hodges@redriverok.com> To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, April 03, 1999 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] John Hodges b. ca 1805 >Faye, > >I believe this is where I first found the John Miles Hodges info. >There was not enough info to determine if this was our John Hodges, >however. >I do remember that this John and Mary did not have listed a son by the >name of Leroy and I know that our John and Mary did have a son by this >name. I thought his name may have been left out by the researcher. I >guess I'm just grasping at straws, in other words! But don't we all >at times. > >One of the main reasons I thought that this may be the couple I was >searching for was because of Mary's maiden name, Dinkin. Leroy and >his wife had a son nicknamed Dinkie that died at an early age in >Collin Co, TX. Do you see the straw I was grasping at? > >Thanks for the email and your kind interest! >Carolyn >hodges@redriverok.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: Faye Dyess <fdy@gate.net> >To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, April 03, 1999 8:18 PM >Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] John Hodges b. ca 1805 > > >> If you will check the Hodge ged com file located at: >> >> http://www.my-ged.com/hodge >> >> I believe you will have your question answered. >> >> Faye >> >> >> At 01:17 PM 4/3/99 -0600, you wrote: >> >Does anyone have knowledge of John Hodges that married Mary >Dinkins? >> > >> >Carolyn >> > >> > >> > >> >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== >> >Please remember that it is okay to post any information on any >> >Hodge/Hodges/Hedge to the list. The more info we post, the more >likely that >> >we will find connections. >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== >> Searchable Archives at: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> Archives help at: >http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm >> >> >> >> >> > > >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== >Don't forget that to subscribe to the Digest form, send a message to: >HODGES-D-request@rootsweb.com >Put one word only in the body of the message, >Subscribe > > >