Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries.....Hoge, Capt Solomon 1892
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Morris Herald, June 1892
CAPT. SOLOMON HOGE.

Gone to receive the reward of a long life well spent.

After a protracted attack of Bright's disease Solomon Hoge died at his 
beautiful farm home in the town of Nettle Creek at 7:30 p. m., May 30, 1892. 
He was a brother of the late Wm. Hoge of that town and Isaac Hoge, Sr., of the 
town of Erienna, and came to Illinois with his late brother, William, and 
family and located here Nov. 20, 1831. Born upon his father's farm in Farquar 
Co., Virginia, Oct. 18, 1809, he had reached the age of 82 years, 6 months and 
12 days.

Standing over six feet, as straight as an arrow, with a long classic head, 
neck and throat, fairly moulded limbs, hands and feet, he was decidedly a 
handsome man and by far the finest speciman of the old time finished gentleman 
Grundy county ever had. When the noble old Pottowatamie chief, Shaubanee, 
warned him and his brother William of the Indian Creek massacre May 20, 1832, 
he repaired to the temporary rendezvous at the widow Pembrake's cabin in South 
Ottawa, reaching there in the afternoon of the 22d. Here were gathered the 
frightened white inhabitants, men, women and children living within a radius 
of forty miles. He found them wild with terror and alarm and without any 
confidence in their leader Capt. Stadden. Capt. Hoge, but 23 years old at that 
time had commanded a company of Virginia militia and immediately upon his 
arrival Capt. Stadden resigned and Mr. Hoge was selected in his place. 
Confidence and corporation security were secured at once. His very presence 
was a harbinger of success. Order came forth from chaos confidence and 
security from distrust and dispair. Mr. Hoge returned to Virginia and remained 
there an old bachelor until Sept. 17, 1872 when he married Miss Sallie D. 
Bashaw and returned to Illinois and located upon and improved his farm on 
which he died. He leaves besides his widow one son, Herman B., now about 18 
years old, his sole heir to a comparatively large estate. Courteous, modest, 
retiring, he was the very soul of hospitality and gentlemanly bearing, and by 
his death our county loses a truly good man and Christian.

The funeral services were held at the home at 10 a. m. June 1, 1892, Rev. C. 
A. Bucks officiating, thence to Evergreen cemetery. The pall bearers all 
consisted of his old-time friends.


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