Cora Grace (Harkness) Hodges (abt. 1866 - 1944)

Born about 13 Aug 1866 in Leslie, Ingham, Michigan

Ancestors

Died 31 Jul 1944 at about age 77 in Leslie, Ingham County, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Cora was born August 13, 1866 in Leslie, Michigan to Reskcom and Mary Dewey Harkness.^[1] Mary died in 1869, and her father remarried, Eliza Jane Woodland.

Cora married Frank Overacker November 3, 1888, and they had one son.

Lloyd Overacker (Jan 10 1897-1924)^[2]

Cora and Frank divorced before 1900, as she is living as a housekeeper, and she and her son Lloyd are living in her employers house on the 1900 Census.^[3]

Between 1905 and 1910, she married her former employer, Isaac B. Matthews, ^[4][5]they lived in South Dakota.^[6]

Isaac died in 1922.^[7]

Cora married Harry Hodges April 11, 1925 in Jackson, Michigan.^[8]They lived in Mason, Ingham County, Michigan until her death in 1944.^[9][10][1]

Notes

Cora was born in 1866 according to her gravestone and death certificate. The written memorial, however, says 1869 and that her mother died in childbirth. (Possible, just with an unknown child.)^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952 Cora Grace Hodges, 31 Jul 1944; citing Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,747.
2. ↑ United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Lloyd Overacker, 1917-1918; citing Brown County, South Dakota, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,787.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1900 Cora G Overocker in household of Isaac B Mathews, Columbia & Westport Townships Columbia city, Brown, South Dakota, United States; citing sheet 8B, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,547.
4. ↑ South Dakota State Census, 1905 Cora G Overacker, South Dakota, United States; citing State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,281,798.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1910 Cora G Mathews in household of Isaac B Mathews, Columbia, Brown, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 1B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,490.
6. ↑ Land Patent
7. ↑ Family Search South Dakota Death Index
8. ↑ Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925 Harry Hodges and Cora Harkness Mathews, 11 Apr 1925; citing Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, v 4 rn 2916, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,768.
9. ↑ United States Census, 1930 Cora G Hodges in entry for Harry H Hodges, 1930.
10. ↑ United States Census, 1940 Cora G Hodges in household of Harry H Hodges, Mason, Mason City, Ingham, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33-80, sheet 9B, family 240, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1763.
11. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 44610046