Albert Beauregard Hodges (1861 - 1944)

Born 21 Jul 1861 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Husband of Laura Irene (Robinson) Hodges — married 30 Jun 1896 in Edgewater, Richmond, New York, USA

Died 3 Feb 1944 at age 82 in Richmond, New York, USA

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Biography

Albert B. Hodges was born in (perhaps) 1861,^[1][2][3][4] in Nashville, Tennessee, son of Samuel Hodges and Evelyn Bird.^[5] He died in Staten Island, New York, in 1944.^[6][7] He is buried in Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, NY (Findagrave.com).

He married Laura Irene Robinson in 1896.^[5]

A chess master. He was New York State champion, 1892-94, and U.S. champion, 1894-96. He withdrew from national competition without defending his title, since travel for tournament play conflicted with his "day job" as chief administrator of Sailor's Snug Harbor, a community for retired seamen, Staten Island. But he remained an elite player on an amateur basis and "continued to bear one of the great names in chess history for many years." (NYT obituary)^[7]. Indeed he remains "one of the better-known American chess masters of the late 19th century".^[8] A cover story in The Chess Review on his 80th birthday recalled his accomplishments.^[4] His matches continue to be studied today.^[3][2][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Sources cited give birth as 21 July 1861. But marriage record and obituary have year as 1862, and grave as 1863. There seems to be no direct record of birth. The day is supported by a diary of niece Grace Robinson (Diary 1910, entry for 7/21/1912, p. [128].)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Albert Hodges", Wikipedia.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} John S. Hilbert and Peter P. Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2008).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Hodges Celebrates 80th Birthday", The Chess Review, v. 9, no. 6, June-July 1941, p. 135.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "New York Marriages, 1686-1980," FamilySearch.org, Albert B. Hodges and Laura Irene Robinson, 30 Jun 1896; citing reference item 2-3; FHL microfilm 1,376,368.
6. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," FamilySearch.org, Albert B. Hodges, 03 Feb 1944; citing Death, New York City, Richmond, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,208,689.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Obituary, New York Times, 2/5/1944, p. 15, col. 4; Ancestry.com. Image.
8. ↑ "Albert Hodges", Wikipedia
9. ↑ Chessgames.com.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSLR-VKY : accessed 1 March 2017), Albert B Hodges, Borough of Richmond (incl. Sailors Snug Harbor) New York City Ward 1, Richmond, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 584, sheet 8A, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,153.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M58G-5JQ : accessed 1 March 2017), Albert B Hodges, Richmond Ward 1, Richmond, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1337, sheet 10B, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1072; FHL microfilm 1,375,085.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJB7-D8L : accessed 1 March 2017), Albert B Hodges, Manhattan Assembly District 10, New York, New York, United States; citing ED 792, sheet 2B, line 61, family 58, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1204; FHL microfilm 1,821,204.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4K8-FRP : accessed 1 March 2017), Albert B Hodges, Manhattan (Districts 0251-0500), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 286, sheet 2A, line 15, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1548; FHL microfilm 2,341,283.