Bob & Dennis, etc. I am writing to remind you & others who may be researching the Luther Hartwell Hodges lines, that I sent some info on Luther H. Hodges 9/28/1999 regarding the honors he received from the Rotarians and other citizens of North Carolina. Luther had requested that no buildings, highways, or other structures be named in his memory. But the Rotarians wanted to place a portrait of him in the Raleigh Durham Airport and his family gave permission. The Rotary bulletin had a picture of one of his daughters. This was from the Oct. 1998 Rotarian magazine. His daughter is Betsy Bernard. Luther wrote his biography "Businessman in the State House." Luther was raised in poverty near Larksville, NC, one of his parents' nine children to attend college. He graduated from the U. of NC in 1919, and was President of the Student Council and senior class. He immediately joined Marshall Field & Co. as an office boy eventually rising to become VP of worldwide manufacturing by his reitrement in 1950. A WW II veteran, he served as administrator of the Marshall Plan, working in several German cities, and chief of industry, US Div. of Economic Cooperation, upon retiring. In 1952, Luther ran as a political outsider and was elected Lt. Governor of NC, becoming governor when William B. Umstead died in office in 1954. As US Secretary of Commerce, he established the Business Ethics Advisory Council.l Continuing this theme, he wrote "The Business Conscience" in 1963 and expounded on ethical behavior in his autobiography, "Businessman in the State House." The Luther H. Hodges Distinguished Professorship of Business Ethics, funded by his friends, was the first such chair at the University of North Carolina School of Business. Luther Hodges died at his home in Chapel Hill on 6 Oct 1974, at the age of 76. Does anyone have his autobiography? Do you know who his eight brothers and sisters were?????? My Great Grandfather, Isaac Allen Hodges, first child was named Luther but he died at the age of six (6) in Johnson Co., TX. I would like to know more about this great individual. Thanks, Gerry Hodges Hackley in Houston gerry@hackley.com At 10:53 PM 4/16/1999 -0400, you wrote: > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dennis Boswell <dennisb@primenet.com> >To: rlhodges@erols.com <rlhodges@erols.com> >Date: Friday, April 16, 1999 11:06 AM >Subject: Fwd: Re: Hodges of Pittsylvania - Franklin Counties, VA > > >>Hello, Bob. I am guessing that you have been away from home for some time >>now. So, what follows in this note also has attached all my prior notes >>together in one place for you. >> >>In addition, let me tell you that I have come across a Hodges line in >>Mississippi (where my Anna H. Hodges lived and died) that has names such as >>"Townsend" and "Luther" in it. Shortly, I will have a more complete picture >>of this line and am most interested in seeing if, at some point, it >>coincides with the partial line you sent me several weeks ago that leads to >>Luther Hartwell Hodges. I will, of course, send what I have found to you if >>and when I am able to connect it to your line. >> >>When you are able, I would be most appreciative if you could send me a >>fuller description of the former Governor's complete line of descendancy. >>Thanks, Bob. I have a feeling that, with your recent help, I am getting >>closer. >> >>>Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 13:53:08 -0700 >>>To: rlhodges@erols.com >>>From: Dennis Boswell <dennisb@primenet.com> >>>Subject: Fwd: Re: Hodges of Pittsylvania - Franklin Counties, VA >>> >>>Hello, Bob. This note deals with the foremost shortcoming of e-mail. >Namely, >>>the fact that one never really knows the demands being placed on the time >of >>>the person with whom he is corresponding and, hence, the many, many >>>justifiable reasons (vacation, illness, family emergency, etc.) that may >>>exist and justifiably cause response delays. >>> >>>If this applies to your present circumstances, please disregard this note >>>and trust that I am only trying to underscore