Hickman County, KY - Bios:  Hodges, Robert H.
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Robert H. HODGES 4439, Hickman Co. 

Surname: Hodges, Bard, Kendall, Hannon

Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 431-433 [Hickman]

ROBERT H. HODGES, one of Hickman county's most successful farmers, was born in Hickman county, 
Kentucky, September 12, 1864, and is a son of Eli and Martha J. (Bard) Hodges. His father was 
born in eastern Tennessee and his mother in what is now Fulton county, Kentucky. The Hodges 
family came originally from South Carolina and is of English origin. The maternal grandfather 
of our subject was William Bard, but we know little of him. Robert H. Hodges was reared and 
educated in Hickman county, and began farming before he had attained his majority, and has 
continued in this pursuit ever since. For the past ten years he has also dealt more or less 
extensively in live stock, buying and shipping to the St. Louis markets. His farm consists of 
one hundred and eight acres of fine land, which he keeps in a high state of cultivation. When 
he began his business career he had one hundred and forty dollars as capital, but by industry, 
energy and good management he has gained his present prosperous position. In politics he was a 
Democrat until four years ago, when he became a Socialist. In religious matters he is a 
Cumberland Presbyterian and contributes generously towards the support of the church. In 1889 
he was married to Miss Mattie Kendall. She was born in Hickman county, Kentucky, October 15, 1869, 
and is a daughter of George and Mary (Hannon) Kendall. Her father and mother were born in Hickman 
county, Kentucky. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hodges was William Kendall, who was born in 
Virginia and came of English descent, while the maternal grandfather was James Hannon and was 
born in Trigg county, Kentucky, and came of Irish parentage. George Kendall, the father of Mrs. 
Hodges, was a carpenter by trade, and worked at his craft until 1883, when he decided to devote 
his entire time to farming, a calling he had followed in connection with his trade. In politics 
he was a Democrat and later a Populist. His death occurred April 25, 1902, when he was sixty-six 
years of age. His wife is still living at the age of sixty-seven years, residing on the old 
homestead. Six children were born to them, namely: James; Nannie, Mrs. Rufus Neely; William; 
Mattie, Mrs. Hodges; Joseph; Robert. Mr. and Mrs. Hodges have seven children, namely: Herschel, 
Ethel, Horace, Harry, and Mary and Milton, twins.
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