Kirby's letter says this about Isom: Isom or Isham Hodges was the thirteenth child born to Edmund and Sarah Pearson Hodges on Spet. 22, 1823. His mother Sarah died the following day and Isom was wet-nursed by a negro slave. The negro's name was Dullancy and she was given her freedom and some land in the northern part of Sevier County near what was later to be Isom Hodges farm. This negro lived to be very old and was proud of the fact she nursed my Great-great grandfather. She was a great story teller and loved to tell his (Isom) grandchildren how she raised and nursed him. Isom married Elizabeth Ellis November 23, 1843. Their children were: 1. Mary Jane b. 7/8/1847. She married S.W. Cowden. 2. Mahala C. b. 5/6/1852. She married Sam D. Henry. 3. William Henry b. 2/26/1855. Married Parthenia Clementine Underwood. This is my Great grandparents. 4. Joe E. Hodges b. 7/6/1862. Married Nola Brewer. 5. Nannie b. 1864. Married a Sherrod. 6. Minnie b. 1866. Married Ollie Underwood. All of these people are buried in Sevier County Tennessee with the exception of Minnie and she is buried in a nearby town of Morristwon Tenn. Isom Hodges was a strong Confederate sympathizer while his older brother was a Captain in the Union army. Isom hauled supplies to a rail head in Strawplaines Tenn. and was said to be a spy on troop movements in that area. He was hunted under the threat of hanging by the Yankees. This area of Tennessee was occupied and re-occupied several times and it is said Isom would always disappear and reappear when the Yankees left. He had a deep hatred for the Yankees until his death in 11/16/1884. His tombstone spells his name Isham.