Hi Christine, I would venture a guess that BILL STUFF A SPECIALTY is actually Build Stuff a Specialty as in building a house or barn, etc. Spelling wasn't a strong point for some in those days and you still find today that it isn't a strong point with some. That's my guess as the answer to your Mystery. Lowell Christine Hodges wrote: > > Hello to all the other Hodges, sorry I haven't been with with you for awhile > , but have had > some medical problems here at home, but have tried to keep up with the list > and what is going on. Hope all of you are Well. > In the last several weeks I cam came upon this information. some old > lettlers dated > 1894/5 addressed to a > Sinder Hodges of ------- Cooliage Ky They were sent from my g g grandfather > John O Hodges Jr of ( Onieda Tenn- and Cambridge Pa and either Knott pine ky > or Cooliage ky. > We have found he had residences in all three locations. > Sinder Hodges real name was > Lucinda Crabtree- m Frank N Hodge ( Hodges) 1880/1 either in > Onieda Tenn or Knott pine Ky or what is now called Whitely Ky as that was > Coolidge po from what I understand. > Do we have any one on the Hodges list in these areas that might be > able to > lend me a hand and seeing what we can find out on these folks . > I also learned that > John O Hodges in Onieda Tenn > owned and operated the > Hastings & HODGES names on the inventory sheet are > L.A. Hastings and J.O. Hodges > manufacturers of and dealers in > POPLAR, WHITE, AND YELLOW PINE LUMBER, > >LATH AND SHINGLES< > PICTURE SHOWING TWO HANDS > BILL STUFF A SPECIALITY > does any one have an idea what a Bill Speciality is?? > any help with this mistery will be greatley appreacted > thank You > Christy Hodges at > chodges@erie.net or > www.erie.net/~chodges/hodgeshome.html > > ==== 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 > New threaded Archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/