Bertie COUNTY NC Bios Hoggard, Calvin Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Neil Baker" http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie.htm THE TRAGIC TIMES OF A CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN © 2002 Neil Baker Calvin Hoggard was born in 1830 in Bertie County. His parents were John and Eleanor Hoggard. One of his brothers was John Norfleet Hoggard (born 1824), a pastor at Capeharts Church from 1855 to 1861. He was also a pastor at Ross Baptist Church. Another brother, Frazier Hoggard (born 1827) and Calvin were elected deacons at Capeharts Church. Calvin married Rebecca Miller Feb. 22, 1854. His life was all downhill from there. Rebecca died Oct. 24, 1857. The following year, on Sept. 23, 1858, he married Margaret A. Smithwick. In the early 1860s, during the Civil War, both Calvin and his brother Frazier joined the Union Army. Calvin served as a recruiter for the Union in the Plymouth area. Calvin and his wife Margaret had their first child, Sarah Temperance Hoggard, on Dec. 25, 1859. She died Jan. 31, 1863. Their second child, Mary Ellen Hoggard, was born Oct. 16, 1862. She died Sept. 29, 1867. On July 6, 1864 their son, Thomas M. Hoggard, was born, and he died Sept. 29, 1867. A fourth child, Annie M. Hoggard, was born Dec. 9, 1866. She died May 12, 1885. A fifth child, Mary C. Hoggard, was born March 20, 1869. She died Oct. 19, 1869. A sixth child, Margaret A. Hoggard, was born June 3, 1871, and died Oct. 13, 1871. A seventh child, Joshua T., was born Nov. 30, 1872, and died Dec. 13, 1873. Their eighth and final child, Madeane Graves Hoggard, was born Nov. 7, 1874. She lived until September 9, 1955. Madeane married William Henry Sallenger and they had one son, Kenneth William Sallenger. In 1874, Brother Calvin Hoggard asked for a "letter of dismission" from Capeharts Church, and it was granted. This probably was done in order to join in fellowship with Lawrence Baptist Church, which was organized from Capeharts in 1874. Calvin, who resided only about two miles from the newly formed Lawrence church, died March 23, 1876, at the age of 46, having lived through some of the worst national and individual suffering Americans have had to endure. ~~~ Frazier Hoggard, Calvin’s brother, married Elizabeth White on Jan. 17, 1857. They had one daughter, William Ann Hoggard, in 1859. Frazier joined Capeharts Baptist Church in September 1845. The church received a letter on April 9, 1864, from Frazier that was read to the church. The church clerk was ordered to write Brother Hoggard in response to the letter. Capeharts Baptist Church has records showing that Frazier died in 1864 ~ the book "Divided Allegiances" by Gerald Thomas lists him as having died Jan. 25, 1865. eMail Neil Baker ~ nbaker@coastalnet.com