He served as a Captain in the Confederate Army. In the 1880 Census he is listed as a merchant in Ninety Six, Abbeville County, SC. Living in his home is his brother, George C. Hodges, a teacher.
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*Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 September 2019), memorial page for Capt John Francis Hodges (2 Jan 1835–16 Oct 1894), Find A Grave Memorial no. 116443448, citing Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Steve Hinds (contributor 48180521) .
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M695-9G4 : 15 July 2017), John F Hodges, Ninety Six, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 14, sheet 335D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,217.
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