This is not my line but I found this file on www.gendex.com/ belonging to edwardlparker5@juno.com is this yours? if not you might try contacting him/her Leroy H. HODGES BORN: 1806, South Carolina DIED: AFT. 1880, Jefferson County, Alabama BURIED: , Hodges Cemetery, Republic, Jefferson County, Alabama MARRIED: Dorcas Cook SKELTON, , CHILDREN: Permelia Susan HODGES John Alexander HODGES Robert Austin HODGES MARRIED: PERMELIA, , CHILDREN: Joel Bradford HODGES William Presley HODGES Daniel Franklin HODGES Martha HODGES Thomas Daniel HODGES Mary Ann HODGES Note sons names this may give you a clue as to his father. Also on www.familysearch.org/ it shows on the 1880 census him being 70 years old and Dorcas as his second wife not first. I hope this helps good luck. laveta townsend