my sincere interest in >working >>>further with you at some future time when it is convenient for you to do >so. >>> >>>After contacts with many Hodges researchers you, alone, seem to be the >only >>>living relative of the former Governor I have been able to locate. In >short, >>>Bob (assuming Anna is Luther Hartwell Hodges' Aunt as I suspect her to >be), >>>my search for "Nancy" Anna H. Hodges parents, siblings, spouses, dates, >etc. >>>is, for the moment, completely dependent on you. >>> >>>I do look forward to hearing from you. >>> >>> >>>>Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 09:11:08 -0800 >>>>To: rlhodges@erols.com >>>>From: Dennis Boswell <dennisb@primenet.com> >>>>Subject: Re: Hodges of Pittsylvania - Franklin Counties, VA >>>> >>>>Hello, Bob. >>>> >>>>I looked over your very interesting note this morning. From what you >>>>describe, my Anna H. Hodges could be either Elijah Hodges' (b. ca >1786-90) >>>>sister or, his wife, Judith Hodges' sister assuming my belief that Anna >was >>>>Luther H. Hodges' great great aunt. Of course, over the years, a "great" >>>>could have been dropped from her relationship with Luther and she could >>>>really be his great great great aunt. If that were the case and based on >the >>>>birthdays you have shown, it would be a stretch to imagine her as >Ejijah's >>>>sister, but not too much of a stretch to imagine her as Robert Hodges' >(b. >>>>ca 1770) sister. I simply do not know. >>>> >>>>All we do know about Anna is that she was born 4 Feb 1788, location >unknown; >>>>married Hockaday Brister in 1805, location suspected to be Greenville, >SC; >>>>died 17 Aug 1875 in Holmes County, MS and was buried alongside Hockaday >(who >>>>died about seventeen years earlier) in what is known as the Hockaday >Brister >>>>Cemetery, Holmes County, MS. Her birth and death dates come right off her >>>>headstone. We know nothing as to who her parents were. >>>> >>>>My personal search for Anna started in MS, then to Greenville District, >SC >>>>when I found the nearly 30 year-old reference to Luther H. Hodges; then >to >>>>NC where he was governor and then to Pittsylvania County, VA when the NC >>>>State Librarian informed me Luther had been born in Pittsylvania County, >>>>Virginia. I am now searching in VA. >>>> >>>>As I said in my note to you, Brister and Hodges researchers seem to hold >>>>different views on who her parents were with the Hodges side thinking her >>>>father was one William "Billy" Hodges and the Brister researchers >claiming >>>>that one Drury Hodges of Greenville District, SC was the father. I have >much >>>>data extracted from contemporaneous documents of the 1790s to 1810 period >to >>>>support the Drury assertion, but all they build is a circumstantial case. >>>>None of them definitely pin it down. >>>> >>>>I have noticed that in Pittsylvania County, VA, from the mid-1700s up to >the >>>>early 1800s, there are many Williams, Drurys and a few other names that >>>>match those found in the Brister line of descendancy, e.g., Moses, >George, >>>>Edmund, etc. Hodges researchers also claim (in an as yet undefined way) >that >>>>a Hodges named "Isham" figured into their view of Anna's line. >>>> >>>>Let me ask you, Bob, do you happen to know who your Elijah, Judith and >>>>Robert (b. ca 1770) sisters and brothers were? That might be a starting >>>>point. I appreciate your willingness to post this for me. Coming from a >>>>Hodges, it might attract a bit more attention. Please let me know what >web >>>>address you do that on. >>>> >>>>Oh, by the way, the Anna who you mentioned appeared as a witness in Henry >>>>Co. Court in the 1780s could not have been the Anna I am looking for >based >>>>on birthdate alone. >>>> >>>>I look forward to continuing this and seeing if we can get to the bottom >of >>>>a mystery that to my knowledge has been confounding many researchers for >at >>>>least fifty or sixty years. Thanks for your interest, Bob. