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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Hodges Family History

                        
The Hodges family (sometimes spelled Hodge) came to America from Wales.  They migrated to Pennsylvania in 1776, then through the Carolina's and the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, eventually to Indiana.  In the early 1800’s the Hodges families were among the first settlers of Warrick County, Indiana.  Gentry Hodges (1803-1864) settled in the area that was to become Owen Township perhaps as early as 1815-1818.  Warrick County was formed in 1813, this area was little more than a wilderness at the time.  It’s size is exactly twenty-four sections or square miles.

The Hodges family settled in Section 20 on a 40-acre plot of land.  It is believed that the Hodges family home was on this farm, owned by Gentry Hodges.  A plat map of Owen Township in 1880 shows Gentry’s sons W.F. Hodges and John Hodges as owners of the land. (William Franklin Hodges and John Hodges were the brothers of James Barnette Hodges).  Close neighbors at the time were the Gentry, Leslie and Shelton families.  

Source: Yesterday and Today, The Family of James Samuel Hodges, Sr. 
Compiled by Ruth Hodges McGregor and Harold Lee Hodges, Winter 1999
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I started researching my family tree last year. My father is a West and my mother is a McClellan. Researching my family history has truly been a monumental task. I’ve spent untold hours searching for long lost relatives… Where’s a ghost whisperer when you need one? With the surname McClellan being so popular due to General George B. McClellan and the surname West being a geographical direction, the hunt was hindered on many occasions. Search engines have run me through the ringer. The fact is, I threw my hands in the air and swore to walk away from this project more times than I can remember. It really is a roller coaster ride. This project has caused me tears of anger, tears of joy and has heightened my already existing anxiety disorder to its limits. It has forced me to be patient when I didn’t want to be and caused me to be organized and detail oriented, which that in itself is a huge achievement. But most of all, it gave me hope and a sense of belonging.