HODGES, Andrew J., M. D., Catahoula, then Concordia Parish, Louisiana
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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 625-626.  Edited
by Alc e Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.

Hodges, Andrew Jeddie, M. D., the able and popular physician of Ferriday,
was born Nov. 29, 1878, in Catahoula parish, La.  His father, Robert B.
Hodges, was a native of St. Helena parish, born in 1849, and is living
retired after a lifefime spent in the occupation of farming.  Dr. Hodges'
mother was Alice M. Swayze, who is still living in Catahoula parish.  His
paternal grandfather was Robert P. Hodges, a farmer of the same parish, now
deceased, and  his maternal grandfather was Capt. James W. Swayze, a farmer
of Jonesville, La.  Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Hodges were the parents of 2
children: James Edwin, now a merchant in Jonesville;  Andrew Jeddie, the
subject of this sketch;  Cora Elouise, now Mrs. T. N. Hollingsworth, at
Sallisaw, Okla.  Dr. Hodges spent his youth at the place of his birth where
he attended elementary school and later Jena Seminary from which he
graduated in 1899.  He then went to Natchez, Miss., in the employ of the
Benoist Clothing Co., and remained for 3 years. In 1902 he entered the
medical department of the University of Nashville and in March, 1904, he
became interne at the hospital in Natchez, Miss., remaining there until
Oct., 1905.  At that date he went to Baltimore, Md., and attended the
College of Physicians and Surgeons during the year of 1905-06.  He then
returned to Nashville and graduated March 29, 1907, with the degree of M.
D.  After graduating Dr. Hodges located in Ferriday, La., where he has
continued to the present time, and where he is the resident surgeon for the
Missouri Pacific Ry. system.  In college Dr. Hodges was a member of the
Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity.  He subscribes to the principles of
the democratic party, although he has taken no active part in politics
except to vote.  Dec. 31, 1912, Dr. Hodges was married to May Orr Field,
daughter of Thomas L. Field, a retired planter of Natchez, Miss.