Georgia: Coweta County: Biography of GEORGE P. HODNETT ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Nel Rocklein TAROCKLEIN@aol.com ==================================================================== GEORGE P. HODNETT, a leading citizen of this county, where he is particularly prominent in business circles, is a member of an old pioneer family of Georgia, his grandfather, who died in 1863, and who had served in both the revolutionary and Indian wars, having settled in Troup county early in the century. His wife was Carlisle (Findley) Hodnett, and their son was George Hodnett, born in Troup county in 1826, and who died in the late war, in which he served in Company K of the Thirteenth Georgia regiment. He had married Mary Moore, a daughter of William and Catherine (Chambers) Moore, the former a soldier in the war of 1812. The younger George, the son of George and Mary (Moore) Hodnett, was born in Troup county in 1851, and here, on the farm, spent his first score of years, enjoying such restricted facilities for education as could then and there be obtained. In 1871 he removed to Coweta county, and began life for himself. For some time he worked for William Taylor at $12 per month, after which he began farming on his own account. That he was successful in this work is evident from the fact that he now owns a fine farm of some 600 acres; moreover, he did not let his excellent business talent go to waste, but set up in the mercantile business in Haralson, in which enterprise he has also been very successful, owning a large general store and carrying on a thriving business. He is a member of the masonic fraternity, and a man held in high esteem by all who know him. In 1874 Mr. Hodnett married Miss Ophelia Rawls, a native of Coweta county, born in 1853. She is the daughter of Jesse and Martha (Bellas) Rawls, the former a native of South Carolina, who came to Georgia in 1839, and was a soldier in the late war. Mr. and Mrs. Hodnett are both members of the Lutheran church. Their marriage has been blessed with seven children: Alonzo, Jessie, Clifford, Fay, Clarence, Albert and Robbie. Transcribed from MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA published by the Southern Historical Association, 1895.