Kemp's Hodge Worksheet
(C. Avis Catalog entry #350)
<L. W. Kemp, 214 Westmoreland Avenue, Houston, sent a fill-in-the-blank worksheet to Margaret Mooring Rudd. The quoted parts below are Mrs. Rudd's entries.>
HODGE, ALAXENDER E. - Born in Pennsylvania in 1762. He was a soldier in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. He came to Texas in 1825, as one of the "Old Three Hundred" families of Austin's first colony, receiving title to a league of land in what is now Fort Bend County, April 12, 1828. His wife Ruth Hodge was born in 1769 and died in 1831. Mr. Hodge died near what is now the city of Columbus, Colorado County, August 17, 1836. His grave is lost. The Lady Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution had a marker erected in his honor in Sam Houston Park, Houston.
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Alaxendar E. Hodge were Archie, born in Oglethorp, Georgia in 1790; William; Nancy, born in 1794; John; Ruth; Alexander E., Jr.; Mary, born in 1801; James W.; born in 1803; Cynthia; and Lucinda Hodge.
John Hodge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander E. Hodge, Sr. was married to ___. Their children were:
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Mrs. Oscar R. Weyrich, 1819 Bolsover Street, Houston is a ____ of John Hodge.
Ruth Hodge, daughter of Alexander E. Hodge, Sr., was born July 26, 1798 and was married to ____ Harris. Mrs. Harris died in Houston in 1885. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Harris were
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Mrs. ___ Snyder, a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Harris was at one time a regent of the Texas Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution.
Lucinda Hodge, daughter of Alaxender E. Hodge, Sr., was born in Kentucky, November 26, 1809. She was married to ___ Richardson. Children of this union were
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Two of the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson were Alfred Richardson of Houston and Rev. Walter Richardson of San Antonio. Rev. Richardson was Rector of Saint Marks' Church for about forty years.
William Hodge, son of Alexander E. Hodge, Sr. was born in Oglethorp, Georgia in 1792 and was married to Maggie Welch. Children of this union were:
(a) "Mary Hodge" who married "Ely Frances Ross"
(b) "Ruth Hodge" ...... " Hodge no relation"
(c) "William Hodge" ...... "Mary Snedecor?"
"Second wife, Rachel Marshal"
"Elinor Scaggs (Galvez in Galveston) is a grandaughter of W. Hodge"
Mrs. James Rudd, 1509 Rainbow Bend, Austin, Texas, is a "Great Grandaughter" of William Hodge.
Mrs. Rudd: You are receiving two copies of this sketch, one of which is for you to keep. I will appreciate it if you will fill in some of the blanks in the other pertaining to the children of William Hodge and return it to L. W. Kemp, 214 Westmoreland Avenue, Houston.