FYI > If you have any information or are interested in responding, please do so > directly to Billie McNamara at the following address: mcnamara@usit.net > ================================================ > We've come across a fabulous heirloom at our shop. It's about 2 feet x 3 > feet, fancy Victorian framed, printed with gold lettering on black paper, > death memorial with this inscription: > > Dear Parents > Thomas Hodges died February 1893 age 84 (b. 1809) > Catherine Hodges died February 1892 age 65 (b. 1827) > > I've found a potential family in the 1850 Jefferson County census: > > Thomas Hodge, age 38 (b. 1812) > wife Catherine, age 25 (b. 1825) > Sarah, age 7 > Rufus M., age 6 > Mary A., age 5 > Thomas, age 3 > Nancy, age 1 > > They lived between Augustus French's family and Henry Van Dyke's family. > > Please pass this around to Hodge(s) researchers you may know of. We'd like > for this treasure to find its way back into the family fold, rather than > the hands of a collector. > Happy 2000! Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com