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>At 10:58 PM 4/2/99 -0500, you wrote: >>>>>Dennis, >>>>> >>>>>I will also post your message to the Rootsweb Hodges list to see if we >get >>>>>back any good information, but here is a sketch of mine. >>>>> >>>>>Luther H. Hodges was a son of John James Hodges (1860-1936). John James >was >>>>>a son of Willis Townsend Hodges (1831-1907). Willis Townsend's father >was >>>>>Elijah Hodges, and his mother was Judith Hodges. This is the generation >for >>>>>Anna/Nancy. Elijah (ca. 1786-90 - 1856) was the son of Robert Hodges >(ca. >>>>>1737-1832). Judith was the daughter of Robert Hodges (ca. 1770 - ca. >1844) >>>>>and his wife Susannah Hall. They had about three children that I cannot >>>>>identify, but since they married in 1791, they are not good candidates. >The >>>>>other Robert had children old enough to fight in the Revolutionary War >and >>>>>continued to have them up into the 1790's. He named a number of >children in >>>>>his will but I don't think that the list was comprehensive. One was a >>>>>Nancy who married a Chandler and moved to Giles County, Virginia. There >was >>>>>an Anna in the records in connection with this Robert. I believe that >she >>>>>appeared as a witness in Henry County in the 1780's. I will try to find >the >>>>>record for you. Let me know if any of this syncs up with your data. >>>>> >>>>>Bob Hodges >>>>> >>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>From: Dennis Boswell <dennisb@primenet.com> >>>>>To: rlhodges@erols.com <rlhodges@erols.com> >>>>>Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:18 PM >>>>>Subject: Hodges of Pittsylvania - Franklin Counties, VA >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Hello, Bob. >>>>>> >>>>>>I located your name on the Hodges Family Genealogy Forum. If you don't >>>>>>mind, let me tell you why I have sent this email. I am attempting to >locate >>>>>>an "Anna H. Hodges," also known by "Nancy" and "Annie.". I suspect she >and >>>>>>her family resided prior to her marriage in 1805 (to Hockaday Brister >of >>>>>>Greenville, SC) in and around the Pittsylvania Co.-Franklin >Co.-Goochland >>>>>>Co. areas of VA during 1700 to 1810. She was born 4 February 1788. >Several >>>>>>of the principal Hodges family names I believe were connected with her >are >>>>>>Isham, Drury, William, George, Edmond and Moses. >>>>>> >>>>>>Do any of these names sound familiar to you, Bob? >>>>>> >>>>>>The difficulty I face is that Hodges is not one of my primary lines. My >>>>>>primary lines are Brister, Clark, Hackney and Boswell. As a means of >>>>>>finding Anna, I am also searching for Luther H. Hodges (former NC >Governor >>>>>>from 1954-1961). This is because I have found a reference to the effect >>>>>>that my "Anna H. Hodges" was Luther H. Hodges great great Aunt which >>>>>>suggests she may be included in his family genealogy, if I am able to >>>>>>locate it. He was born in Pittsylvania Co., VA in 1898 >>>>>> >>>>>>As it happens, Brister and Hodges researchers have had a long-standing >>>>>>dispute over who Anna's parents were. Brister researchers believe her >>>>>>father to be a �Drury Hodges� while Hodges researchers hold that >�William >>>>>>Hodges� was her father. I have a theory that Anna and William may have >been >>>>>>brother and sister, both Drury's children. After much searching, no >primary >>>>>>records referencing Anna have turned up. So, what I am trying to do is >>>>>>construct a Hodges (from the southern part of the State of Virginia) >family >>>>>>genealogy that will hopefully include her and, having done that, >attempt to >>>>>>validate it. >>>>>> >>>>>>Any assistance you might offer would be most appreciated. Thanks, Bob. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Regards >>>>>> >>>>>>Dennis K. Boswell >>>>>>301 Crow Canyon Drive >>>>>>Folsom, CA 95630-2057 >>>>>> >>>>>>Call: (916) 987-3599 >>>>>>E-Mail Address: dennisb@primenet.com >>>>> >> >>Regards >> >>Dennis K. Boswell >>301 Crow Canyon Drive >>Folsom, CA 95630-2057 >> >>Call: (916) 987-3599 >>E-Mail Address: dennisb@primenet.com > > >==== 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 > > > >