Genesee-Macomb-Bay County MI Archives Biographies.....Hodges, Hiram A. 1847 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

HIRAM A. HODGES. Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County, contains some of the most
enterprising citizens and worthy members of society in the county and prominent
among these men of a higher grade is the present efficient Highway Commissioner
of the township. He was born January 23, 1847, in Canada, and is a son of Lloyd
and Cynthia L. (Lawrence) Hodges, his father being a native of Vermont and his
mother of Canada, while his grandfather Lawrence was a soldier in the War of
1812. At a very early day our subject came to Michigan being but two years old
when his parents brought him to Port Huron, whence they soon after moved to
Macomb County. There the father died in 1867 but the mother, who still survives,
resides in Tennessee. Most of the early days of our subject were passed in
Macomb County and in 1872 he began learning the cooper's trade which he followed
for some nine years and was foreman for five years in H. M. Brady's shop in Bay
City. Besides the fair education which was given him by his parents he has
pursued a course of reading which has kept him well-informed upon the subjects
of the day.

  Mr. Hodges was visiting in Wisconsin in 1864 when President Lincoln's last
call was made for one hundred days' troops and he enlisted in Company E,
Forty-seventh Wisconsin Infantry, and became a part of the Western Army, being
stationed at Nashville and Tullahoma, doing camp and guard duty. His honorable
discharge was granted September 13, 1865, after which he returned to Michigan
and has resided here since that time. He receives a pension of $8 a month on
account of his services in the army. He was married in Holly, March 25, 1874 to
Elizabeth Belford, who has become the mother of five children; Flora C., Edward
B., Carroll A., Harrison, and Eva E. deceased. In the spring of 1878 he came to
Genesee County, and settled upon the farm where he now resides and a view of
which appears in this volume. He owns one hundred and twenty acres of land under
good cultivation.

  The political views of Mr. Hodges are mainly in accordance with the
declaration and platform of the Republican party and in local movements he is
ever counted upon to assist in developing the resources of the township and in
establishing institutions which will be a benefit to the community. He is now
serving his third term as Highway Commissioner of the township and in all his
business concerns is meeting with success and enjoys the confidence of the
community. Both he and his excellent wife are highly esteemed members of society.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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