Absolum Wesley Hodge (1854)

Born 1854 in Montgomery County, Virginia

Husband of Nancy (Messer) Hodge — married 20 Apr 1876 in Logan County, West Virginia

Husband of Eliza (Brewer) Hodge — married 23 May 1891 in Logan County, West Virginia

Husband of Kisey (Spaulding) Hodge — married 15 Mar 1904 in Wayne County, West Virginia

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Biography

Absolum was born in 1854. He is the son of John Hodges and Fidelia Clark. Absolum 1st married Nancy Messer on 24 Apr 1876 In Logan County, West Virginia^[1] He married 2nd Eliza Brewer Stafford on 23 May 1891 in Logan County, West Virginia^{[2] [3]}. He married 3rd Kisey Spaulding on 15 Mar 1904 in Wayne County, West Virginia^[4]

Research

Census: 6 Jul 1860, Hillsville Post Office, Carroll County, Virginia lines 14-23, dwelling 326, family 326 John Hodges' - age 46, male, farm labor, personal property valued $30, born Virginia Fidella Hodges - age 44, female, born Virginia, cannot read or write John Hodges - age 17, male, farm labor, born Virginia Joseph S. Hodges' - age 15, male, farm labor, born Virginia Peter Hodges - age 11, male, born Virginia Elizabeth Hodges - age 10, female, born Virginia Absolom Hodges - age 6, male, born Virginia Nancy Hodges - age 5, female, born Virginia David Hodges - age 4, male, born Virginia Roxina Hodges - age 2, female, born Virginia^[5]

Census: 24 Aug 1870, Lincoln District, Wayne County, West Virginia lines 4-10, dwelling 214, family 210 John Hodges - age 56, male, farmer, born Virginia, cannot read or write Phidelia Hodges - age 44, female, housekeeper, born Virginia, cannot read or write Elizabeth Hodges - age 19, female, white, domestic, born Virginia, cannot read or write Nancy Hodges - age 15, female, white, domestic, born Virginia, attending school, cannot read or write Absolom Hodges - age 16, male, white, laborer, born Virginia, attending school, cannot read or write David Hodge - age 14, male, white, labor, born Virginia, attending school, cannot read or write Rosa Hodges - age 12, female, white, born Virginia, attending school, cannot read or write^[6]

Census: 21 Jun 1880, Lincoln District, Wayne County, West Virginia lines 29-33, dwelling 198, family 198, enumeration district 149 Abner Hodge - white, male, age 25, head of household, married, farmer, cannot read, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia Nancy Hodge - white, female, age 24, wife, married, keeping house, cannot read or write, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia Isabelle Hodge - white, female, age 4, daughter, single, born West Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia John Hodge - white, male, age 3, son, single, born West Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia William Hodge - white male, age 4 months, born January, son, single, born West Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia^[7]

Census: 13 Jun 1900, Harvey District, Mingo County, West Virginia lines 54-56, dwelling 263, family 280, enumeration district 89 Eliza Hodge - wife, white, female, born December 1824 West Virginia, age 75, married 8 years, no children, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia, can read not write, speaks english Absolem Hodge - head of household, white, male, born 1850, age 50, married 8 years, day labor, can read not write, speaks english, rents home Willard Brewer - adopted son, white, male, born May 1883 West Virginia, age 17, single, father born West Virginia, mother born West Virginia, railroad laborer, attending school 5 months, can read and write, speaks english^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRNW-4B5 : 11 February 2018), Absalom W Hodge and Nancy Messer, 24 Apr 1876; citing Logan, West Virginia, p 32 ln 73, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 571,278.
2. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-WDMP : 28 November 2018), Absolum Hodge and Eliza Stafford, 1891.
3. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRNH-R5Q : 11 February 2018), Absolune Hodge and Eliza Stafford, 23 May 1891; citing Logan, West Virginia, p 66 ln 53, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 571,278.
4. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTNB-M6X : 11 February 2018), Absolem Hodge and Kisey Spaulding, 1904; citing Wayne, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 583,493.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41P-6PF : 13 December 2017), Absalom Hodges in entry for John Hodges, 1860.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZH9-3PJ : 12 April 2016), Absalom Hodges in household of John Hodges, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 32, family 210, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,200.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TC-KXD : 15 July 2017), Abner B Hodge, Lincoln, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 149, sheet 388D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1415; FHL microfilm 1,255,415.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Z9-RNW : accessed 11 December 2018), Absolem Hodge in household of Eliza Hodge, Harvey district, Mingo, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89, sheet 15B, family 280, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,766.

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