Silas Hodges was born Lane County, OR 1859, son of Alexander Hodges, and died in Prineville, OR January 1929. He was a rancher and operated a livery stable at Prineville where he settled in 1868 on the Grindstone Ranch. He homesteaded on Sheep Rock on Little Bear Creek, later known as the Manford Nye Ranch. He moved to Prineville 1895. SusannahThompson, daughter of Amos F. Thompson and Elizabeth Nye Hon died 31 January 1908 and is buried Juniper Haven Cemetery, Prineville, as is Silas. The children of her first marriage to -------- Hearing are: --Harvey Hearing who is buried on the Grindstone/Devine Ranch; --Oma Hearing. The children of Silas and Susannah Hodges include: --Orange Franklin Hodges b 7 Feb 1884 Prineville, d 17 October 1921, m1____ ____ and had two children; m2 Elizabeth [Bailey] Jackson and had 3 children; --Iona Fay Hodges b 22 Feb 1886 at the Prineville home of Alexander Hodges, m Samuel Martin Bailey and had issue: Steve 1907, Charley, Millard who died young, Floyd and Vern; --Olive Gertrude b 27 October 1889, d 1969 Bend, OR, m Dr. Randolph Ketchum 1910; --Otto K. Hodges b 27 March 1896 Prineville, d Ap[ril 1948, m ----- ----- San Francisco. Alexander Hodges b ca 1821 Randolph Co IN d 1891, buried Juniper Haven Cemetery, Prineville, OR. He went to MO 1835, to OR 1846, to PolkCo OR 1850 first to Albany. He m1 Abigail Zumwalt in Polk Co OR 1850, dau of Isaac Zumwalt. He m2 Dulcina [Tomlinson] Vanderpool in PolkCo OR 1853. She m1 Kinman Vanderpool 18 March 1849 and they had two children. Dulcina was born ca 1830 KY, d 8 April 1914 buried Dufur, OR. Alexander and Abigail Hodges had two children: --Elizabeth Catherine 1853-1932 m Jasper N. Gulliford 1872 Wasco Co OR; --Charles M. 1852-1873 d Roseburg, OR. Alexander and Dulcina had issue: --Infant who died young --Alexander T. Hodges 1854-d Walla Walla WA unmarried; --Silas 1859-1929, m Susannah [Thompson] Hearing 1882 Crook Co OR, dau of Amos; --Olive H. 1861-d Boise ID m Horace A. Dillard 1883 Crook Co OR; --Mary B. 1863-d Dufur OR m Charles H. Stoughton; --Sherman E. 1867-d Wenatchee, WA, unmarried. Alex Hodges adopted the two Vanderpool children: --Martha E. b MO ca 1850, m Jacob Allan Gulliford 1872 Prineville, OR; --William Medders "Med" b Ray Co MO 4 April 1852, d 19 Feb 1933 Hubbard, OR, m Lizzie Jane Templeton 1874 and had 4 children. References: ODLC #--- Polk County 1864 Oath of Allegiance 1880 Wasco County, Prineville, OR census 1870 Wasco County OR census, E of Deschutes River, The Dalles postoffice 1850 Marion Co OR census for Zumwalt. Amos F. Thompson b 1824 IA, d 1910 and is buried Prineville Pioneer Cemetery. He arrived in OR 1852 and settled in Linn County. His parents were Amos Thompson and Kali Barrum Thompson. He married Elizabeth Nye in LinnCounty. She arrived in Oregon with her father in 1852 and she died 26 June 1901, buried same as Amos. Her father was Jacob Nye. There are some who believe Elizabeth Nye was married 1st before marrying Amos F. Thompson. I cannot confirm or deny. Reportedly HER children include: ---John who m1 Olive Coyle, m2 Ida Klum ---Adam ---George ---Druzilla; -------------------------- Children of Elizabeth and Amos Thompson include: ---Susannah who m1 Ben Hearing, m2 Silas Hodges 1883 Prineville --Jane who m John Coyle, lived Sherman County, OR for a time --Victoria who m Marcus Powell and lived Crook County, OR ---Preston who m Hattie Allen, lived Prineville, is buried in The Dalles ---Riley who m ---- Hinton and lived Grant County, OR ---Franklin who d age 9 in Linn Co OR of typhoid ---and Minta who d age 17 in Prineville. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ Jesse Monroe Hodges was born 8/18 December ca 1788- 1791 Marlboro/Melburne District/County, South Carolina to Thomas Hodges. Reportedly he went to TN in 1817, to IN, to MO 1839, to OR Benton County 1847, to Prineville 1870. He married Catherine Stanley in 1811/1812 in NC and d 28 March 1877 Benton Co OR. Buried Gingles Cemetery there. Dates are unconfirmed and a bit sketchy. Catherine STanley was born 12 July 1796 SC/PA and died 6 April 1857 Benton Co OR. Their children included: ---Monroe b Allen Co OH ca 1833, d 1905 Prineville, OR, m Rhoda E. Wilson 13 January 1856/55 Benton Co OR dau of Samuel and Sarah; ---Jane b 1827 IN, d 1905 Benton Co OR, m Eli Wesley Michael; ---Harrison b ca 1832 IN, unmarried and insane in Benton Co OR 1854; ---Elizabeth b ca 1835 OH, maybe m John Frost 1853 Benton Co OR; ---Calloway b ca 1825-1830 IN , m Rebecca E.; ---Drury R./B.? b ca 1825-1826 Randolph Co IN, m Mahala B. Fickle 1847 MO; ---Alexander m Abigail; ---Charles. Drury came to OR 1847. Monroe Hodges and wife Rhoda had: ---Lewis W./M. Hodges b ca 1857 OR; ---Samuel A. Hodges ca 1862 OR, d by 1905; ---Caroline/Carrie b ca 1868 OR, m ------ Wright; ---Eddie b ca 1875 OR, d by 1905; ---Arthur b 1865 Benton Co OR, d after 1905, m Stella Gesner 1900, had children: Stella and Rhoda; ---Sarah b ca 1860 OR m ----- Luckey; --- Marion Hodges. References: Oregon, End of the Trail, WPA 1940 1880 Census Prineville, Wasco CO OR McNeal's History of Wasco County 1854 OR census, Benton Co OR 1870 US Census Benton Co OR, Buena Vista. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ According to Clark and Tiller in The Terrible Trail, Calloway Hodges m 3 November 1851 Elizabeth J. Bilieu, dau of Rev. Leander and Sarah Bilieu. Tentatively, unproven, Calloway's children: Leander M., Mary E., Julia, Jesse, Evander, Hubborn H.C., Handasia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Drury and Mahala Hodges lived on Soap Creek in Benton Co OR and their children include: Susan Catherine, Mary Emeline, Caroline, Robert W., Georgia Ann, Commodore P. and his twin Theodore Eugene, William T., Florence, Andrew J., and Marcus D. Hodges. ---------------------------------------------- Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg, not of these lines, but whose husband is distantly connected to Gulliford-Luckey through Shoup. ----- Original Message ----- From: ken robinson <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 6:32 PM Subject: Re: HEARING family > How nice to hear from a representative of two mysterious people who > approximate the time period and have marriages to cousins of the same > family. Here we go: > > Susannah Thompson HEARING b. 18 Nov 1853 > m. 1883 Crook Co.., OR Silas Eugene HODGES, an early pioneer > with other relatives in helping establish Prineville, OR > Susannah's parents - Amos THOMPSON and Elizabeth HON > Why is Susannah's surname different from her father's? Was she > previously m. to someone named HEARING? > > Hiram HEARNING? m. Sep 1879 Mary Emeline HODGES b. 5 July 1859 > I do not know where this couple was married, if they had children or > much > of anything at all, but for the fact that Mary died 25 Oct 1924 - > Seattle, King Co., WA Would it be a proper assumption that the > extra "N" in Hiram's name is just a typo, and that it should also be > spelled "HEARING"? > If that's so, what is the relationship bet. hirram & susannah? > > If you could please shed some light here, please do so. If, indeed we are > related, I would enjoy the story even more. The HODGES family came 1847, > and families with which they became associated mostly c ame in '47, '52, and > '53 . Thanks, Ken Robinson (b. Eugene) [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bev Moltzau <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 11:32 PM > Subject: HEARING family > > > > Samuel Hearing married Susan Helmick in Morgan County, Ohio on 29 Feb > 1828. We have reason to believe that she died and he then married Susannah > Fox. They had 9 children. Samuel and Susannah migrated to Indiana and then > on to Putnam County, MO. In the spring of 1862 the five older children were > married and had families of their own. They, with their parents and the > younger children, joined the wagon train in Independence, MO and started for > Oregon. > > > > After a trip of almost 6 months, the train reached the banks of the Snake > River where, on 22 Sept 1862 Samuel Sr. died. Four days later Susannah > died, and on 26 Sept, their son John died. They all are buried in the Rock > Creek Cemetery near Haines, Oregon. > > > > I would love to hear from Hearing descendants - or??. I do have more to > the story of their trip west. Bev Porter Moltzau - Bend, OR > > > >