Washington Co., AR - Biographies - Albert J. Hodges

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Albert J. Hodges, one of the independent and enterprising farmers of 
Dutch Mills Township, is the son of William C. and Nancy (Davis) 
Hodges, both of whom were natives of Tennessee, the father born in 
Lincoln County, and the mother in Wilson County. In early life they 
moved with their parents to McNairy County, Tenn., and later in life 
were married in this county, where they located. The mother died in 
1846, and afterward the father married Miss Julia A. King. In 1854 
they moved to Denton County, Tex., where the father died in 1860. He 
was a farmer and stock dealer, and during the Mexican War he raised a 
company, of which he was elected captain, and during the days of 
militia he was elected major of a regiment. Mr. Hodges was the father 
of nine children by his first marriage and three by the second 
marriage. Albert J. Hodges was the eldest of these children. He was 
born September 15, 1833, in McNairy County. Tenn., was reared to farm 
life, and educated in the primitive log school-house of pioneer times. 
At the age of eighteen he began business for himself on a farm, where 
he remained for a short time, and then engaged in the carpenter's 
trade for about two years, after which he returned to farming. In 1858 
he married Miss Mary M. Thornton, a native of Hardin County, Tenn., 
and by her became the father of nine children, five sons and four 
daughters, [p.958] eight of whom are living, the youngest having died 
a few weeks ago. Previous to his marriage, in 1853, Mr. Hodges moved 
to Grayson County, Tex., and soon after to Denton County. In 1861 he 
enlisted in Capt. O. G. Welch's company of Texas volunteer cavalry, 
and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles 
of Pea Ridge and Cabin Creek, and at the latter place was captured and 
held a prisoner at Camp Morton, Ind., for about eighteen months, being 
paroled at Richmond, Va. He then returned to his family in Texas, and 
in 1867 moved to , where he has followed farming and trading ever 
since. He, like his father, is a Democrat in polities; he is also a 
Master Mason, and both he and wife are members of the Missionary 
Baptist Church. He is the owner of 230 acres of land, besides property 
in Salem.