Casper Wistar Hodge Sr. (1830 - 1891)

Born 21 Feb 1830 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Hunter (Stockton) Hodge — married 17 May 1855 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

Husband of Harriet Terry Post — married 4 Jun 1863 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

Husband of Angelina (Post) Hodge — married 20 Oct 1869 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1891 at age 61 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Caspar Wistar Hodge was born in 1830, the son of Charles Hodge and Sarah Franklin Bache.^[1]

From the Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey edited by Francis Bazley Lee The Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago 1907 p 463. "Caspar Wistar Hodge, D.D., LL.D., son of Dr. Charles Hodge, was born in Princeton, February 21, 1830, and was named after Professor Casper Wistar, of the University of Pennsylvania. He grew up and was educated in Princeton, and with the exception of two short pastorates spent his entire life in Princeton. He was fitted for college by his lifelong friend and preceptor, the brilliant Dr. Joseph Addison Alexander. He was graduated at the head of his class in Princeton University in 1848, and while acting as secretary to Professor Joseph Henry taught for a year at Edgehill School, Princeton, entering Princeton Seminary in 1849. While in the seminary he was tutor in Greek in the university from 1850 to 1852. In 1853 he was licensed and in 1854 ordained. His first charge was at Brooklyn, one year as stated supply and two years as pastor. In 1856 he became pastor at Oxford Pennsylvania, remaining until 1860, when he was called to Princeton Seminary to succeed Dr. J. Addison Alexander, who had just died leaving vacant the chair of Hellenistic and New Testament Literature. On Dr. Casper Hodge's assumption of the chair it was called the Professorship of New Testament History and Biblical Greek. In 1979 the title was changed again to New Testament Literature and Exegesis, he having assumed the work in New Testament Exegesis done by his father, Charles Hodge. For thirty-one years he performed the duties of this chair. Of a retiring disposition and averse to publicity, he was prevented from taking a preeminence in the church at large commensurate with his attainments. He published only a few sermons and reviews. His special power was in the classroom, and his preaching was particularly enjoyed by the intellectual and theological audience of the Seminary Chapel. He received the degree of D.D., from Princeton University in 1865 and that of LL.D., from the same institution in 1891. He died September 27, 1891."^[2]

His first marriage was to Mary Hunter Stockton on May 17, 1855 and lasted until she died in 1857.^[3] After that he married Harriet Terry Post in on June 4, 1863. ^[4]She died in 1864. His third marriage was to Angelina Post in 1869.^[5] They had four children:^[6]

1. Caspar Wistar Hodge, born in 1870
2. Angelina Post Hodge, born in 1871
3. Mary Blanchard Hodge, born in 1874
4. Sarah Madeline Hodge, born in 1876

He died in 1891^[7]and is buried in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6MV-NWT : 23 December 2020), Caspar W Hodge in household of Charles Hodge, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Indexed Information
2. ↑ Lee, Francis Bazley. Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County New Jersey. Lewis Publishing Company, 1907. Volume I, p 463
3. ↑ "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q283-SWN3 : 22 July 2021), Casper Wister Hodge and Mary Hunter Stockton, 17 May 1855; citing Marriage, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 004210087.
4. ↑ "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZPY-Q6N : 22 July 2021), Charles Westen Hodge, 1863.
5. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24MF-M23 : 19 August 2022), Caspar Hodge and Angelina Post, 1869.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN8F-PWT : 14 January 2022), Caspar W. Hodge, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district ED 96, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2Z-FJB : 19 January 2020), Casper Hodge, 1891.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV24-5K3Z : 6 August 2020), Caspar Wistar Hodge, ; Burial, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States of America, Princeton Cemetery; citing record ID 60238098, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.