-----Original Message----- From: Christine Hodges <chodges@erie.net> To: HODGES-L-@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L-@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 5:44 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 > >