Dallas County, TX - Biographies - George H. Hodges ************************************************************************ This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County, 1892, pp. 480-481 GEORGE. H. HODGES was born in Kentucky in 1830. His parents, Leonard Y. and Mary A. (Holloway), Hodges, natives of Virginia, went to Kentucky while both were small. His father's people were of English descent. Grandfather Daniel Hodges was born in Virginia, and at an early day went to Kentucky, first settling in Fayette county, near Bryan Station, and afterward near Frankfort. He died at the latter place, having attained a ripe old age. He was by trade a brick contractor and builder. His wife, nee Jane Young, was a sister of Major James Young, of Shelby county, Kentucky, the Youngs being a noted family in that State. Mary A. Hodges, the mother of George H., was a relative of the celebrated Blackburn family of Kentucky, her mother's maiden Dame having been Blackburn. Grandfather George Holloway served as a Minuteman in the Revolutionary war. George H. Hodges is the oldest member of his father's family. The names of the others are as follows: Daniel, of Louisville, Kentucky; Mary J., deceased; Bettie, wife of B. W. Durrett, of Louisville; Henry C., Healdsburg, California; Laura V., wife of James Hughes of Frankfort, Kentucky; Mildred O., wife of Eb. Gains, died leaving a family in Kentucky; and James W., of Lexington, Kentucky. Leonard Y. Hodges was a graduate of Transylvania Medical School, of Lexington, Kentucky, and was a prominent physician in that State. He was born in 1806 and died in 1872. His wife, born in 1807, died in 1886. Both were members of the Baptist Church. George H. Hodges was educated in the common schools of Kentucky, and at the age of nineteen started out in life for himself. He made the overland trip to California in 1849, and, after an unsuccessful experience in prospecting and mining, returned home via New Orleans. After his return he was engaged in farming one year. The following three years he served as Deputy Sheriff, and in his twenty-fifth year turned his attention to the mercantile business at North Benson, at the same time being railway agent on the L. & C. Railroad. That place is now called Hatton. He was also agent at Campbellsburg. In 1875 he came to Texas and located at Will's Point, where be was railway agent on the T. & P. Railroad, occupying that position five years. In the meantime he was interested in farming operations. In 1878 he purchased the farm on which he now resides. It consists of 240 acres, at the time of purchase 150 acres being fairly well improved. Mr. Hodges has fenced all the farm and now has 180 acres under a high state of cultivation, and of this 40 acres are devoted to fruits of all kinds. He has 7,000 peach trees of different varieties; 1,000 plums, 50 apricots and 50 nectarines, and all are of the best assortments. A minute description of this excellent fruit farm would require more space than can be given it on these pages. Mr. Hodges is also interested in raising horses and mules. He has been twice married. He first wedded Corilla Macey, daughter of Gustavus S. and Fannie (Noel) Macey, natives of Virginia. Mrs. Macey was a sister of the distinguished minister Rev. Silas M. Noel, of Frankfort, Kentucky. By his first wife, Mr. Hodges had five children, viz: Mollie B., wife of Dr. L.T. Bohannon, of Seyene, Texas; Henry L., who is engaged in the fruit business of Jacksonville, Texas, and also a manager of a fruit canning establishment at that place; Gus M., who was killed at Encinal, Texas, in 1885, by a Mexican; Leonard Y., deceased; Colie D., who married William C. Nicholas, resides at San Luis Potosi. Mrs. Hodges departed this life in 1887, aged 55 years and five months. She was a member of the Christian Church. In 1889 Mr. Hodges married Miss Margaret Holloway, daughter of G.B. Holloday, of Woodford county, Kentucky. Both Mr. Hodges and his wife are members of the Christian Church.